Full Presidential Debate: Battle Over Economic Policies

[@dsmayc]

Who is here after 2020 debate?

[@RuNBoosT]

Only us 14 :+[

[@RamoneJ.Campbell]

Me.

[@edforres1984]

It’s wild how Donald Trump was mentioned in 2012 and they had nooooo idea what was gonna happen years later

[@ATTJ7628]

Bruh for real, they probably thought Jeb Bush would be up there with Clinton or something

[@compashinpei]

Back in the day when America was the greatest country in the world.

[@TheGardenofPoetry]

still is, technically.

[@tom_c_637]

Contrast between this and 2016 debates is immense, so much calmer and more logical

[@ivancampbell8123]

Off Course Donald Trump

[@PumpItUpChick09]

the truth is we were literally on the ground when Bush left the office. but yet we blame Obama.

[@FactBuffet]

This was the 12th and final presidential debate Jim Lehrer moderated.

[@USAFORMERUSMC]

For the 1st time in my life, I cant wait for the VP debate tomorrow night. I must be getting old.

[@jeremyking5280]

Either way, whoever takes the roll as our leader, they will be deciding the fate of me and my generation's future. I'm wanting to get a GED in 2013, go to college afterward, get a good paying job, and start my life, so I hope our future as a nation will prove to be successful..

[@sheep4521]

It’s been 10 years. Are you still alive!?

[@trelaforce1776]

Hey update us !

[@CJames410]

And then we all remember its a debate, and doesn't matter.

[@thesorianonetwork9858]

Lehrer had zero control and was terrible. Should never of moderated this debate

[@Exset20]

"How to Continue Complaining About the Economy Disparity" 1. Continue shopping like there's a shortage of consumer goods. 2. Keep eating like there's an eminent famine. 3. Apply for more credit cards. Don't worry about your current rising credit card balances. 4. Complain to your co-workers about that new hire or temp worker. 5. Repeat what you said in #4 to your spouse, children, and neighbors. 6. Keep looking for reasons why others have this or that and you don't.

[@alboix56]

10:34 "And by the way, I like coal." You won't believe how funny this sounded xD

[@JYHProductions]

Look at Obama, desperately looking at the teleprompter for help while Romney tells the situation of our economy like it is.

[@DeejahDeRoses]

What we really need in the economics department is profit.

[@kado51393]

Only on KZbin can I go from Street Fighter videos, to K-pop, to the presidential debate.

[@jjammin1812]

Good point! If what you say is true, this is definitely not the way I want to see him do his job as President! Get rid of NAFTA and GATT is a great beginning, in my humble opinion!

[@jesssinkula4941]

Please, instead of shooting out your media supplied opinions cite sources

[@USAFORMERUSMC]

Fooled me once, Shame on you. Fool me twice.......

[@jjammin1812]

Yeah....that's a classic argument for voting against Mitt....but not FOR voting for Obama!

[@whitaker_media]

Romney: "My plan is unlike anything ever tried before" ... ooh, that doesn't sound so good. I'm pretty sure we've had plans that worked before, maybe we should re-try one of those

[@nelsonjaddison5699]

Pres. Obama is right when he said he cut taxes for middle class families. I live in a middle class family. For the last decade or so, we've had the same old van. Now, we got a brand new Hyundai Santa Fe! Even though it's not the best car, it's new.

[@serenakrause7039]

You can't seriously expect him to be able to change the entire country in 4 years.... There are people who have been in college for longer than 4 years and still don't know the difference between "you're" and "your."

[@Smullet90]

What are you talking about? Free speech can't intrude on private property rights. Are you saying that enforcing a quiet atmosphere in a library is infringing on your rights? You don't HAVE to go to a library. If you're in public or your own property you have the right to free speech.

[@LordVexlor]

Such disrespect for the ref on Romney's side. If these two weren't the most famous people in America, this discussion would have been handed to Obama due to Romney's constant interference with the judge.

[@Nieves117591]

I bet you at the beginning when they were shaking each others hands they were cursing each other out and trash talking XD

[@bobthetitan1]

that's not the point, you may be answering truthfully when you say their are no unicorns, but if the person you are answering is asking about narwhales, than that mean ABSOLUTELY F**KING NOTHING

[@MMAliens]

GARY JOHNSON!

[@Sappyspartan]

And of course all candidates do this but people should be able to distinguish what Romney did right in the debate and what he didn't do

[@missfaithlillian]

Or maybe she just doesn't like Romney. That would also be why she's saying it.

[@TallminJ]

That moderator was messing both of them up :/

[@Excalibur1201]

It might make more sense if you'd understand that tax rates and revenues are not directly proportionate.

[@OrangeLoafy]

That is what four years of stress on not knowing what to do as president does to you.

[@AZsportshut]

Hate to break it to you, but Romeny is a job creator. He help founded and lead Bain Capital which is a private equity firm. According to the WSJ, under Mitt Romeny, Bain Capital had a 78% success rate in creating and reviving struggling businesses. Look at Staples, Sports Authority, Dominoes, Sealy Mattress, GOODY's, ICON Health and Fitness, ect, all of whom were under Bain. The fact of the matter is that Mitt Romeny played an instrumental role creating jobs and business in the private sector.

