Word: romneys
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Michigan still does not have an income tax, and revenues depend upon high property and sales taxes. Romney introduced a proposal for a graduated income tax in 1963, but the Republican legislature voted it down. After reapportionment, a Democratic legislature passed his minimum-wage law--Michigan's first...
...Romney's civil rights record is strong. When questioned on open housing, he explains that he helped write the state constitution, which has "comprehensive civil-rights guarantees, including open occupancy in housing." Three years ago, Romney joined Dr. Martin Luther King's march in Detroit...
...brief, Romney's administration in Michigan has been more liberal than many of his public statements. "It's quite apparent that we have an excessively expensive welfare administrative structure," declares the man who campaigned in industrial areas last fall on his progressive record in education, mental health, pollution control, and social welfare. His frequent lapses into anti-Big Government slogans are typical of his equivocal positions...
...presidential hopeful, Romney is in a bind. He is far too liberal for the Michigan old-guard Republicans, and many conservatives in the GOP are hostile to him for refusing to endorse Gold -water in 1964. With Richard Nixon hovering over him and with George Wallace prepared to run as a third-party candidate, Romney finds himself in a precarious position within...
...bears a good deal of resemblance to the Eisenhower of 1952. He has the same apolitical, up-with-purity-and-unity image. As with Eisenhower, he is a midwesterner with the backing of Eastern Republicans; his support does not stem from his policies and statements. Romney's appeal rests upon his supposed ability to defeat a President increasingly regarded as insincere and dishonest...