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Romney's "Jobs" Plan: Tax Cuts For Millionaires, Free Passes For Corporations, Dirty Energy, And Scapegoating Unions


Today, presidential candidate Mitt Romney outlines his "jobs" plan in USA Today, by asserting that: "All too often ... government gets in the way. The past three years of unparalleled government expansion have retaught that lesson all too well."

Funny that Romney's lesson-learning stops at 2009, and skips over those inconvenient years from 2001 to 2008.

That's when President George W. Bush's government didn't just get out of the way, it rolled out the red carpet for corporations to be irresponsible as they wished, and showered CEOs with big tax giveaways for good measure. The result? The "worst jobs record on record," according to the Wall Street Journal.

The net job losses under President Obama are solely due to the financial crisis and subsequent Great Recession caused by decades of conservative deregulation. The government action President Obama has taken may have yet to be enough to propel a robust recovery, but it indisputably stopped the bleeding inflicted by government getting out of the way. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/662197/romney%27s_%22jobs%22_plan%3A_tax_cuts_for_millionaires%2C_free_passes_for_corporations%2C_dirty_energy%2C_and_scapegoating_unions/