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BEGINNING WITH THE ELIMINATION
OF OUR TOLERANCE FOR UNFAIR
FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES AND THE
USE OF OUR OWN TAX CODE TO SHIP
JOBS OVERSEAS.
I RUN TO REVEAL AND CHALLENGE
THE CONTROL OF THE SPECIAL
CAPITAL.
INTERESTS OVER OUR NATION'S
AND DEMONSTRATE THE FREEDOM TO
LEAVE THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM
REFUSING THEIR MONEY.
I RUN AS A PROUD REPUBLICAN BUT
AN EVEN BROADER AMERICAN.
I BELIEVE IN AMERICA, ITS VALUES
AND FUTURE.
R A NATION AT RISK AND NEITHER
THE PRESIDENT NOR ANY OTHER
CANDIDATES FOR THIS OFFICE
ADDRESSES ARE AS SOLUTIONS FOR
THE TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS FACING
AMERICA.
ONE IS ON FAIR TRADE WHICH IS
STEALING OUR BEST JOBS, STOP AND
ECONOMIC GROWTH, CAUSING US TO
SLOWLY SINK UNDER A MOUNTAIN OF
DEBT WHILE WE ATTEMPT TO
MAINTAIN OUR STANDARD OF LIVING
BY BORROWING RATHER THAN
WORKING.
YET NO ONE MENTIONS UNFAIR
PROBLEM, NO ONE.
TRADE FOR A SOLUTION FOR THE
MENTIONED A PROBLEM.
WHICH LEADS TO THE SECOND ON
SPECIAL INTEREST CAMPAIGN
DONATIONS WHICH OWN WASHINGTON,
D.C., TURNING IT TO A CORRUPT
INSTITUTION WHERE FAT CAT
SPECIAL INTEREST CHECKS OR WRITE
THE TAX CODE, THE HEALTH CARE
REFORM, AND BANK REFORM.
MCORP BUT PROFITS ARE AT AN
ALL-TIME HIGH.
THESE SAME CORPORATIONS ARE
SENDING AMERICAN JOBS OVERSEAS,
CAUSING FEAR AND PAIN AMONG THE
FAMILIES OF MILLIONS OF OUR
NEIGHBORS.
IN SHORT, THE GUYS WITH THE BIG
CHANGE.
CHECKS DON'T WANT REFORM OR
THEY'VE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD.
THAT IS WHY NO ONE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT SOLVING
THE PROBLEM.
ON FAIR TRADE, STEALING OUR
BEST JOBS, INSTITUTIONAL
CORRUPTION OR OF WASHINGTON,
D.C. -- THEY NEED THE MONEY TO
WIN.
I RUN FOR PRESIDENT BY ACCEPTED
NO PAC MONEY, NO CONTRIBUTION
OVER $100 PER PERSON AND FULL
DISCLOSURE NO MATTER WHAT THE
SIZE OF THE GIFT, $5 OR $75.
WE MUST BREAK THE STRANGLEHOLD
OF SPECIAL INTERESTS ON A TAX
CODE YOU CANNOT LEAD, A BUDGET
THAT WILL NEVER BE BALANCED,
DEBT THAT CANNOT BE REPAID, AND
THE REFORM OF WALL STREET BANKS
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
WHO LIVE BY THEIR GREED AND
HEALTH CARE REFORM THAT DOES NOT
DRIVE DOWN THE COST AND WE SEND
AMERICAN JOBS OVERSEAS DAY AFTER
DAY.
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET
CONTROL OF OUR COUNTRY AWAY FROM
THE SPECIAL INTERESTS -- DON'T
TAKE THEIR BLOOD MONEY.
DON'T TAKE THEIR PAC MONEY.
DON'T TAKE THEIR BUNDLED THE
MONEY.
THE PRESIDENT MUST BE FREE TO
CHALLENGE AND CHANGE WASHINGTON
AND OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT -- HE
IS RAISING $1 BILLION WHILE IN
OFFICE.
WITH MY OF IT COMING FROM WALL
STREET CORPORATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS HE IS SUPPOSED TO
REGULATE.
THE PRICE TAG IS $35,000 PER
TICKET.
BOOKS.
TOO BIG TO FAIL IS STILL ON THE
MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE FEWER
THAN 10 PERCENT NOW IN AMERICA.
MADE IN AMERICA IS A LABEL THAT
HAS DISAPPEARED.
UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED
SEEM PERMANENT NOW AT 20% +.
WE HAVE FEWER JOBS AND THEY PAY
LESS AND CHINA IS HAVING THE
ARE PAYING FOR IT.
