For those that believe President Obama was asleep at the wheel, one might look at how Senator Kennedy took notes as well. The pictures of President Obama are biased, at the very least. President Obama was steadfast and honest. He has plans that have worked and continue to do so. The USA economy, unemployment and Wall Street are better today than when he took office. Hello?
"Senator, I don't know what you are talking about." A favorite rhetorical statement. "Mr. President, I don't know what you are talking about." Give me a break, the automaton lives.
"We need to bring work back to welfare." Sound familiar. Scripted even?
Senator Kennedy stated the same thing President Obama did about training and educating workers rather than changing the dynamic of PAY and NEW employees while riding the company of well paid workers with seniority.
That is the problem. This was 1994. The well paying jobs were removed from the USA and placed by people like Romney in THIRD WORLD countries where human rights are chronically an issue. There is no morality in that on either side of the 'job' issue. Taking jobs away from Americans protected by state of the art laws of human rights and building industry in other countries where human rights are a concern. Romney has endorsed this type of inhuman factor in outsourcing.
But, President Obama said the exact same thing as Senator Kennedy in his debate with Romney. The outsourcing Romney did as a venture - vulture capitalist has caused a down turn in well paying jobs. The parallels between the two debates are incredible, both in content and answers.
"I thought Mr. Romney would have asked me what I was going to do for working families in Massachusetts...Mr. Romney let's put the ads aside and lets talk about..."
Same ole, same ole as today. No discussion about the Middle Class of any substance by Romney.
"...a company I had nothing to do with...." All the same rhetoric nearly twenty years ago. Nearly twenty years ago Romney had the same rhetoric as today.
"Your (Ted Kennedy) healthcare program is billions of dollars in additional deficit." The program Senator Benson that Romney referred to was a subsidy program and would be useless for lower income people. Romney stated health insurance premiums would be tax deducible in the Benson program. Joking. Really? Well, isn't that a revelation. "I am not in favor of a program that would add to our taxes and deficit." Same exact rhetoric as 20 years ago. "I do not approve of employer mandates as you have in your plan..." Really? And how much of Senator Kennedy's Plan made its way into the Massachusetts Healthcare Plan signed by Romney as governor? Certainly the mandate made it into the Mass Plan. Right?
How many times did the moderator state, "Please Mr. Romney, it is his turn then you can ask your question." He did the same thing last night. 20 years of rhetoric and bullying by Romney. Same ole, same ole.
Romney wants to cut jobs in the federal system by attrition. When he stated that in his debate with Senator Kennedy, the people booed. I could speculate, but, that is not the point. Mr. Romney's reply to the boos was, "Come on now folks." That is about as condescending as it gets. Whatever.
Romney also stated he wants to combine agencies. Where did I hear that one this year? All this is suppose to balance the federal budget. Cutting agricultural supports, making Medicaid a 'managed care' insurance. All this is suppose to balance the federal budget.
The sameness and rhetoric is all the same as nearly 20 years ago. That is amazing and now we have an entire generation of Americans out of work. Wow. Senator Kennedy hit it right on the nose, the practices of companies like Bain Capital has destroyed the Middle Class. 2008 was an icing on the case for Wall Street while they are still racking in huge profits year after year. Amazing how lack of ideas by the Republicans have destroyed this country's strength, the Middle Class. Romney would not do a darn thing for the Middle Class. This is proof as far as I am concerned.
Romney has a personal mandate in his politics and that is to remove all supports for USA labor and damn the outcome.
