Romney Says Obamacare Is Hurting The Economy

Arguably, the man who might have become president had it not been for Obama's lies, is speaking out against his former opponent's insurance overhaul train wreck:

Obama's deception on health care 'hurting the economy,' Romney says


Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Sunday that President Obama’s deception in telling Americans that they could keep their existing health plans under ObamaCare goes beyond hurting families -- “It’s hurting the economy.”

In a wide-ranging interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Romney repeatedly said his biggest issue with the Affordable Care Act, the president’s signature health care law, was that it didn’t allow Americans to keep their existing plan and forced some to pay for care they didn’t need.

“It’s not just the president telling people that they have to buy insurance,” he said. “He told them what do buy.”

Romney -- who as governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 signed into law a state-based government insurance plan -- said he vetoed a clause that would have forced residents to buy a “gold-plated” plan. And he argued 70-year-olds under ObamaCare should not have been forced to buy maternity or birth control care.

“It’s hurting the economy."​

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- Mitt Romney, on ObamaCare

“That’s at the heart of the president’s deception,” Romney said.

He also said Massachusetts didn’t have an issue like the one now with religious groups objecting to the ObamaCare mandate for them to offer insurance that includes birth control.

However, such an issue could be more easily resolved in a state-based program, Romney argued.

Romney also told “Fox News Sunday” that he accepts the apology by MSNBC and host Melissa Harris-Perry for joking about his adopted black grandson last week.

“People make mistakes,” Romney said. “The people at MSNBC made a mistake and they apologized. … We hold no ill will whatsoever.”

On the international front, Romney suggested he didn’t agree with the direction in which Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking the country -- from his support of the Syrian regime, to harboring NSA contractor Edward Snowden and his treatment of homosexuals.

However, Romney -- who also ran the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah -- expressed confidence the country could keep athletes and spectators safe from terror attacks during the upcoming 2014 Olympic Games, amid a few recent ones in Russia.

“My guess is the Russians have done a pretty good job,” Romney said.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...pology-for-joking-about-grandson-no-ill-will/

 

Why would anyone care what the most irrelevant guy in the country thinks? The guy who signed into law the model for Obamacare. The guy who couldn't come up with a meaningful distinction between Romneycare and Obamacare. NOW!...He has an opinion? Sorry Mitt, nobody cares.

 

Maybe because he is more trusted than Obama. He hasn't lied at every opportunity.

 

I supposed that is why America trusted him to be president...Oh wait....

 

All False statements involving Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

The number actually hasn't changed much
"Regulations have quadrupled. The rate of regulations quadrupled under this president."

Mitt Romney

Not one year, not 'breaks,' not Fisker or Tesla ... it goes on
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."

Mitt Romney

The deficit is actually down slightly from what Obama inherited
Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit.

Mitt Romney

Wrong before, wrong now
"Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year."

Mitt Romney

Plenty of non-payers support Romney
The "48, 49 percent" that supports President Barack Obama are "people who pay no income tax."

Mitt Romney

Suit seeks fewer restrictions, not more
President Obama’s lawsuit claims it is unconstitutional for Ohio to allow servicemen and women extended early voting privileges during the state’s early voting period.

Mitt Romney

A gross distortion
President Obama was saying success "is the result of government," not "hard-working people," when he said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

Mitt Romney

Not the stimulus, not to buy foreign cars
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.

Mitt Romney

Where's the evidence?
" ‘Obamacare’ puts the federal government between you and your doctor."

Mitt Romney

No fuel for this claim
Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.

Mitt Romney

Cherry-picked number that lacks key context
"Obamacare … means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep."

Mitt Romney

Not supported by evidence
"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."

Mitt Romney

Spending increased by about 5 percent a year on his watch
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."

Mitt Romney

Health care law doesn't 'cut' Medicare
Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare."

Mitt Romney

No support for giveaway claim
"The president gave the (auto) companies to the UAW."

Mitt Romney

Obama did mention Israeli fear about rockets
"This president went before the United Nations and castigated Israel for building settlements. He said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on Israel from the Gaza Strip."

Mitt Romney

That omits deals with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama
Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.

Mitt Romney

Repeal would ultimately increase deficit
Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."

Mitt Romney

Nothing to do with right-to-work state
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it couldn’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state.

Mitt Romney

Other presidents cut benefits - and Obama hasn't
"Only one president has ever cut Medicare for seniors in this country . . . Barack Obama."


Mitt Romney

Reduces deficit over the long haul
Repealing the health care law "would save $95 billion in 2016."

Mitt Romney

Obama's been an author, attorney and community organizer
Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president.

Mitt Romney

Overstates state of union-Boeing spat
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."

Mitt Romney

It's bad, but several other recoveries were weaker
"This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."

Mitt Romney

Making it correct requires stretching the numbers
"Today there are more men and women out of work in America than there are people working in Canada."

Mitt Romney

Not a sincere apology in the bunch
Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."

Mitt Romney

Obama has stayed pretty close to campaign goals
"He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens."

Mitt Romney

He should check their resumes
"I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector."

Mitt Romney

Campaign is ankle-deep in lobbyists
"I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."

Mitt Romney

Even he admits it's not true
"I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA."

Mitt Romney

Flubbing a key number in Red Sox lore
The Red Sox waited "87 long years" to win the World Series.

Mitt Romney

Z-visas have many requirements
"The Z-visa that was offered in that Senate bill let everybody who's here illegally, other than criminals, stay here for the rest of their lives."

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/mitt-romney/statements/byruling/false/?page=1

 

That's quite a list of lies Mitt.

 

Are you trying to prove liberals lie? Whatever, you are succeeding well!
Just to pick a few;
"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt." The CBO agrees.
"This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover." Yes, 2009 was slower. 2010 was slower. 2012 was slower.
"Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it couldn’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state." Just what propaganda were you listening to?
Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare." Oh, but it did cut $750B
"Obamacare … means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep." Now that may be a problem. The figure is now 130,000,000+

 

Sorry to tell you this again, but it's possible that Romney could have been elected had Obama not lied. Just sayin'.

 

Romney was right about so many things & BO has been wrong about so many more...