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Possible presidential candidate
Mitt Romney
Political offices:
Republican presidential nominee
(2012)
Governor of Massachusetts
(2003-2007)
Date he announced he would not run:
January 30, 2015
Romney on the issues:
Taxes • Government regulations • International trade • Budgets • Agricultural subsidies • Federal assistance programs • Foreign affairs • Federalism • Natural resources • Healthcare • Immigration • Education • Abortion • Gay rights
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  • In 2012, Mitt Romney said he wanted "to raise Medicare eligibility age by one month per year and eventually tie the age to life expectancy," according to The Guardian.[1]
  • In 2012, Romney expressed his support for requiring welfare recipients to be drug tested, in order to receive benefits.[2]
  • During a 2008 presidential primary debate, Romney proposed protecting Social Security benefits by extending the retirement age.[3]

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Guardian, "Romney would raise Medicare eligibility age," February 24 2012
  2. ↑ Huffington Post, "Conservatives' Plans To Drug Test Welfare Recipients Get Momentum, Earn Support Of GOP Candidates," February 25, 2012
  3. ↑ New York Times, "Transcript: The Republican Debate," January 24, 2008
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