>>>A crucial component of Mitt Romney’s Plan for a Stronger Middle Class is to dramatically increase domestic energy production and partner closely with Canada and Mexico to achieve North American energy independence by 2020.
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>>>http://www.mittromney.com/sites/default/files/shared/energy_policy_white_paper_8.23.pdf
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>>>If I participated in Facebook I would like.
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>>>I've never been a Romney supporter, mainly because of his lackluster campaigning ability (way to insult the British while a guest in their country you nit). That said, picking Ryan and submitting this plan are good steps towards having me vote for him as opposed to simply voting against the systematic destruction of the nation. Too bad I don't live in a state where my vote matters. ;)
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>>But if you don't vote, you can't bitch about the outcome.
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>I gave up bitching, laughter is the best medicine and in California it's a better cure than legal marajuana. The funny thing about my state is that even though the national spots are a foregone conclusion (gerrymandered redistricting years ago) the state-wide still provides humor.
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>Here we overwhelmningly vote for national politicians who actively campaign on increasing taxes, yet state-wide no tax increase ever gets passed by the voters and prop 13 is the 3rd rail. State-wide bond measures struggle and tend to fall in the 51-49 range one way or another. The last big one to pass was for high-speed rail bond and less than a month later we turned against it. We overwhelmingly voted for Obama (61%-37%) yet passed prop 8 (52%-47%). We elected the Governator and followed him up by giving a previously failed governor another chance to fail which he is doing admirably.
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>There are 2 tax increase proposals on our November ballot. One is presently polling at 55% yes the other 40%. 1 is championed by the governor and teachers union as a merger of their 2 earlier proposals and are "key" to our 2012-2013 budget. ;)
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>Prediction: They will both go down in flames.




RE: But if you don't vote, you can't bitch about the outcome - Yes you can and you should.