"As Romney took the stage, a sign appeared behind him, 'A Chance for Every Child.' Later, his campaign distributed a 35-page white paper that is among the most in-depth policy prescriptions so far. The broadest change involves funding for special needs and low income students."
"The Republican’s strength among seniors comes even though he has said he generally supports a plan put forward by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, that would gradually raise the Medicare eligibility age to 67 from 65 and turn it into a voucher-like program where future seniors would receive subsidies to purchase health care on the open market."
"Stark, D-Fremont, announced he's introducing the Women's Option to Raise Kids (WORK) Act, which would amend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families welfare program to recognize the job of raising children age 3 or younger as work; low-income parents would be able to work, receive job training, search for work or raise their children until they are school-aged without fear of losing TANF support."
“Mr. Ryan lacked the courage to provide the details of how sharply his budget would affect popular programs like job training or state aid to education. That task, he says cynically, will be left to the appropriating committees in Congress. When a critic like President Obama tries to point out which programs will inevitably suffer when a broad category is sharply cut, Mr. Ryan’s allies, including Mitt Romney, rush in to claim that no such cut was specified in the budget. They want it both ways: to win support from those who don’t care about social programs, without ever having to detail the pain the cuts would cause.”
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Below are a list of policies from the candidate for issues related to reducing poverty and promoting opportunity with links to more information on the candidate’s website and, where applicable, their official government website. Tax and Budget PolicyMitt Romney proposes to set limits on federal government spending by adding a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution that will cut and cap spending at 20 percent of GDP. Romney also plans to maintain current tax rates on personal income, and to reform Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
>>Read more about Mitt Romney’s tax and budget plan. Health CareMitt Romney proposes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, expand tax deductions for those who purchase their own health insurance, strengthen Health Savings Accounts and block-grant funds for Medicaid to the states.
>>Read more about Mitt Romney’s health care plan. JobsMitt Romney has proposed a jobs plan, “
Day One, Job One,” which proposes to reform labor laws and lower the corporate tax rate.
>>Read more about Mitt Romney’s jobs plan. Spotlight has tracked what the Republican presidential candidates have been saying about poverty and opportunity during the GOP primary debates. We’ve posted quotes from the candidates in a series of Out of the Spotlight (OOTS) blog postings.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is quoted in the following OOTS:
NBC, National Journal and Tampa Bay Times GOP Debate, January 23, 2012
Fox News Channel and Wall Street Journal GOP Debate, January 13, 2012
NBC and Facebook GOP Presidential Debate, January 8, 2012
ABC/Yahoo/WMUR-TV New Hampshire Republican Debate, January 7, 2012
Fox News Republican Debate, December 15, 2011
ABC News Iowa Republican Debate, December 10, 2011
CBS News/National Journal GOP Presidential Debate, November 12, 2011
Your Money, Your Vote: The Republican Presidential Debate, sponsored by CNBC, November 9, 2011
The Western Republican Leadership Conference/CNN Presidential Debate, October 18, 2011
Washington Post-Bloomberg Economic Debate, October 11, 2011
Fox News-Google GOP Presidential Debate, September 22, 2011
Tea Party/GOP Debate, hosted by CNN, September 12, 2011
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