What's the Plan?

I'm not buying for a single second that the same people who voted for and continue to support Obama want "specifics" about anything. It's another one of those hot-button words being passed around as a party favor; it's a criticism, not a request. The man whose background didn't matter, the man whose experience, voting record, and plan of action didn't matter. The man whose personality--along with a heaping helping of media influence--made him a huge celebrity. This is our sitting President. The man who didn't read his own healthcare legislation he was pushing so hard for and who made a bigger issue out of "stupid" Cambridge police officers than he did unemployed Americans. So people can save that "specifics" line. I'm not buying it at all. It's only a way to blast Romney in favor of Obama. It's yet another smokescreen blown out. It's like the incredibly odd numbers Obama and his supporters pull out of their hats, claiming it's basic math, but all the while using their spending levels and their projections. I heard more "specifics" from Romney last night than I've heard in four years from Obama. And it's not like you can miss Obama speaking. He's friggin' everywhere. ESPN, MTV, late-night talk shows, interrupting Criminal Minds and Law & Order for the same old speech, on every news network, in every major magazine and newspaper. We've had an entire term of Obama and his constant speeches, yet he's never really been specific about anything. Talking points and platitudes and high-polling words and phrases like "fair share" and "we can't wait." That's it.

More specific than Obama's "uh" and "umm" plan? How specific a plan do they think he can detail in a two minute answer? I understood what he was saying. He was saying that government spending needs to be brought under control, the deficit reduced, small business needs to be unchained from the burdens of over-taxation and over-regulation and an atmosphere must be created that is more welcoming towards businesses and those that actually hire people instead of the bullying that is going on now. Anyone who doesn't understand that is a lot like Obama. They don't know how the economy works, so they can't fix it after they've broken it.

People seem to want to know exactly what he wants to cut. I figure it is better to keep options open so that you can make changes in a bipartisan way. It takes compromise. Maybe then we can get some crap cut!

Specifics. That is as simple as it gets. The fact is he is saying he wants to do all these things, but people want numbers. They want to know how he is going to pay for it. The fact is any bill he repeals even if it is only parts is going to cost tax payers money regardless of how he wants to word it. Legislation costs money. They want to know what specifically he is going to get rid of. Not things people donate to like PBS, but what exactly does he consider an overspending program. They want to know that his plan isn't going to bankrupt them come tax time because they will be paying higher taxes and people want to be able to survive and many more. The issue people have with Romney is that he has no specific plan. The sad fact of the matter is he can't give a specific plan or numbers even if he has one. A lot of what he spoke of costs money and the only true way to do it as anyone who fully pays attention to how the government gets their money is taxes. To implement what he wants to implement and cover the cost he is going to have to raise taxes. Now in order to get elected, he needs to NOT say that and just raise the taxes once he gets into office. His plan isn't revenue neutral and he knows it. However, he may lose even more support if he flat out tells you his plan may end up raising your taxes by another thousand or so a year. What you are speaking of in your post is the "principle" of the matter. It is basically his over all plan of what he wants to do. People already know "what he wants to do" or have an idea of it... They want to know specifically HOW he is going to do it and HOW he is going to pay for it.

I hate to be cynical and hope that I am proven wrong but as many presidents that have been elected into office it seems what they say to get into the office is not what they really do. Candidates do not want to get too specific on anything so they won't be accountable to something they were specific about. That is what politics is all about talking a lot about nothing specific. A president when elected has to be accountable to all that supported him and money talks in this country. To figure out what they may and may not do find out who has been contributing big money behind their campaign and see what kind of policies the big contributors support. That is what will be our future.