Every once in a while politicians slip up and the truth comes out of their mouths. Recently Mitt Romney had one of those rare moments and while his campaign has been detail free on the specifics of what they would actually do if elected this one shows his intent.
Romeny Slips up and Calls America a company:
Romney's 5 Point Business Plan for America.
It is a page that millions of Americans will recognize... because it comes right out of the "corporate leverage buyout" playbook that has put millions out of work.
1. Harvest profit centers and sell them off = Privatize the postal service, privatize education, privatize all healthcare, privatize the military supply chain… already sold to Halliburton and companies like the renamed Blackwater by Bush.
2. Liquidate Assets = Sell off federal lands and their oil and mineral rights.
3. Reduce payroll by laying off personnel and off-shoring manufacturing jobs to cheap overseas labor markets = shrink government by getting rid of public employees (teachers,firemen, policemen, postal workers,FDA inspectors and the list goes on!)
4. Get rid of pension plans to reduce overhead = Get rid of medicare, medicaid and social security
5. Provide dividends to key investors for continued support = massive tax cuts to the .0001%ers funding his campaign and buying congress through lobbyist.
Does any of this sound familiar to you... it does to me when I take the 10,000 foot up vantage point on what the Romney campaign is selling... his business experience.
Like the “good” vulture capitalist pitch men they are, Romney and Ryan are saying anything, promising anything no matter how inflated or untrue, to win the election and get control of congress and USA Inc.
Politics these days have left Americans yearning for the return of the respected "Elder Statesman", men with stature and integrity like Lincoln, Adams, and Jefferson. Sadly though what we get, more often than not, are politicians with all the veracity of a used care salesman. The recent radical makeover of "Moderate Mitt" is a perfect case in point and really has raised the bar for Machiavellian machinations.
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