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Robert Reich | Romney Has Morality Upside Down

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 14:02 — Dave Culver
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  • He doesn't want to regulate where regulation is necessary - at the highest reaches of the economy, where public immorality has cost us dearly, and will cost even more unless boardroom behavior is constrained. Yet he wants to regulate where regulation is least appropriate - at the level of the individual, in bedrooms and other intimate spaces, where private morality should govern.
  • Beyond Outrage ~ Robert Reich

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Mitt Romney’s reaction to J.P. Morgan Chase’s mounting losses from reckless trades is “the market will take care of it.” His spokesman says “no taxpayer money was at risk” so we don’t need more financial regulation. Romney has even promised to repeal Dodd-Frank if he’s elected president.

Yet at the same time, Romney has come out strongly against same-sex marriage. He’s also against abortion. He has no problem with government intruding on the most intimate of decisions a person makes.

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