Romney to make major foreign policy speech any minute now

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

That doesn't exclude cutting entitlements for those not yet receiving them. Mittens is not stupid. He also may accept revenue enhancements of a kind that is packaged with a tax reform bill that encourages growth, saying it is worth it, at least for the short term, given the dividend. What will be off the table are rate increases. That is the equivalent of the "F" word in Pubbie party politics, and simply cannot be said, anywhere, not even in private.

Balancing the budget cannot be done by cutting future benefits and even with better growth projections. It just doesnt add up. And increasing the defense budget certainly will not lead to balancing the budget, that is just silly talk from Romney. And lets not forget how he is promosing massive increases in spending on border security (the thing he is hitting Perry over the head with).

Romeny is out there pushing for more spending (defense and border security), while saying he will defend Soc. Security...and he will balance the budget.

He is saying he is a magician.

You can cut deductions, which raises revenues. That is the loophole Mittens left for himself, and it is a big one.

It is about a $1 to 1.5 trillion loophole over 10 years, is it not?

[Bull Moose Base]

That doesn't exclude cutting entitlements for those not yet receiving them. Mittens is not stupid. He also may accept revenue enhancements of a kind that is packaged with a tax reform bill that encourages growth, saying it is worth it, at least for the short term, given the dividend. What will be off the table are rate increases. That is the equivalent of the "F" word in Pubbie party politics, and simply cannot be said, anywhere, not even in private.

Balancing the budget cannot be done by cutting future benefits and even with better growth projections. It just doesnt add up. And increasing the defense budget certainly will not lead to balancing the budget, that is just silly talk from Romney. And lets not forget how he is promosing massive increases in spending on border security (the thing he is hitting Perry over the head with).

Romeny is out there pushing for more spending (defense and border security), while saying he will defend Soc. Security...and he will balance the budget.

He is saying he is a magician.

You can cut deductions, which raises revenues. That is the loophole Mittens left for himself, and it is a big one.

It is about a $1 to 1.5 trillion loophole over 10 years, is it not?

And how does Romney explain his silence as a presidential candidate when the Republicans were refusing to close loopholes in debt ceiling talks and what's his explanation for opposing the final deal?  And what's his explanation for why closing loopholes, which would force companies and individuals to pay more taxes, doesn't harm the economy as he's been arguing?

[Likely Voter]

That doesn't exclude cutting entitlements for those not yet receiving them. Mittens is not stupid. He also may accept revenue enhancements of a kind that is packaged with a tax reform bill that encourages growth, saying it is worth it, at least for the short term, given the dividend. What will be off the table are rate increases. That is the equivalent of the "F" word in Pubbie party politics, and simply cannot be said, anywhere, not even in private.

Balancing the budget cannot be done by cutting future benefits and even with better growth projections. It just doesnt add up. And increasing the defense budget certainly will not lead to balancing the budget, that is just silly talk from Romney. And lets not forget how he is promosing massive increases in spending on border security (the thing he is hitting Perry over the head with).

Romeny is out there pushing for more spending (defense and border security), while saying he will defend Soc. Security...and he will balance the budget.

He is saying he is a magician.

You can cut deductions, which raises revenues. That is the loophole Mittens left for himself, and it is a big one.

Actually Mitt has specifically removed that loophole. His recently released economic plan calls for making all Bush tax cuts permanent, reducing capital gains taxes, getting rid of the inheritance tax, and lowering the corporate tax...all in the short term. The net result of all those cuts would be a lower baseline of revenue.

He then calls for simplifying/flatteng the tax code but also notes:

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Bottom line is Mitt is calling for less revenue and more spending AND balancing the budget. The only cut in the short run he calls for is 5% of discretionary (but not defense or homeland security). It simply doesn't add up.