As I noted with the recent post on reasons to vote for President Obama, moderate voters look at the issue rationally and concede that neither candidate is going to destroy the country. The average American is looking for candidates who can present a moderate platform and plan which ignores the extremes and the exaggerations of his party and governs for all Americans. Certainly, there are reasons to criticize Mitt Romney - and much of it comes from comments he has made, notably the disparaging words about 47% of Americans. However, to focus on that is to ignore the achievements of a man who is by all accounts a successful businessman and political leader. From his stellar business career to his work with the Olympics to his term as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney offers countless reasons why moderate, rational, genuine people would think he is the better choice for president. For example, they know/believe:
1. His successful career as governor of Massachusetts where he balanced the budget every year by working with a legislature that was heavily weighted toward the Democrat Party.
2. His work in the Olympics in which he was literally called in to "save" an organization that was plagued by scandal and cost over-runs and waste. By cutting unnecessary spending and securing corporate sponsorship to fund part of the games, Mitt helped lead one of the most successful Olympics in history.
3. As a man who worked most of his career in finance, Mitt Romney proved he knows how to analyze data as a way of helping companies operate more efficiently. Granted, that sometimes means cutting aspects of a company that are a drag on the success of the company. However, that is necessary, and it is a skill that the federal government has clearly lacked for decades.
4. Along with Paul Ryan he is proposing bold and necessary changes to the entitlement programs of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid which are on unsustainable financial courses. Despite cries from many people, these changes must be made.
5. He will lower tax rates and encourage investment which will spur economic activity and produce jobs. By closing loopholes in a tax code that is ridiculously convoluted, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's plan will repair a disaster of special interest government.
6. He will cut out unnecessary and wasteful government programs that our current government has been reluctant to challenge. This includes subsidies to organizations such as the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. While many decry this as an attack on Big Bird, there are many Americans who do not believe the government should be in the business of funding broadcasting - especially when news sources such as NPR have a decidedly liberal slant.
7. A majority of Americans for a variety of reasons oppose the Affordable Care Act - Obamacare - and never asked for such a monstrous piece of legislation - especially one that requires the purchase of a product like insurance. This was a huge overreach by the Obama Administration during a time of economic crisis.
8. Free birth control? People can pay for their own birth control. And Planned Parenthood is an organization that can - and maybe should - be entirely privately funded.
9. Mitt Romney will appoint federal judges who will rule against Roe v. Wade - which won't outlaw abortion, but would simply return the issue to the states.
10. They just like Mitt Romney better - they trust him to fix the economy in a way that they feel President Obama hasn't
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