Is Mitt Romney a free market Capitalist?

[Hob]

I watched the debate the other day and heard Mitt Romney basically tell everyone that he wasn't going to touch their Medicare or Social Security. I also heard him enthusiastically talk about how important government regulations are for an economy. It sounded like he was happy with most regulations except for maybe a couple. He never got into any specific spending cuts to big government programs. He actually went after Obama for wanting to cut Medicare.

Is this what passes for a free market guy in the Republican party today?

[commish]

You obviously have selective hearing. Watch the debate again online.

[Jim]

only a moron (read: Paul-bot!) would pick a fight they can't win!...Medicare and Medicaid are losing issues if you plan to eliminate hem!..so why even try?

[bigvossman]

Please understand, Republicans define spending cuts different that the rest of us. To us, if you are spending $100 and cut it, you would be spending $99 or less. To them, you simply would only increase it half as much as Democrats would

[Gunny]

SURE-- if not he will Eventually Flip-Flop there...

[shallowchin903]

unlike Obama who is a Govt control freak that hates the USA

[smkeller]

If we elect another ambitious, elitist, unpatriotic American like Bush, then we deserve the damage that will be caused.

The rich will get richer, the debt will increase, no problems will be addressed or solved, and Americans will be seen as the fools that they have become.

Ignorant, easily manipulated populations allowed to make stupid choices, do so.

[magick]

Capitalists bring a product to market . Capitalist don't load a company with debt with the intent of bankrupting the company while stashing the assets offshore away from US bankruptcy laws . He is a scum sucking extractionist / corporate raider . He doesn't know how to run a company profitably so he makes his money running them into the ground . He even cheats on the bankruptcy laws .