I'll answer as to why I like Mitt Romney (I live in so. Calif by the way). Granted, I have some insight into him and his wonderful family as my daughter's husband & his father do business with Romney.
He is an honorable man, married to his childhood sweetheart, with good sons, each successful in his own right. Mitt Romney was raised a middle class lifestyle, went to school on his own and graduated Valedictorian at Brigham Young University, summa cum laude in English. Romney then attended Harvard Law School concurrently with Harvard Business school (!!) program, graduating cum laude. He was in the top 5% of his class and received the prestigious Baker Scholar.
Mitt Romney did this all on his own; he earned his money on his own. This is what America is all about.
While governor of Massachusetts, he was not absent while his VP ran things.... He came into a state with $3 billion worth of debt. Because the Fed gov gave Massachusetts a half billion $$, and other laws passed before Romney came into office, the debt was down to $1.2 billion when he took office. He raised fees (not taxes) that hadn't been raised nor adjusted for inflation in 20 years.
He cut a lot of fat off government entitlements to cities/people. The best thing Romney did was to get his health insurance plan in operation. The health insurance cost is killing us in California! He brought it into manageable costs for the state by mandating that people insure themselves. Help was available but had to be proved.
His acumen as a businessman is well known. If people actually do the research, they will discover that Romney has helped businesses. He does not do hostile take-overs and push jobs overseas. Romney did a complete turn around in Salt Lake with the Olympics. The Olympics was running almost a $400 million dollar debt. One of the first things Romney did was cut out the perks. No free dinners ~ everyone paid $1 per slice of pizza was the norm under his leadership, including him. They Olympics ended with a $100 million profit! He donated his $800,000 + salary to charity.
He tithes 10% of his gross earnings to his church, and gives a good % more to charities. Not only money, but his TIME is given, as a regular member of his church. There's a video somewhere on YouTube of Romney wielding a shovel helping a homeowner with after disaster cleanup.
There's a LOT more I could say about the man.... He is a GOOD person, extremely intelligent, interested in the common man and loves his country greatly.
Carla
It just confuses the bejeezus out of me.
