Romney: Didn't Cause Wealth Inequity, But He'll Make It Worse

Mitt Romney loves the Ryan Budget.  He would like to sign the Ryan Budget into law on the first day of his presidency.  Mitt Romney would save millions in taxes under the Ryan Budget.  Only .01 percent of the population of the United States earns more than 200,000 dollars a year, however, under the Ryan Budget they would receive 37% of the benefit from the tax break.

Devastatingly, the Ryan Budget cuts 3.3 Trillion dollars over 10 years from low income programs; Pell grants, job training, Medicaid and food stamps.  Republicans are fond of using our tax code to motivate the population; "don't tax the job creators".  The Ryan Budget encourages the rich by reducing their tax burden, while encouraging the poor by taking away programs that alleviate poverty.  The message the Ryan Budgets sends to our society is; "Rich people you have done well, let's reduce your tax burden.  Poor people, you don't have anything, lets take away what little you have."  Will Rogers said:

 "It ain't no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be,"

America has one of the worst income disparities in the whole world.  The Ryan Budget and Mitt Romney, if he has the chance, will make this income disparity much worse.

Center On Budget and Policy Priorities

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Romney Clueless on Secularism

Mitt Romney Steve Pearce event 057 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Mitt Romney:

“I think there is a desire to establish a religion in America known as secularism.”

My guess is Romney has no idea what secularism is.  

sec·u·lar·ism (from Dictionary.com)

 [sek-yuh-luh-riz-uhm] 

noun

1.

secular  spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.

2.

the view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element.

  Secularism is the absence of religion. The first Amendment of the US Constitution declares that:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

That sounds as a clear an endorsement of secularism as I've ever seen.  We all know how clueless and awkward Romney has been on the campaign trail, but this level of ignorance by a presidential candidate would have been unprecedented, but, of course, we had Sarah Palin in 2008.  

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