Mitt Romney is a Liar (as a GOP Candidate)

Thanks for accepting.Arguments: 1) "Obama has signed Zero free trade agreements." [1] Reality: Obama has signed and passed 3 free trade agreements. [2] 2) "I'm not proposing any tax cuts for myself and my rich friends." [3] Reality: Romney plan cuts taxes for wealthy. [4] 3) "25 million people are out of work because of Barack Obama. And so I'll compare my experience in the private sector where, net-net, we created over 100,000 jobs." [5] Reality: Not true at all. 4) "Eliminating "Obamacare" saves $95 billion a year." [6] Reality: The CBO showed that the ACA would add to the deficit significantly over time. [6] 5) "Barack Obama has never worked in the private sector before he was President." Reality: Obama was a private attorney, author, community organizer, worked at Harvard, and worked at Baskin Robbins as a teenager. [7] 6) "This president went before the United Nations and castigated Israel for building settlements. He said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on Israel from the Gaza Strip." Reality: Obama bluntly opposed the attacks on the Israelis. [8] 7) "My plans will... will not add to our deficit. They will abolish it." Reality: To think that you can cut 20% of federal income taxes and balance the budget is absurd as well as untrue. [9] 8) "Only one president has ever cut Medicare for seniors in this country... Barack Obama." Reality: Obama did not cut Medicare at all. And other Presidents have, including Reagan and George H.W. Bush. [10] Obama's plan reduced Medicare spending, but through reducing costs, not cutting Medicare. 9) "This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover." Reality: The Carter/Reagan and Nixon recoveries were slower. [11] 10) "Today more people are out of work in America than employed in Canada." Reality: Not true. In US, 16.7 million unemployed. In Canada, 17.2 million employed. [12] 11) "I pay a 50% tax rate." Reality: A 14% rate is not 50%. [13] [14] 12) "I don't have lobbyists running my campaign." Reality: Campaign is deep in lobbyists. [15] 13) "I received the endorsement of the NRA as governor of Massachusetts." Reality: Romney admits himself that its false later on. [16] 14) "The Red Sox waited 87 long years to win the World Series." Reality: They waited 86 years. [17] 15) "Obama has not completed his campaign goals." Reality: Obama has stood closely to his campaign goals pretty much. [18] 16) "We didn't just slow the rate of growth of government (in Massachusetts), we actually cut it." Reality: Spending grew 5% a year under Romney. [19] 17) "The president gave the auto companies to the UAW." Reality: Not true. [20] ******Next round, I can rebut 7 points, CON can rebut only 5 points. Sources: [1] http://www.mittromney.com... [2] http://money.cnn.com... [3] http://romneytheliar.blogspot.com... [4] http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com... [5] http://romneytheliar.blogspot.com... [6] http://www.politifact.com... [7] http://www.politifact.com... [8] http://www.politifact.com... [9] http://money.cnn.com... [10] http://www.politifact.com... [11] http://www.politifact.com... [12] http://www.politifact.com... [13] http://romneytheliar.blogspot.com... [14] http://www.forbes.com... [15] http://www.politifact.com... [16] http://www.politifact.com... [17] http://www.politifact.com... [18] http://www.politifact.com...-/ [19] http://www.politifact.com...