[@whitaker_media]

Obama: "7 trillion dollars - to put that in perspective it's more than our entire defense budget" .... Or, you could say, half of what I've spent

[@SageMichaelWright]

Regarding Romney's investment record with Bain: a 22% failure rate isn't much to brag about.

[@missfaithlillian]

Well it's a good thing I was being sarcastic. But thank you for feeling the need to respond, it was completely necessary.

[@TheWartHawg]

Seriously? No national defense? How old are you? Do you know anything about the world we live in?

[@ShadowFaction24]

"I will force spiders and badgers on the enemy, and get 'em all to shut up". - Mitt Romney

[@TheWartHawg]

Turns out it wasn't their aniversary.

[@AddieCruzJr]

These are supposed to High Political Officials, why are they being cut-off when speaking and butting in on each other. They should know the rules and etiquette. Pisses me off!

[@GexaConcepts]

romney would be a good sports announcer!

[@Awakeningspirit20]

I realize in an alternate universe, the 2020 election would have been chaotic in a different way, if President Romney were finishing up his 8 years in the White House as the COVID-19 Pandemic was raging and both sides fought to illustrate who would manage it better.

[@IamSirnef]

First 20 minutes seemed like a broken record. same thing over and over again.

[@jannmutube]

Romney says he wants "our people" to have the education we need, but he says, the government, "we the people" don't create business. Think about it.

[@cupcake30001]

thank you!!!!!

[@SageMichaelWright]

In the case of Dade Behring, Mitt Romney and his investors took over a healthy company and loaded it with debt. Rather than sell the company, they then had Dade take out even more loans to buy out their shares, driving the company into bankruptcy. Nearly 3,000 workers lost their jobs, while Romney and his partners made more than $250 million in profit.

[@whitaker_media]

Obama: "Getting companies to work with universities to guarantee these students jobs after they graduate requires federal support" Really? I tend to think they can do it on our own.

[@ivancampbell8123]

Jesussssssssssss Christtttttttttttttt

[@TalkS1ck3]

There are more than two parties in the US but these are the two main parties. Usually the other parties do not win.

[@TalkS1ck3]

Politicians hardly do.

[@TalkS1ck3]

Unlike most Americans, I appreciate Canadians because they are basically the 51st state. I don't mean that in a bad way either. The reason why I like Canadians is because they are like a loyal friend. Canadians have backed our backs (Americans) in every major war and they give an unbiased and pretty well educated opinion that I respect. I am very interested in this opinion and I would enjoy it if you shared it with me. PS Im a big Republican but I highly value others EDUCATED opinions.

[@tenacious645]

I want to see the cost of living at a reasonable rate in correlation to my pay check. I work 40+ hours a week at a factory and I'm struggling just to buy food. Total fucking bullshit.

[@owlcarnival]

Ughhh.... are they saying the same thing?

[@tnguyen318]

Most answering of political questions lack a solid foundation.

[@1905cedar]

WoW I've been listening to Romney for a year. It's as if he was possessed by an alien for this debate. When did he start caring for the middle class? When did he flip and change his mind about tax cuts for the 1%? "NO tax cuts for the wealthy". No wonder Obama seemed confused. I'm watching this for the first time and I'm in shock.

[@promarogamerz]

there is one guy on youtube (RepresentativePress) you can see what Romney dad and him self are covering, and honestly his probably the best guy on youtube about news kinda stuff.

[@Smullet90]

"So we may all concentrate on what the candidates say." Meanwhile the entire time twitter comments about sesame street and the color of their ties take up half the screen. Maybe that was just what I was watching on though.

[@bobthetitan1]

"Drinking the Kool-Aid" is a metaphor commonly used in the United States and Canada that refers to a person or group's unquestioning belief, argument, or philosophy without critical examination. The basis of the term is a reference to the November 1978 Rev. Jim Jones Jonestown Massacre,where members of the Peoples Temple were said to have committed suicide by drinking Flavor Aid (not actually Kool-Aid) drink laced with cyanide.

[@MathemataPig]

Wait..... Romney just replied with the same plan about job stimulus! This... Wait, what?

[@VVAjayKrishna]

Just listen to Romney skipping Obama. Sounds better.

[@Kasparovwannabe]

The U.S. fought the U.S.S.R. in the Cold War? This is inaccurate as the Cold War simply describes a state of military tension between these countries, not actual fighting.

[@UndeadGirl85]

We may have fallen hard but with the right help we can all come back twice as strong.

[@ConspiracyGamer]

If either of them wins, WE ALL LOSE!!!

[@pieralla]

8 minutes 30 seconds is Mitt Romneys plan for the economy. Lower the taxes on the middles class. Create more entry jobs in energy and other trades. Then helping small businesses. By creating more jobs the unemployment rate gos down which means more people will have jobs and more people will be paying taxes at a lower percent.

[@YOLOIGUESS]

Thankyou for understanding.

[@PKNicolai]

Four more years obama... more like 4 more weeks!

[@TheAlexandrierS]

Paul Klankowski Try Again 😂

[@divinesense]

Vote GARY JOHNSON!!! end the 2 party system!!

