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Romney Reverses Course, Claims Its Completely Absurd To Say He Doesnt Want To Hire More Teachers
Mitt Romney slammed President Obama last week for wanting to hire more firemen, more policemen, and more teachers, making a clear assertion that those workers belong among the 700,000 public sector workers who have lost their jobs in the last three years.
Romneys campaign chair and other endorsers have backed him up on this desire to keep public employees out of work. But during an appearance on Fox News Tuesday morning, Romney contradicted his own remarks, saying that the Obama campaign was making a very strange accusation when it claimed he didnt want to hire more teachers:
KILMEADE: He says youre out of touch. He says you want to cut firefighters and teachers, that you dont understand whats going on in these communities. What do you say to that, governor?
ROMNEY: Thats a very strange accusation. Of course, teachers and firemen and policemen are hired at the local level and also by states. The federal government doesnt pay for teachers, firefighters or policemen. So obviously thats completely absurd. Hes got a new idea, though, and that is to have another stimulus and to have the federal government send money to try and bail out cities and states. It didnt work the first time. It certainly wouldnt work the second time.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/12/498019/romney-teachers-absurd/?mobile=nc
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)So Rmoney, how do you hire more teachers and firefighters without a stimulus?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)That's what Rmoney is good at - the ONLY thing. Well, he's also good at torturing dogs.
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)Yeah, right. Mitt, you are a liar