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His contention was that Americans should have the ability and right to terminate coverage with a health insurance provider if they did not provide quality service for them. Obviously, that's what he meant to say. We have all heard of Romney's impressive track record at Bain Capital. He would buy companies and generally break them up and sell them for their parts.
The process is pure capitalism at its best. The downside of his approach was that as companies were sold off or broken up, workers would lose their jobs. In other words, they were fired. Now we clearly know that Mitt Romney enjoyed this work of firing people.
All kidding aside, I recognize that the last thing that Mitt Romney would want to say in today's economic climate is that he likes firing people. There is only 13 million Americans without jobs, of which I would venture to say that 60-65% were either fired or laid off. The only thing is, the words are out there now and what should we make of them. Obviously, firing people could not have been contained in his talking points on the issue of health care and insurance providers. If that phrase was part of his talking points, we would have heard it before.
Same goes for the $10,000 wager he offered Rick Perry at one the debates. Another gem that could not have been included in the talking points memo he received. Once again, I don't know who bets $10,000 as I don't know anyone who says that they fired their health insurance company. I am confident that some would like to fire their health insurance company which is the point I think he was trying to make.
Truth is, the average American citizen, who has health insurance, probably would like to fire their insurance company when they are informed that certain health care is not covered under their policy. Unfortunately, the average American citizen has few choices when it comes to health insurance providers and firing them is not an option. Of course, there are another 40 million American citizens who have no health insurance and if Mitt gets his way, that 40 million will double if and when The Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) gets overturned by the Supreme Court or an Act by Congress.
More to the point, like the $10,000 bet, his comment on firing people is what makes me believe that he has no common thread with the American people. Out of touch, without a clue and incredibly insensitive to the plight of so many American families. The other night on the campaign stump, he almost identified himself as one who knew what it was like to lose a job. He caught himself or thought better of it, before I had one more thing to add to this article.
Of all the things I do as an employer, manager and administrator, the least favorite thing that I do is fire someone. Not once have I enjoyed the experience although I have had more than my share of employees who brought it upon themselves. Generally when I have to fire someone, I recognize that I failed too. Not just the employee. Mitt does not share the same sentiment.
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