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Governor Mitt Romney and the Poor

 

Press Releases on the Poor

 

2003

  • 01-10-2003; Governor Mitt Romney seeks expanded authority to balance budget; Calls for shared sacrifice in order to avoid disproportionate cuts to poor and needy

 

2005

  • 07-08-2005, ROMNEY FILES LEGISLATION TO LIFT FAMILIES FROM POVERTY

 

Romney quotes about the poor

 

2003

 

  • "A true partnership means sharing in good times and bad. In good times, the Commonwealth shared its prosperity with cities and towns. Now that the state has hit hard times, we need cities and towns to join us in tightening their belts. Our problem is simple: spending is high and cash is low. When we began our transition two months ago, every indication was that the current budget was balanced. That is not the case, and immediate, hard action is required to achieve fiscal balance," said Romney. According to Romney, his current "9C authority" would force disproportionate cuts on the elderly, poor and disabled. "If we are forced to balance this budget on the backs of our seniors and the poor, we will expose the core services of government to disproportionate cuts," said Romney. "That is not fair. The best solution is to spread the burden."
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 01-10-2003 Press Release
      • An address to the Massachusetts Municipal Association.

 

  • “We will continue to be a generous state when it comes to caring for the poor, the disabled and the elderly. We will be far less generous when it comes to patronage, waste and inefficiencies.”

 

  • "The first is Common Sense for the Commonwealth that I have just described. The second brings spending programs to levels we can afford. When it comes to caring for the poor, the disabled and the elderly, Massachusetts is one of the most generous states in the nation. And despite facing the worst fiscal crisis in a generation, we will stay one of the most generous. Even more remarkably in light of the record budget gap, our total state spending for Health and Human Services will GROW next year under my budget. Let me say that again: Health and Human Services will actually GROW next year."
    • Governor Mitt Romney, Massachusetts State of the State Address 2003 02-25-2003

 

2004

 

  • “The Adams scholarship is based on merit and is open to everyone regardless of whether they are black or white, rich or poor, from a suburban school or an urban setting. For families struggling to make ends meet, it’s a way to help with the high cost of college tuition.”

2005

  • “I felt very strongly that the social programs of the sixties and seventies, the liberal agenda - I’ll call it the Johnson agenda-had hurt working families, had hurt the poor in many instances. And while the liberals had the best of intentions, I felt that the programs themselves had created a permanent underclass and had fostered poverty instead of eliminating it.”
    • Governor Mitt Romney, The Atlantic (September 2005)

 

  • "So, you might say, well then it’s the demographics. Poor and minority kids in urban communities just can’t be expected to do as well as their suburban counterparts. Well, we’ve found that that is simply not the case either. In fact, in one Massachusetts community, and in many others just like it, you can find two schools with similar demographics and similar funding that are getting dramatically different results."

 

2006

 

  • WALLACE: So you would have been willing to see the Medicare prescription drug benefit but you would like to have seen scale-backs in other parts of these entitlements? ROMNEY: "I'd like to see a holistic program that says OK, what are we going to do for people who are retiring in Medicare and those that are poor on Medicaid, how do we make sure that this doesn't become an overwhelming burden, let's include prescription drugs but keep it from growing at such an outrageous rate."

 

 

Romney actions and press releases that deal with the poor

 

  • Romney also vetoed provisions providing dental and eyeglass benefits to poor residents on the Medicaid program, and providing health coverage to senior and disabled legal immigrants not eligible for federal Medicaid.

 

  • Romney said the next phase of Commonwealth Care will create Safety Net Care, which will convert the uncompensated care pool into an insurance plan for the 150,000 working poor and long-term unemployed, directing them to a specified network of clinics, community health centers and hospitals. Currently, the state spends more than $1 billion annually on healthcare for the uninsured, but it does so inefficiently with limited controls on usage. 04-06-2005 Press Release

 

  • Romney’s Commonwealth Care plan also addresses signing up individuals who are eligible for Medicaid, but not currently enrolled. Later this summer, he will unveil a plan for the working poor and long-term unemployed. 04-07-2005 Press Release

 

  • Pellerin-Duck is dedicated to her community and has served as president and board member of the Pioneer Valley Project, which works to empower the poor and disenfranchised in the region. She was selected by the Diocese of Springfield to serve as a member of the National Catholic Campaign for Human Development that fights poverty and advocates for social change. 06-26-2003 Press Release

 

  • Without relying on additional support from the state’s taxpayers or imposing mandates on businesses, the Commonwealth Care plan will offer coverage to the state’s 460,000 uninsured citizens by creating affordable insurance policies with basic benefits; enrolling Medicaid eligible patients; and providing aggressively managed treatment at clinics, health centers and hospitals for the working poor and long-term unemployed. 12-06-2004 Press Release

 

  • Bank of America and MHP reached an agreement on the loan amount, and the bank agreed to convert a portion of the loan the $18 million grant. The grant can be used in combination with traditional financing to promote housing that serves extremely low-income families, the working poor and homeless, and to develop housing that is smaller in scale and supported by the community. 05-14-2004 Press Release

 

  • “Without child support, we were evicted from our home, our car was repossessed and we had to move in with my family,” said Payne-Violet. “We went from a middle class family to a poor family overnight.” 02-23-2004 Press Release

 

  • “President Bush established the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives to strengthen the partnership between the federal, state and local government to faith-based and community groups that provide compassionate assistance to the American people,” said Towey. “Grassroots groups touch the lives of the poor and distressed with lasting, positive results.” 06-28-2005

 

  • Salazar also announced that the USDA had awarded a $125,000 grant to Jewish Vocational Services of Boston. The agency will work with employers to improve access to the food stamp program for the working poor. 09-29-2004 Press Release

 

  • “The rehabilitation and preservation of these affordable housing units is so important here in the South End,” said Mayor Thomas M. Menino. “These buildings have been restored to their original splendor, but just as importantly, they are providing beautiful and affordable places to call home for people who are priced out of the market. I want to thank and congratulate our partners, the Madison Park Development Corporation and Haley House Inc., for their commitment to providing affordable housing and services for the poor and homeless.” 08-10- 2004 Press Release

 

  • This boost includes a 9 percent increase in Medicaid, from $5.97 billion to $6.5 billion. Romney also preserved benefits for veterans, welfare payments to the poor, childcare funding and the state’s investment in homeless shelters. 02-26-2003 Press Release

 

Thesis statements that deal with the poor

 

 

 

George Romney quotes on the poor

  • "Too frequently family responsibilities are pre-empted by government and weakened by obsolete welfare policies that cripple each new generation of the poor."
    • George Romney campaign material

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