When elections are fair, the PEOPLE win. - OCSEA

Mitt Romney has a history of stretching the truth when
it suits him, especially when it comes to middle class
issues. Instead of sticking to his guns on his core values,
Romney changes his stance depending on the audience.
Here are some whoppers he’s told lately:
“The ‘48, 49 percent’ that supports
President Barack Obama are
‘people who pay no income tax.’”
PolitiFact: FalSE
We’ve seen the video – Mitt Romney says how he really
feels about half of Americans when he thinks no one’s
listening but high-paying fund raisers:
“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for
the president no matter what … who are dependent
on government, who believe that they are victims, who
believe the government has a responsibility to care for
them, who believe that they are entitled to health care,
to food, to housing, to you-name-it. … These are people
who pay no income tax. … My job is not to worry about
those people. I’ll never convince them that they should
take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”
It’s true, 47% of Americans pay no federal income tax.
But are they all Obama supporters with no sense of personal
responsibility? Absolutely not! Nearly half of that 47% are
senior citizens, veterans, students and other low-wage earners
who pay their fair share of taxes and are vastly diverse when it
comes to political affiliation.
“I don’t have a $5 trillion tax cut.”
PolitiFact: FliP FloP
Mitt Romney has the nation confused about his stance on
taxes. Does he have a $5 trillion tax cut plan or doesn’t he? At
the first debate, President Obama confronted Romney several
times on his tax plan that doesn’t add up. But instead of
standing behind it, Romney did an old fashioned political
flip-flop and denied the claim.
According to PolitiFact, Romney promises to cut taxes but
also to cut spending on vital programs like Medicare, and
even PBS. He says he’s going to pay for it by closing loopholes
and deductions. But instead of closing loopholes that benefit
the wealthy, Romney is considering the elimination of deductions
that help the middle class on things like mortgages,
charitable contributions and employer-paid health insurance.
“Pre-existing conditions are covered
under my (health care) plan.”
PolitiFact: MOStlY FalSE
Mitt Romney has been against the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act since the beginning.
However, knowing that maintaining coverage
for those with pre-existing conditions polls well
with voters, Romney continues to stand by his statement
regardless of plausibility.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too, Mitt.
According to PolitiFact, “Romney said his health
care proposals include protections for pre-existing
conditions. What he didn’t say at the debate – but
which his website states and advisers confirmed
after the debate – is that people would be protected
from denial only if they have been continuously
insured.”
The Affordable Care Act, which Romney has
promised to repeal on his first day in office, “offers
protections whether people have current coverage
or not,” but under Romney’s plan, there would be
no such protection.
Did Mitt Romney really win the first debate?
NOT IF YOU ADD UP HIS LIES.
Fall 2012
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