Mitt Romney and the 1800's.

Its July 4th and time to look at what Mr. Romney wants to do to preserve our nation, and I find his best course of action is to go back to the 1800's. I think he would feel very secure in that era. The Tea Party of course wants to go back even further but here are a few notes on Mitt's policies. “The United States is blessed with a cornucopia of carbon-based energy resources,” the Romney campaign site proclaims. “Developing them has been a pathway to prosperity for the nation in the past and offers similar promise for the future.” Yes, the past, the glorious past. Mitt’s hero – 1880’s John D. Rockefeller Speaking of John D. Here are a few of his favorite quotes: “Competition is a sin.” “Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.” “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” Mitt would like to get rid of regulations on energy after all regulations have held back the US, that is why we not the number one nation in the world. “amend Clean Air Act to exclude carbon dioxide” We need faster global warming. “open America’s energy reserves for development” Gas reserves are under Geist lets start drilling so what if it ruins our water supply. “support construction of pipelines to bring Canadian oil to the United States” no matter how tarry and impure it is. “prevent over regulation of shale gas development and extraction” with its untested impact on water tables and the very stability of the earth’s crust. The ‘green’ technologies are typically far too expensive to compete in the marketplace,” the Romney campaign site tells us, “and studies have shown that for every ‘green’ job created there are actually more jobs destroyed.” Don’t waste any time looking for the footnote or link that tells you where these studies are located. Windmills can’t have those ugly windmills dotting the landscape do you think we are Holland? Get rid of unions and go back to the workers paradise of the 1880’s. Let’s see in the 1880’s workers had the benefits of long hours, unsafe factories, no sick leave, what is insurance, no vacation, and the boss was very friendly to you. Mitt wants to go forward with right to work laws which are right to employ and fire at will laws. Did I forget low wages “Too often, unions drive up costs and introduce rigidities that harm competitiveness and frustrate innovation.” After all the unions want to see every factory fail and every worker out of a job. The US didn’t develop all those industries and inventions while unions were around, think of how much more we can do with big profits and more rich people and more poor people. The number union in the cross hairs teacher unions. Education: More and more charter schools with the aim of shutting down public education. Make all schools private with a voucher system that results in a benefit to the rich who sent their kids to private schools by giving them extra money, enhance the religious right by allowing them to set up schools and have the government pay for them, and of course develop warehouse schools for the poor and common people. Poor Horace Mann who in the 1850 developed the “common school” concept for all is watching Mr. Romney turn the clock back to before 1850. Medical care -OMG have medical care for everyone? Do you think we are Modern County? Why that concept is so 21st century we must do everything in our power to step back in time. If you have not worked hard and saved for a heart attack then you should die. Break a leg, two sticks and duck tape should make a good splint. Don’t forget no more sick leave back to the coalmines where your only protection is a bird in a cage. Mitt get us back to the 1800’s you must double your efforts to repeal the health care law. Mitt get working on that. Deep in your heart you know the 1800’s was best. “As president, Mitt will nominate judges in the mold of Chief Justice Roberts” I wonder if he has flip-flopped this week after Mr. Roberts the approved the health care law. How dare Mr. Roberts follow law instead of politics.