Letter: Romney didn't address Medicare in acceptance speech

Published: Monday, Sept. 3 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney acknowledges delegates before speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.

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I listened with rapt attention to Mitt Romney's acceptance speech. I strained to hear what he intends to do with Social Security and Medicare. I heard nothing.

I am not reassured, nor should current retirees and baby boomers be.

I'm now more afraid of Romney than ever.

Lew E. Jeppson

North Salt Lake

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Emajor

Ogden, UT

For a man with sterling business credentials that the conservatives seem to be fawning all over, Romney sure is short on technical details. He blows a nice cloud of feel-good can-do self-congratulatory rhetorical smoke, however. Perfect for a More..

5:38 a.m. Sept. 3, 2012
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pragmatistferlife

salt lake city, utah

Mountainman..he plans on saving it..how? That's the question. So medicare needs saving. Costs are too high and growing. The President proposes a plan to slow the growth of medicare costs over the next ten years by 716 billion dollars with More..

7:32 a.m. Sept. 3, 2012
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Baron Scarpia

Logan, UT

He also didn't say anything about our military in Afghanistan and the war there.

7:09 a.m. Sept. 3, 2012
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