As Governor of one of the nation's most liberal states, Governor Romney based his agenda on proven conservative principles: smaller government, lower taxes, defending the traditional family, and keeping our citizens safe and secure:
- Balanced Budgets. Without raising taxes or increasing debt, Governor Romney closed a $3 billion budget deficit his first year in office with a heavily Democrat legislature. Each year, Governor Romney filed a balanced budget without raising taxes. By eliminating waste, streamlining government, and enacting comprehensive economic reforms to help spur growth, Governor Romney helped the state achieve a surplus totaling nearly $1 billion in 2005.
- Lower Taxes. In the bluest of blue states, Governor Romney kept taxes down. Under his leadership, the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees.
- Unemployment Lowered. When Governor Romney took office, Massachusetts was losing thousands of jobs every month. Today, the unemployment rate is averaging more than a full percentage point lower, and the state has added approximately 60,000 jobs in the last two years.
- A Commitment To Traditional Marriage And Family. Governor Romney believes marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. He has fought activist judges who imposed same-sex marriage on Massachusetts and testified before Congress in support of the Federal Marriage Act. When Governor Romney has addressed life issues he has sided on life. These have been his positions in Massachusetts and will be his positions as President.
- Strengthened Education. Under Governor Romney's leadership, Massachusetts' fourth and eighth grade students ranked first in reading and tied for first in mathematics. In 2004, Governor Romney helped ensure more students received a higher education by establishing the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program to reward the highest performing Massachusetts high school graduates with a four-year, tuition-free scholarship to state universities or colleges. In three years, more than 14,000 top-scoring high school seniors have been awarded these scholarships.
- More Affordable Healthcare. Bringing the best minds together, including experts at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to address healthcare costs, Governor Romney signed into law a plan affording every citizen health insurance without raising taxes or creating a massive government-controlled system.
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I just have a couple questions about your position on the restriction of same sex marriage.
How do you address the fact that this is a blatant statement of prejudice and intolerance. To judge a certain sexual penchant as unworthy of the same respect as any other is simply bigotry. There is not enough scientific evidence to support the claims that same sex marriage is any worse (either for the children or for the couple) than a traditional marriage. Is your platform not, in essence, encouraging bigotry and intolerance, two of the biggest causes of social unrest? How can you conscientiously condone the propagation of these attitudes in a country that is notorious for that in the first place?
m.h. - What kind of respect are you trying to obtain by being able to receive same sex marriage? And why do you feel that the vast majority of traditional American families should have to send their children to schools that will have to teach that homosexuality is ok to participate in, despite the fact that it goes against their moral fiber?
This is not about bigotry or discrimination... it is a moral issue. In allowing same sex marriages, all public institutions, including schools, will in essence be forced to have a pro-gay stance despite the fact that the vast majority of Americans believe in the traditional family structure.
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