[@SageMichaelWright]

Kansas City’s GST Steel was a successful company that had been making steel rods for 105 years when Mitt Romney and his partners took control in 1993. They cut corners and extracted profit from the business at every turn, placing it deeply in debt. When the company eventually declared bankruptcy, workers were denied their full pensions and health insurance, and the federal government stepped in to bail out the pension fund. Romney made a profit at the expense of all tax payers.

[@_baller]

NJ FOR ROMNEY.

[@mvallin]

I didn't say that that was someone else, anyway, he never said he would "change the entire country in four years." Is that another "frivolous technicality>"? You're just plain wrong on more than one thing. The country is not worse off than it was four years ago.

[@jjammin1812]

That would be great! All I got is "No Incumbents" I anyone sits in office now, they go! It's time these guys learn that Their job in DC was never meant to be a career!!!

[@Alleyboy88]

Nope, my computer is outdated and isn't capable of producing digital smells yet.. ;)

[@FortuneFaded123]

Sorry bud, it's a little more complicated than that.. And unfortunately that's as far as Romney's plan goes..

[@WrelPlays]

Please link me the real facts, would like to read.

[@Luckysquirrel1256]

Jim couldn't hardly get a word in. He was trying though.

[@MrRaveLincoln]

I would love to vote for Romney, but he needs to learn to not talk over the current President. Just downright disrespectful.

[@RexSpec]

You can't answer honestly if you don't give an answer...

[@lukedenby7370]

The country is not worse off than it was four years ago.

[@whitaker_media]

Obama: "Private health care insurances will take advantage of people with this change Romney is proposing." So... you're saying that insurance companies are more corrupt than the government? Close call, but I don't think so

[@SageMichaelWright]

I’m not anti-capitalistic. I’d have to be pretty dumb to be completely anti-capitalistic considering that I have a bachelor’s degree in business and economics. The laws of supply and demand (the invisible hand of the market) are far more efficient than government in providing price-competitive goods because they usually self-regulate and eliminate most forms of bureaucratic waste. But there are rare cases when the public sector can provide a better product, which is what I’ve been explaining.

[@BuffyF1]

Mitt Romney really impressed me in this, you can see that Obama wouldn't even make eye contact with him.

[@aveyondmaster]

oh C'mon.... will somebody call Clint Eastwood and replace Ron Paul....

[@missfaithlillian]

But the internet is more fun to take seriously than my real life...

[@Anecitus1]

do you really hate to break it to him? it doesn't sound like it

[@TalkS1ck3]

He is better than a college professor and community organizer, which is what Obama was before he became a state senator. Romney was a Governor, Senator, and owns his own mega corporation. I believe businessmen are more fit to run a nation, don't you think?

[@windsong4me]

Why? Can you explain it? I truly want to know! I'm "old" and don't understand the thinking of the younger folks! My Son passed away 5 Years ago (at 42,) he was super to talk with, wish I was as brilliant..

[@xlinkx1234]

because one man can control the whole government.

[@tttc]

Why is there only two parties in USA?

[@marilynmitchell7914]

around 49 mins in i get the message that mitt is too controlling wow

[@Heisenbee]

Going for Romney, myself.

[@xXCrimsonVirtueXx]

If you can honestly say you have a choice between these two people, then you're delusional.

[@MiggyTheDrummer]

Probably the most thing that amazed me during this debate.... was that Obama is left handed...

[@RedEyedCoyote00]

The beginning picture of them looks like something from Mortal Kombat......FIGHT!!!!

[@2015lilshorty]

Romney avoids answering questions he changes the subject and cuts off president obama...

[@nelsonjaddison5699]

what you guys need to understand is that this was Pres. Obama's first debate since 2008. He has had four long, tiring years of being Pres. He probably doesn't get enough sleep because he has to help handle a country that is going in the wrong direction...

[@Excalibur1201]

Suuure! Less taxes means more money staying in the economy > more money leads to more spending > more spending leads to more work > more people working leads to more people paying taxes and more money being spent. Rinse and repeat. Raise taxes > less money > less spending > less people working > less people paying taxes > less revenue > higher taxes. rinse and repeat.

[@Sappyspartan]

As much as I hate to say it, Romney did win this debate. He sounded stronger at least to the majority of the people watching them. However, when you get more specific, he sounded stronger only in the aspects of calling out Obama's policies and how they have 'failed'. He did NOT, as most think, sound stronger when it came to what HE would do as president. It's simple to just lay down numbers and say "hey, you didn't do this, but if i'm President, I'll TRIPLE job growth" or something

[@Kasparovwannabe]

Cont. If you are not concerned with the creation of jobs or the deficit and are only concerned about the impact on the large business owners then your analogy is accurate. However, if you support plans that look beyond this sense of "fairness" and look to try to improve the country as a whole I think you will notice that your analogy is grossly oversimplified.

[@jawsh38]

maybe so but we are not even moving in the right direction.

[@АндрейИсаенко-ь9ч]

Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other

[@TheWartHawg]

No I caught that. The person I was responding to appeared to not want a defense budget at all.