Mr. Romney, have you personally shopped in a grocery store or big box store in the past ten years? If so, has the rise in prices forced you to forgo the purchase of items that were formerly a staple in your diet? I have made adjustments, and so have a majority of my friends; however, I doubt that you've felt the pinch.
When you tout your ability to create jobs, are you including jobs that Bain Capital outsourced to other countries? Do you factor in the jobs that companies eliminated while you led Bain Capital, so that you can provide a specific net gain figure?
You have been speaking in generalities throughout your campaign about actions you would take if elected President of the United States. Now that you have won the required delegates, can you state exactly what you would do to create jobs while protecting the most vulnerable citizens of our country: children, the physically disabled and mentally handicapped, and the elderly? According to the Preamble to the United States Constitution, government has a prime duty to provide for the welfare of its citizens. No, I don't mean the welfare program. I mean the health, well-being, and safety of all.
What are your plans to ensure that every citizen has access to health care other than using emergency departments? Our country has a dismal health care record in comparison to other industrialized nations. Life expectancy in this country trails France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Canada, and the UK, all of which use socialized medicine. According to a report published by the World Health Organization in August 2011, the United States trailed 40 other countries in infant mortality rates during the first month of life. Ham on Wry could list several additional abysmal statistics, but the message is clear. Our current system fails too many people.
What are your views on proposed regulation of financial services behemoths? You have affirmed your belief in capitalism both verbally and in your career. Unfettered capitalism does not work If it did, the economic meltdown in 2008 would not have occurred, nor would Bernie Madoff have succeeded in pilfering obscene amounts of money from investors who trusted him. What will you do to ensure that a debacle such as this will not happen again?
You are currently faulting President Obama for failed economic policies, yet he took office when the economy had hit its lowest point since the depression. Ham on Wry asks you to speak more in terms of the strategy you will use and the actions you will take to implement that strategy in order to produce a robust economy from which all citizens will benefit, not just those who can shield assets and move money to overseas accounts. It's time to lay out your plan, Mr. Romney. Only then can informed citizens understand your vision for this country.
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