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Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Former Governor of Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
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Romney position on Poverty
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• Mitt Romney holds the opinion that the biggest reason for the success of Americans is their belief in God and their ability to capitalize on opportunities. Saying that the American DNA is laced with opportunity, he blames the welfare programs of the yesteryears for having created a culture of poverty which he feels is still lurking and threatening to destroy the American culture.
• Being opposed to the issue of giving cash hand-outs to poor workers, Mitt Romney feels that a better way of dealing with the problem is to bring about growth in the business sector, create jobs and thus generate more income.
• When the state proposed a project with the intention of overcoming and preventing homelessness and assigned a huge amount for the issue, Mitt Romney, the then Governor, vetoed the entire program and reduced the amount significantly for one program because he disapproved of it completely. However, both programs would receive funds which would enable them to carry out their objectives.
• Mitt Romney has suggested three major policy changes namely requiring the recipients to go to work immediately, eliminating firms which invest in inner city enterprise zone from paying taxes on capital gains and awarding tax credits to companies which hire poor residents and provide them with stable employment.
• Mitt Romney has also proposed minimum sentences which would not only be mandatory on criminals but would also be tough. This is to ensure the reduction of crime through tough measures and its ultimate crackdown.
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