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Romney’s Middle Class Speech Bombs as He Never Mentions the Middle Class
Mitt Romney unveiled his plan for the middle class in Colorado today, but he only said the words middle class once.
The Romney campaign put out a statement ahead of the candidate’s remarks that showed what they thought of the middle class, “President Obama just can’t seem to get things right or improve the economy for middle-class Americans. After three and a half years, his disappointing record is clear: energy prices are up, young Americans are struggling, our trade policies aren’t working, deficits have soared, and small business owners are being over-taxed, over-regulated, and personally denigrated. The American people deserve better – they deserve a president who won’t let them down.”
When Romney took the stage he never mentioned the middle class, but immediately launched an attack on President Obama that he called a report card. Over five minutes into his speech, and Romney still hasn’t mentioned the middle class. At the 12 minute mark of his middle class speech, Romney still hasn’t said the words middle class. At the 15 minute point of the speech, Romney claimed that building the Keystone XL pipeline would help the middle class.
At the nineteen minute mark of his speech, Romney has still only said the words middle class once. Mitt Romney reached the 25 minute mark, and only mentioned the middle class once. However, Romney did say middle income once.
Romney mentioned the Declaration of Independence the same number of times that he mentioned the middle class (1).
Since his speech didn’t tell us what Romney will do for the middle class, the candidate promised that we could find the details, so let’s look at the plan.
The Romney Middle Class Tax Plan:
So let me get this straight, the Romney plan for the middle class is never to mention the middle class.
The answer is found in a Brookings Institute/Tax Policy Center analysis of Romney’s overall tax plan that concluded, “We show that given the proposed tax rates and proscription against reducing tax expenditures aimed at saving and investment, cutting tax expenditures will result in a net tax cut for high-income taxpayers and a net tax increase for lower- and/or middle-income taxpayers—even if individual income tax expenditures could be eliminated in a way designed to make the resulting tax system as progressive as possible.”
Romney’s speech was some sort of absurd performance art where they promised to unveil a middle class tax plan, but instead delivered the same stump speech that was loaded with Obama attacks and scant on details.
Mitt Romney wants the middle class to know that he stands with them, but he isn’t ever going to talk about them or mention them by name.
In a nearly 30 minute speech Mitt Romney utter the words middle class once, which tells you all you need to know about Romney’s plan for the middle class.
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18 Responses to Romney’s Middle Class Speech Bombs as He Never Mentions the Middle Class
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Brad
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 2:33 pm
What middle class?
ibwilliamsi
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Brad, you beat me to it.
jack smith
Aug. 5th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
here is willards middle class stump speech. obama is the worst man in the world about every single issue on the planet, and responsible for all bad things. if u want details, go to my web page and look at the 59 point plan. the details will be worked out with congress, in other words, i am not going to tell “you people”, we are used to that, your dirty lil secrets. obama is in over his head, does not understand america or the economy. we need a man who knows business for america inc., and it is not obama, it is ME! everything concerning a real world solution is platitudes, that is all he has. there is never any substance, and i have looked hard to find it.
want to know the real willard? google “mccain romney vp pdf”. that is what mccain used to eliminate willard for vp, he chose palin over willard. it is 200 pages, but it is horrifying. willard was the same at bain the entire time there, 1984-2002. and yes, willard ran bain from 99 to ’02. have a great read, and tell your friends, especially the republican ones. hehehe, peace.
Carri
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 5:06 pm
In Mittspeak, “Middle Class” refers to those making
$200K-$1M per year. Anyone making less than that is invisible.
Nightfly
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 2:36 pm
He is a candidate and man without substance…why even a Republican would vote for a candidate so poorly adequate is a mystery.I surely would break ranks if this was my choice.Glad to be an Independent.
Donna
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 2:37 pm
By the time he got done–there would be NO middle class!
ibwilliamsi
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 2:47 pm
That’s his plan, Donna. People so hungry for a crumb of bread they’ll do ANYTHING for the great white overlord.
JJM
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Romney: is only mode is snide lying.
“[...] After three and a half years, his disappointing record is clear: energy prices are up, young Americans are struggling, our trade policies aren’t working, deficits have soared, and small business owners are being over-taxed, over-regulated, and personally denigrated [...]”
1) energy prices are lower than when Bush was in office at least here on the wes coast 2) our trade policies are working better than Bush’s who had enormous trade imbalance 3) deficits soared because of the slow economy, which hurts the ratio of GDP to debt — and because of Bush’s hideous Rob Portman budgets 3) the vast majority of small business owners say they are not over regulated, and I believe it was the GOP House that just killed tax breaks for small businesses.
But like any con man, Romney tries to lull you and gull you with smooth lies.
RIC HEIVILIN
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 4:11 pm
mitt mo’money is #batcrapcrazy.
Carri
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 4:59 pm
I would LOVE to see someone “translate” Romney’s Stronger Middle Class plan into language we can all really understand, i.e.:
1. “Open new markets for American goods and services”–you mean like we did in Iraq and Afghanistan?
2. “Build stronger economic ties with Latin America”–what, by supporting coups and taking out leaders who don’t want the US controlling their economies and politics?
3. Under CHAMPION SMALL BUSINESS: “Reduce taxes on job creation through individual and corporate tax reform”–since when does a corporation need to be “champion”ed under the “small business” heading? What he’s really saying is he wants to make loans availabe to legitimate small business, while exponentially increasing corporate welfare. Don’t forget, Mitt thinks “corporations are people, my friend”.
AFM
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 5:28 pm
This man scares me to death.
buckeyewill
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Nothing’s there….Let’s move on.
Grung_e_Gene
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Romney is Frankenstein’s Monster created by insane plutocrats, his platform is to walk around, “Raaawr! Obama Bad!”
Scott Amundsen
Aug. 2nd, 2012 at 8:31 pm
If this country adopts Romney’s so-called “Plan for a Stronger Middle Class,” it won’t take too many years for this country to look like something right out of SOYLENT GREEN.
Ahclem
Aug. 3rd, 2012 at 12:24 am
This is not the droid you are looking for.
majii
Aug. 3rd, 2012 at 12:49 am
After looking at Romney’s plan for the middle class, I notice the same thing that is missing from his economic plan–specifics. Stating generalities is okay, but it’s the specifics that show whether the generalities do what Romney claims they’ll do. His plan for the middle class is much ado about nothing. It’s smoke and mirrors without the specifics.
Dan Skinner
Aug. 3rd, 2012 at 6:10 am
Thanks to the likes of Romney, the Republican party is now a Wooly Mammoth one step away from the tar-pit.
Brenda
Aug. 3rd, 2012 at 11:46 am
Don’t see anything in this plan that Obama isn’t already doing. Except, as for addressing the middle class specifically, there are no specifics – so very Romney.