What Romney had to offer

                During the presidential debates I got sick of hearing Mitt Romney telling us “That is not my plan, or my plan is…..” and then never really telling us what he is going to do to help our economy or country as a whole. So I got curious and here is Mitt Romney’s 5 point plan:

1)      Achieve energy independence in the U.S by 2020: Great point!! However, every president since Reagan has had this exact same point as part of their plan and look where we are now. We are still dependent on oil. 

Also, Mitt likes drilling for oil. He believes there is a lot of money to be made in oil, which there is, but can you put a dollar amount on our environment?  Mitt wants to drill for oil in the U.S, but most of the U.S oil reserves lie under our national parks. Sure, now we need oil, but we need to think about the future.  We only have one planet and we need to make it a priority to take care of it.

2)      Trade that works for America:  Great point, I do not know what Mitt’s view is for trade, but I would hope that it would be towards a less dependent one. I know he wants to drill for oil which would benefit us economically, but this would destroy our environment.

3)      Provide a better education: One of Mitt’s stronger points. Being the governor of the highest/best educated state in the U.S puts him in the best position to lead the country in education. He wants to educate Americans so that they will be able to find jobs, he wants to prepare the younger generation for the future.

This is an extremely difficult task.  At this time in society it is extremely difficult for the younger generation to find a job out of college and it will only get harder as the years go on.  If I would put my education in any one person’s hands it would be Romney’s.

4)      Cut the deficit: if you followed the debates you would know that no one knows Mitts plan for cutting the deficit. He was criticized by Obama for never telling how he was going to cut the deficit. However, he said he would raise spending on national defense, which I think is an awful idea.  Our country spends more money on national defense then the whole European Union. Why would we want to spend more money?

5)      Champion small business: Mitt strongly believes that small businesses are the core to a strong economy. He is right, without small business this country would not be where it was today. While big company owners are benefitting greatly and hiring hundreds of thousands of workers, there are not many big companies. However, imagine the town you grew up in or where you live now small businesses run the town and the towns of the country we live in.

I wonder how Mitt would have done as president.

Sources

http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-romneys-5-point-plan-plan-mccain-08-bush-04.html