GREATEST BOOM IN HISTORY AND WE
WE NEED TRADING JOBS BUT THE
TRADE MUST BE FAIR FOR BOTH
NATIONS SUFFER.
ON FAIR TRADE USES CHILD LABOR,
PRISON LABOR, WORK WITHOUT
STANDARDS, WORK WITHOUT
ENVIRONMENTAL SCORECARDS, AND
PIRATES THE VERY DESIGN AND
PRODUCTS AND PLANTS THAT COME
INTO THEIR NATION.
THESE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
HAVE COST US MILLIONS OF OUR
BEST JOBS OVER THE LAST 20
YEARS, NOT JUST THE LAST TWO,
CAUSING UNTOLD PAIN AND ANXIETY
AND FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA AND
OUR LEADERS HAVE DONE NOTHING
BUT TALK ABOUT THE WONDERS OF
FREE TRADE, A SO-CALLED FREE
TRADE HAS KILLED US.
TRADE MUST BE FAIR FIRST.
, THEN FREE.
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS STARTING
WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON A PET --
PROTECTED AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
JOBS FROM PREDATORY TRADE
PRACTICES FOR MORE THAN 160
YEARS.
THIS IS NOT A RADICAL IDEA.
THIS IS WHAT BUILT AMERICA.
IT WORKED AGAIN AFTER WORLD WAR
TWO FOR GERMANY AND JAPAN, BOTH
OF WHOM REFUSED FREE TRADE.
THEY PROTECTED THEIR JOBS.
GERMANY IS NOW THE LARGEST
ECONOMY IN EUROPE AND JAPAN IS
NUMBER TWO ON EARTH.
WE MUST PROTECT OUR BEST JOBS
FROM UNFAIR TRADE AND FROM U.S.
COMPANIES WHO MOVE JOBS
OVERSEAS USING OUR OWN TAX CODE
TO PAY FOR IT.
THEY ARE FREE TO DO IT.
BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY
FOR IT.
WE CAN PROTECT OUR CRITICAL JOBS
TAXES.
WITHOUT THE GENERAL USE OF
, WHICH ALTHOUGH SUCCESSFUL,
TEND TO BE OVERLY POLITICAL IN
THEIR FORMULATION AND
APPLICATION.
AS A FIRST STEP, AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR THAT STRATEGY, I WOULD AMEND
THE TAX CODE TO DISALLOW ANY TAX
DEDUCTIONS FOR EXPENDITURES FOR
ANY GOODS PRODUCED OR SERVICES
LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES.
DON'T BRING UP THE PROBLEM OF
CALL CENTERS.
COMPANIES CAN STILL DO IT BUT WE
TAXPAYERS WILL NOT PAY FOR IT.
SECTION #162 AND 212 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AMONG
OTHERS WOULD BE SO AMENDED.
NEXT, I WOULD ELIMINATE THE
FOREIGN TAX CREDIT BLUE PAUL.
THAT IS SECTION 27A OF THE TAX
CODE WHEREBY LARGE CORPORATIONS
AND WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AVOID
U.S. TAXES BY MOVING THEIR
BUSINESSES AND INVESTMENT OUT OF
THE COUNTRY.
THEY ARE PROTECTED AS UNITED
STATES CITIZENS BUT THEY DON'T
PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAX FOR
THAT PRIVILEGE.
EXAMPLE NUMBER ONE -- GENERAL
ELECTRIC MADE $5 BILLION IN
PROFIT LAST YEAR IN THE U.S. AND
PAID ZERO FEDERAL INCOME TAX.
THIS WILL STOP.
FINALLY, I WOULD REQUIRE A FAIR
TRADE ADJUSTMENT FORM TO THE
COMPANY IMPORTS.
THIS FORM WHICH THE ECONOMIC
DIFFERENCE NECESSARY TO BRING
THE IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURING
PROCESS UP TO MINIMUM AMERICAN
STANDARD'S.
THIS DIFFERENCE WILL BE PAID BY
OF.
THE IMPORTER AS WITH THE COST
OF ADJUSTMENTS UNDER
FAIR TRADING NATIONS -- ON FAIR
TRADING IN NATIONS WILL LOSE
THEIR ADVANTAGE.
NO ILL EFFECT.
THE FAIR COMPETITOR WILL SUFFER
TRADE WILL GROW BUT IT WILL BE
FAIR.
THESE FEW CHANGES WOULD
AFFECTIVELY GENERATE MILLIONS OF
AMERICAN JOBS, RESTORING NEEDED
GROWTH IN OUR LAGGING ECONOMY.
THERE IS MUCH WE NEED TO DO.
