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...Still, Romney’s resume reads “robber baron” to some. When Romney ran against Sen. Edward M Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) in 1994, Kennedy skewered the newbie with TV ads blasting Romney over an Indiana company’s layoffs prompted by then owner, Bain Capital. (Romney was on leave from Bain during the firings...
...Romney applies his data-driven approach to good causes. In July 1996, Bain Managing Director Robert Gay told Romney that Gay’s 14-year-old daughter had gone missing in New York City. Immediately, Romney closed Bain’s Boston office, shipped most of its 30 employees to New York City, and established a command center in a hotel, where they wrote a five-part plan. Romney recruited 250 people from associated Wall Street firms to help with the search. Together, they posted 250,000 flyers with the girl’s picture throughout the city...
...Romney’s good heart and work ethic, gained national fame when he led the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games. As expected, Romney transformed a $379 million deficit into a $56 million surplus. He also set an example. Foregoing a salary, Romney cut the fancy meals and expensive trips. He infamously served his executives pizza on paper plates—and charged them a dollar a slice. Pledging to strip government officials convicted of felonies of their pensions and to prohibit senior staff members’ relatives from lobbying the executive branch, a President Romney could polish...
...course, Governor Romney is the best model for a President Romney. His record should stroke conservatives’ feathers: He left a state once $3 billion in debt with a $1 billion surplus (without raising taxes), deputized state police to enforce federal immigration laws, increased the number of charter schools, and vetoed a bill authorizing the cloning of human embryos...
...Romney stands out among his Republican peers for taking on healthcare. The story of Romneycare is well known: Romney required each Massachusetts adult to buy healthcare insurance, enrolled Medicaid candidates who hadn’t realized they were eligible, and helped those who couldn’t afford their own insurance with federal funds previously used to dole out free care to walk...