Mitt Romney
- Filed under: Uncategorized
- Date: Jan 18,2008
Early years:
Born March 12, 1947 in Detroit
Education B.A., Brigham Young University, 1971, law degree, MBA from Harvard, both in 1975
Business career:
1978-84 Vice president, Bain & Company, Inc. management consulting; as CEO, 1990-91, saved firm from financial ruin
1984-98 Founded, ran Bain Capital private equity investment
1999-2002 President, CEO, Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City, Utah
Political career:
1994 GOP candidate for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts
2002 Elected governor of Massachusetts
2007 Announces candidacy to run for president in 2008
Views:
Iraq: Bring U.S. troops home as soon as possible, but not in precipitous way that might require them to go come back.
Economy: Roll back taxes, make Bush tax cuts permanent, improve worker retraining, strengthen math and science education, fix transportation infrastructure, reform tort law.
Health Care: Make it easier for people to buy private health insurance. All health care expenses would be tax deductible. Help the “truly needy” buy insurance.
Immigration: Issue a tamperproof card to legal non-citizens, and establish a database so employers can check their legal status.
Taxes: Make Bush tax cuts permanent. Eliminate taxes on interest, dividends and capital gains for anyone with adjusted gross income under $200,000. End estate tax.
Global Warming: Believes that “Kyoto-style sweeping mandates would kill jobs, depress growth and shift manufacturing to the dirtiest developing nations.” Develop alternative energy sources.
Energy: Make independence top priority akin to Manhattan Project. Support research on all exotic fuels and increase domestic production. Supports nuclear power.
