Josh Romney at ERC

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Today's threats, he said, come from two directions.</div> <div> Josh Romney said, from the outside, we face the threat of Jihad as well as economic pressures from Asia.</div> <div> On the home front, he said the government is spending too much in Washington, and taxes are too high. He asked, “Is the solution the government, or the people?”</div> <div> Romney said his father emphasizes three points in his campaign for the Republican nomination.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1) Strengthen the economy. Romney advocates tax-free interest, dividends and capital gains for most earners.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2) Strengthen the military.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">3) Support the American family. Josh noted the American culture is God-fearing and esteems family values.</div> <div> America, he said, is in a mood for change. “My father is a man of action and solutions -- not talk,” he said.</div> <div> The candidate's son said his father is not a Washington “insider,” and will bring a fresh perspective to the federal government.</div> <div> When asked about the role of religion in the current campaign, Josh Romney said, "I think in a lot of ways it's positive because people want a man of faith. They don't particularly care which brand of faith that man belongs to."</div> <div> All five Romney brothers are helping their father, and their campaign-related travels are featured on a blog at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://fivebrothers.mittromney.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://fivebrothers.mittromney.com"><U>fivebrothers.mittromney.com</U></A></FONT>.</div> <div> The Eastside Republican Club Forum is regularly held on the third Tuesday of the month. Admission is free and the public is welcome.</div> <div> For more information call Tom McCleary at (313) 882-2709.</div> <div> <I><B>About Josh Romney</B></I></div> <div> Josh Romney has worked as a real estate developer in the inter-mountain west since graduation from the Harvard Business School in 2005, and recently formed Romney Ventures to pursue development opportunities throughout the west.</div> <div> Previously, Josh worked in Salt Lake City for the Gardner Company managing development of thousands of residential building lots, and multiple commercial and retail development projects. His current projects include master planned communities of more than 1,000 residential building lots near Ogden, Utah.</div> <div> From 2002 to 2003, Josh handled intra-company developments between subsidiary divisions of the Interpublic Sports & Entertainment Group based in New York City.</div> <div> From 2000 to 2002, Josh was an acquisition analyst at Intercontinental Real Estate in Boston, Massachusetts. While at Intercontinental he performed research and valuations for a range of potential real estate investments across the commercial and retail sectors leading to $125 million in investments.</div> <div> The younger Romney earned an undergraduate degree in English from Brigham Young University in 2000, and a graduate degree from the Harvard Business School in 2005. He and his wife, Jen, reside in Salt Lake City with their three children, Grace (4), Wyatt (2), and Owen (11 months).</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top_of_page" TITLE="Josh Romney at ERC"><U>back to top</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>