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Mitt Romney

Background Information: Born March 12, 1947. From 2003 to 2007, he was the Governor of the state of Massachusetts. Lost the Republican nomination for president to McCain in 2008 Announced the start of his 2012 Presidential campaign on June 2, 2011

Stance on the Issues:

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Healthcare- wants to repeal Obamacare and instead issue reforms that give states and individuals more power; he also wants to reduce the cost of health care Foreign Policy- Four “guiding principles”: 1) make everything as clear as possible so no one can question where the U.S. stands on certain issues 2) establish an international system that corresponds with open markets, representative government, and human rights 3) try to solve conflict before it erupts into the loss of human life 4) participate in multilateral organizations and alliances Jobs- on his first day in the office, Romney promises that he will submit a packet of five acts to Congress, which will make the economy head towards the path of economic growth necessary to create jobs: The American Competitiveness Act <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- reduces corporate tax to 25% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Open Markets Act <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- implements Columbia, Panama, & South Korea Free Trade Agreements <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Domestic Energy Act <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- surveys American energy reserves <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Retraining Reform Act <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- returns funding and responsibility for federal retraining programs to the states <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Down Payment on Fiscal Sanity Act <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- cuts non-security discretionary spending by 5%, which reduces the annual federal budget by 20 billion