{"id":9365,"date":"2012-11-05T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9365"},"modified":"2012-11-05T09:14:01","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T17:14:01","slug":"willards-top-ten-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/05\/willards-top-ten-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Willard’s Top Ten"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the hallmarks of Willard Romney\u2019s campaign has been the clear and irrevocable stances he has taken on both sides of every issue.  It\u2019s hard to tell what, if anything, he represents.  However, Robert Reich has determined that there are some things we actually can know about him and has formulated a list of his guiding principles.<\/font><\/p>\n

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…The ten guiding principles of Romneyism are: <\/p>\n

1. Corporations are the basic units of society<\/strong>. Corporations are people, and the overriding purpose of an economy is to maximize corporate profits. When profits are maximized, the economy grows fastest. This growth benefits everyone in the form greater output, better products and services, and higher share prices. <\/p>\n

2. Workers are a means to the goal of maximizing corporate profits<\/strong>. If workers do not contribute to that goal, they should be fired. If they cannot then find other work that helps maximize profits in another company, their wages must be too high, and they must therefore accept steadily lower wages until they find a job. <\/p>\n

3. All factors of production \u2013 capital, physical plant and equipment, workers \u2013 are fungible and should be treated the same. Any that fail to deliver high competitive returns should be replaced or discarded. This keeps an economy efficient. Fairness is and should be irrelevant<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

4. Pollution, unsafe products, unsafe working conditions, financial fraud, and other negative side effects of the pursuit of profits are the price society pays for profit-driven growth. They should not be used as excuses to constrain the pursuit of profits through regulation<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

5. Individual worth depends on net worth<\/strong> \u2014 how much money one has made, and the value of the assets that money has been invested in. Any person with enough intelligence and ambition can make a fortune. Failure to do so is sign of moral and intellectual inferiority<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <<\/font>Alternet<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

There are five more that I have not included, and clicking through to read the rest of them is well worth your time and effort!<\/font><\/p>\n

To summarize, Romney will push government of, by and for the 1%.  When Romney said he didn\u2019t care about 47% of Americans, he lied.  The truth is far closer to 99%.<\/font><\/p>\n

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