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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Political Quote of the Day

From Mitt Romney's excellent economic speech:
During my time in business and in state government, I came to see the economy as having three big players – the private sector, the states and localities and the federal government.

Of these three, the private sector is by far the most efficient and cost effective. That’s because scores of businesses and thousands of entrepreneurs are competing every day to find a way to deliver a product or a service that is better than anyone else’s. Think about smart phones. Blackberry got things going. Then Apple introduced the iPhone. Now the Android platform leads the market. In the world of free enterprise, competition brings us better and better products at lower and lower cost. Innovate and change or you go out of business. And the customer — us — benefits. …

Imagine if the federal government was the sole legal supplier of cell phones. First, they’d still be under review, with hearings in Congress. When finally approved, the contract to make them would go to an Obama donor. They’d be the size of a shoe, with a collapsible solar panel. And campaign donors would be competing to become the all-powerful app czar.

My point is this: As President Obama and old-school liberals absorb more and more of our economy into government, they make what we do more expensive, less efficient and less useful. They make America less competitive. They make government more expensive.

What President Obama is doing is not bold; it’s old.
That speech will resonate well with voters. Keep doing it.

2 comments:

Underdog said...

The cell phone analogy should resonate well with Romney's audience - the voters - as the device is ubiquitous. Everyone can relate.

"not bold, but old" is a great rhyme for a sound byte that should speak to the voters.

Someone or some people thought about what Romney should say before he said it. He got good advice. Obama, by contrast, shoots first from the hip with an announcement (gay marriage) and THEN gets on the phone to spiritual advisors - pastors - *after the fact.* That's not getting advice, that's damage control and expediency just to get votes.

Obama has now shown himself to be a confirmed Secular Humanist. He may call himself a Christian, but fruit inspectors like me will "check under the hood" and find his Secular Humanism time after time! I'm not fooled.

Sam L. said...

Mikey likes it! As do I!