Mitt Romney
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Stance on Jobs
Would create jobs through a multilateral trading bloc open to countries committed to free enterprise.
Mitt Romeny’s Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth:
Romney will also create the “Reagan Economic Zone,” a multilateral trading bloc open to any country committed to the principles of open markets and free enterprise.”
Source: Mitt Romney’s Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth, http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2011/09/believe-america-day-one-job-one
Stance on Collective Bargaining
Said he wouldn't support the Employee Free Choice Act and supports right-to-work laws.
“[We] must put an end to the...practice of allowing unions to deduct money directly from worker paychecks...”[1]The [Employee Free Choice Act] bill would be "catastrophic for the economy," Romney said. "The impact long term is people start less businesses here. It's not great for the people who start businesses today, but it's even worse for the employees of tomorrow."[2]“First of all, what I said was if a right to work piece of legislation reached my desk at the federal level I would sign it.”[3]Sources:
[1] Mitt Romney’s Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth, http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2011/09/believe-america-day-one-job-one
[2] CBS News EconWatch, May 28, 2009. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503983_162-5047672-503983.html
[3] http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/09/06/mitt-romney-says-when-unions-donate-money-its-a-form-of-corruption/
Stance on Retirement Security
Supports taking surplus money being gathered in Social Security and putitng it into private accounts.
“The president [Bush] said let’s have private accounts and take that surplus money that’s being gathered now in Social Security and put that into private accounts. That works.”
Stance on Health Care
Would immediately allow states to opt-out of Obamacare and then fully repeal the law.
“If I am elected president, I will issue on my first day in office an executive order paving the way for waivers from ObamaCare for all 50 states,” Romney wrote. “Subsequently, I will call on Congress to fully repeal ObamaCare.”