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Romney Campaign Press Release - Romney Versus Obama: A Record Of Success And A Litany Of Failures

May 31, 2012

"President Obama's campaign is willing to say anything to cover up for the President's years of broken promises and job-destroying policies. President Obama would love to have Mitt Romney's record of job creation and economic growth. Instead, he's stuck defending an unemployment rate that has failed to meet his own goal of 6% and an economy that's stuck in neutral. If President Obama had even half of Mitt Romney's record on jobs and the economy, he'd be running on it." – Amanda Henneberg, Romney Campaign Spokesperson

A RECORD OF SUCCESS VS. A LITANY OF FAILURES

TOPIC

THE ROMNEY RECORD

THE OBAMA RECORD

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Massachusetts' Unemployment Rate Fell From 5.6% To 4.7% During The Romney Administration. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 5/30/12)

President Obama's Advisors Predicted The Stimulus Would Lower Unemployment To 6% Today – But It Remains Above 8%. (Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein, "The Job Impact Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Plan," 1/9/09)

JOB CREATION

Massachusetts Added Tens Of Thousands Of Net New Jobs During The Romney Administration. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 5/30/12)

Under President Obama, The Nation Has Lost 572,000 Jobs. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 5/30/12)

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Boston Business Journal, January 2007: "Thousands Of People Are Re-Entering Massachusetts' Work Force As Its Jobs Engine ... Continues To Gain Traction." (Boston Business Journal, 1/1/07)

Los Angeles Times: "GDP: U.S. Economy Expands At Lackluster 2.2% Rate In 1st Quarter" (Los Angeles Times, 4/27/12)

BUDGET RECORD

Governor Romney Closed A Nearly $3 Billion Shortfall Without Raising Taxes And Balanced Four Budgets. (Pam Belluck, "Romney Candidacy Puts Massachusetts Economy In Spotlight," The New York Times, 3/16/07)

President Obama Has Projected The "Fourth Straight Year Of Deficits Over $1 Trillion." ("Highlights Of Obama's $3.8 Trillion Budget," The Associated Press, 2/14/12)

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

Governor Romney Left More Than $2 Billion In The State's Rainy Day Fund. (Editorial, "Vote For Romney On Saturday," Charleston Post & Courier, 1/20/12)

By The End Of His Term In Office, President Obama Will Nearly Double The Nation's Debt Held By The Public. (Eric Stirgus, "Obama Setting Debt Record, Georgia GOP Says," PolitiFact.com, 2/1/12)

Mitt Romney, Romney Campaign Press Release - Romney Versus Obama: A Record Of Success And A Litany Of Failures Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/301665

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