‘Romney is a Liar’ (since 'we' lost the debate) is the argument now of the Obama campaign OFFICIALLY, as in “I’m Barack Obama and I approved this message”
So I decided to look at the underpinning of this argument.
- It is based around the idea that since OBAMA-MATH cannot add up the spending and tax cuts to a zero, that Romney MUST increase the taxes on the middle class to get the number to ZERO ..which is a massive assumption, to say the least, and a very convenient one for Obama
- It is based on a 2010 ‘59 point’ plan advanced by Romney (which has been left behind)
- It is based on the modeling of the Brooking’s Institute, a long term left of center organization purporting to be non partisan, and their offspring the Tax Policy Center, which has certain republicans as employees - but the chief (R) appears to be an employee of GHW Bush, a man whose lack of conservatism in economic policy and breaking of promises lost him the presidency. “READ MY LIPS”
- The Brookings study also makes assumptions about what Romney would do where they see blanks, such as CAPPING THE MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION .. a stupendous leap.
Like other denials Romney has made face to face with the people, the Obama campaign simply ignores his denials and says he must be lying about his plan and lying about his denial since the math they use says they cannot figure out how he will do it.
Romney says, here is a plan, and everything is on the table, and we’ll go to congress and see what we can all work out. In the Brookings/Tax Policy analysis, note how many things are ASSUMED TO NON NEGOTIABLE, absurd in my view. A business CEO does not operate this way.
Romney says that since ECONOMIC GROWTH WHICH CREATES JOBS is the priority, growth which increases tax revenue, he will do whatever he has to do to follow that priority.
This is why Romney insists Obama is not entitled to his own facts.
Obama lives in a world created by his own facts, and all outside that world must be a lie.
This is why the Obama campaign acts with such conviction.
That is why conservatives react with polarized skepticism whenever this president makes any claim.
About anything.
Want to look at the data behind this yourselves?
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