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Old 05-08-2012, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Excuses?

Massachusetts had the weakest employment growth of any state from 2002 to 2006 except for Mississippi and Louisiana, which suffered the brunt of Hurricane Katrina, and Michigan itself, which was buffeted by the auto industry’s woes.
What about Ohio?
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Old 05-08-2012, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Charlotte
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What about Ohio?

I'm from Michigan. Ask me about a place that exists.
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Old 05-08-2012, 11:50 AM
 
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No it doesn't. Why should his personal money go into creating jobs for people? Do you fund any job programs with your personal bank account? I didn't think so.

You guys whine and moan about Mitt Romney, but at the end of the day you're no better than he is if you're not holding yourself to the same standard that you hold him to as a private citizen.
But Romney is one of the evil rich guys they so despise. That is what they're told and that is what they're sticking to dammit!!!!
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Old 05-08-2012, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Can you document for us what businesses he owns? Can you document the number of people he hired, fired, and/or laid off at those businesses?

Sounds like an empty argument to me with data.
Exactly.

Uh...op...he created lots and lots of jobs while at Bain, which help start businesses like Sports Authority and Staples...where we ALL have shopped at some point.

I smell.....fear.
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Old 05-08-2012, 11:57 AM
 
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Exactly.

Uh...op...he created lots and lots of jobs while at Bain, which help start businesses like Sports Authority and Staples...where we ALL have shopped at some point.

I smell.....fear.
Yup, and he destroyed a lot of jobs, too, like those at Georgetown Steel.

He also cost the gov't a lot of revenue, by lobbying for (and then exploiting) some illogical and counterproductive tax breaks on debt.
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Old 05-08-2012, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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I'm from Michigan. Ask me about a place that exists.
They got Toledo, you got the U.P., you should feel sorry for them.

My wife is, coincidentally, from Bloomfield Hills (Mitt's hometown) and we had neighbors here in Boston who were from Ohio. They were borderline white trash and when I complained about their lack of property upkeep my wife said "What do you expect, they're from Ohio!".

That was my introduction to the Ohio/Michigan animosity.
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Old 05-08-2012, 12:05 PM
 
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When will these RWNJs realize a government is NOT a business and the skill set needed to be a corporate vulture is not the same as the skills needed to administer a government? Never, I suppose.
when will the left wing realize that a "community organizer" does not have the skills needed to run a country?

when will the left realize that all this government spending is sucking money out of our private sector- with all the increased interest payments, and all the higher taxes because goods now cost more (INFLATION TAX)-----and every american can see that with their own eyes.

when will the left realize that americans are tired of uncontrolled illegal immigration, undeclared wars and unaccounted for war spending, foreign aid,this new world order, the global warming agenda/tax, shutting down of OUR energy industries, and excess government spending with no self-control whatsoever.

the majority of americans understand that we cannot keep spending literally trillions of dollars a year (and, of course, that will have to increase on the course we are currently on ) just to maintain the lousy status quo that we have now---with more people who have given up looking for work, more people who cannot feed their families properly, many more people who just want a chance at AMERICAN JOBS, and the reemergence of american industry without government picking the winners and losers of taxpayer money.
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Old 05-08-2012, 12:11 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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They got Toledo, you got the U.P., you should feel sorry for them.

My wife is, coincidentally, from Bloomfield Hills (Mitt's hometown) and we had neighbors here in Boston who were from Ohio. They were borderline white trash and when I complained about their lack of property upkeep my wife said "What do you expect, they're from Ohio!".

That was my introduction to the Ohio/Michigan animosity.
lol...

GoBlue
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Old 05-08-2012, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Exactly.

Uh...op...he created lots and lots of jobs while at Bain, which help start businesses like Sports Authority and Staples...where we ALL have shopped at some point.

I smell.....fear.

Of Romney's ten biggest moneymakers, he ultimately destroyed four of them, leaving bankruptcy judges to clean up.

Sources - WSJ
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Old 05-08-2012, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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lol...

GoBlue
She's a Boilermaker but her parents and brother are Wolverines.

So is my NFL team's QB.
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