WE NEED TO DEREGULATE SMALL
BUSINESS SO IT CAN GROW AGAIN,
THAT'S FOR JOBS COME FROM.
WE NEED TO BE ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND CREATE 1
MILLION NEW JOBS.
WE NEED TO REDUCE FEDERAL
SPENDING BY 1% OF GROSS DOMESTIC
PRODUCT PER YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS
CONSECUTIVELY.
WE NEED IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT
SEALS THE BORDER BUT ALLOWS
LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO AMERICA.
WE NEED TAX REFORM THAT LOWERS
SIMPLICITY.
THE MARGINAL RATE WITH
THERE IS MUCH WE NEED TO DO BUT
THE PLACE TO START IS WITH THE
MONEY AND UNFAIR TRADE AND NO
ONE IS SPEAKING ABOUT EITHER OF
THEM.
, NO ONE.
WE MUST BREAK THE STRANGLEHOLD
OF SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY ON OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN
ADDRESS THE HOLE IN THE ECONOMY
CAUSED BY UNFAIR TRADE FOR WHICH
OUR BEST JOBS SLIP AWAY.
WE MUST SEAL ALL AND RESTORE
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
THIS GROWTH IS ESSENTIAL TO
PAYING THE DEBT.
WE WON'T DO IT ANY OTHER WAY AND
GETTING OUT OF THIS FINANCIAL
TRAP IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES
-- IT IS THE SPECIAL INTERESTS
WHO USE UNFAIR TRADE AND SELF-
WRITTEN TAX LOOPHOLE TO MAKE
FUTURES.
THEIR FORTUNES AND STEAL OUR
$100 LIMIT -- NOW PAC MONEY --
FULL DISCLOSURE -- FREE TO LEAVE
IS THE KEY.
NO ONE ELSE CAN SELL THESE TWO
PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY NEED THE
SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY.
ALL I NEED IS YOU.
I NEED 5 MILLION AMERICANS OUT
HAPPEN.
OF 310 MILLION TO MAKE THIS
STAND WITH ME.
WWW. BUDDY ROEMER.COM, YOU DON'T
WANT TO MISS THIS CAMPAIGN.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE.
I AM NO ONE.
I AM A FORMER GOVERNOR, A FORMER
CONGRESSMAN, A SUCCESSFUL
COMMUNITY BANKER WHO RETURNED TO
POLITICS AFTER 16 YEARS IN HAVE
THE PRIVATE LIFE.
-- IN HAVE THE PRIVATE LIFE.
AND HERE TO CONFRONT THE
CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON AND A
MANUFACTURING BASE SO CRITICAL
GREAT NATION.
TO THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR
THIS IS A LOSS OF JOBS THAT
STEMS IN PART FROM THE UNFAIR
TRADING PRACTICES OF SOME
NATIONS AND THE DELIBERATE
MANIPULATION OF OUR TAX CODE BY
SOME MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS.
I AM NO ONE BUT I CHALLENGE THE
SYSTEM.
IT IS CORRUPT.
IT IS NOT WORKING.
I AM 67.
I AM OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO
DO AND YOUNG ENOUGH TO GET IT
DONE.
THESE ARE TIMES THAT REQUIRE
BOLD ACTION AND FIERCE
DETERMINATION.
I WILL DO MY PART BUT I HAVE
DELIBERATELY CHOSEN A PATH
REQUIRING THE HELP OF MANY
BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY TO WIN
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT IS
THE WAY TO GET THESE MIGHTY
ELECTION.
THINGS DONE HIM AFTER THE
STAND WITH ME AGAINST THE
SPECIAL INTERESTS, SPREAD THE
US.
WORD THAT REAL CHANGE IS AMONGST
EVEN WITH THE OBVIOUS FAILURE OF
GOVERNMENT TO CONFRONT UNFAIR
TRADE PRACTICES AND MAKE AMERICA
STRONG, THE BOYS AT THE TOP ARE
LIVING SO WELL THAT THEY HAVE
FORGOTTEN THE REST OF AMERICA.
I HAVE NOT.
I ASKED THE 98% OF AMERICANS WHO
NEVER GIVE TO A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE TO STAND WITH ME.
TOGETHER, WE WILL RESTORE
AMERICA'S PROMISE TO OUR
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, WE
START IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE THE
STATE MOTTO IS "LIVE FREE OR
DIE."
IS A GOOD BEGINNING.
AND EVERYONE OF YOU.
MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND EACH
[APPLAUSE]
I WILL TAKE GENERAL QUESTIONS
YOU HAVE AND WILL BE GLAD TO DO
ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS.