Biggy2

Yes, but unfortunately this is the same man who will be appointing Supreme Court justices and making a boatload of other decisions that matter that is not related to the economy which is scary. I think Romney would provide a boost to the economy in the short term based on what you said, the mere change.

However, being too pro-business is what got us here. Will Romney really police wall street and all the financial engineering that is effectively bad for the rest of us? The truth is, he is a master of financial engineering himself, particularly when it comes to taxes. The short term benefit can easily be traded for long term peril.

No matter which way you slice it, Romney is hard to trust. And the polls show just that, his likeability is incredibly low. As for his plans, he's offered little to no specifics. His campaign recently said they will not be dictated by fact-checkers after people have called his ads on removing the work requirement on welfare patently false. Romney will be great for the rich in this country. As for job creators, I subscribe to the philosophy that people wil make their decisions based upon their business, not politics. If you're rich, and you want to be richer, you're going to try to become richer irregardless of what people tax you.

I'll offer you a prediction: Obama will hit the DNC next week. His speech will re-affirm the economy hasn't been that great, but it's getting better. He will remind people why we got here. He will point out the fact that Romney and Ryan are lying on a lot of shit like Medicare, and it's proven by fact-checkers. He will talk about all of the cuts Ryan wants to do. He will invoke Clinton to remind people of the last prosperous time this country has, and he will tell people the paths are very clear and very different. Romeny wants to cut taxes on the rich and fund it through lower benefits. And he wants to let cuts expire for the rich while leaving them low for everyone else, and cut the deficit in a more sensible manner, while promoting job growth.

I watched half of Romney's speech. I didn't find much substance to it all. If he's going to win independents and swings, he needs more, than to just blame Obama for the economy. The world is doing poorly as a whole, the US is actually doing better than most, and polls have shown most people do not blame Obama for the economy, and the #s are quite telling when people ask if they think they will be better with Mitt v Obama in office (The results are about dead even). Basically, most people don't think either president will do much for them. And I agree with that assessment. I don't think either guy can fix the political gridlock or make everyone's world so much better. One guy can most definitely cut taxes and cut benefits though.