Mitt Romney wants us to believe he is a great businessman who would pull us out of this stagnant Obama recession. He's the expert on the economy who's spent 25 years in 'business'. He's all about business and the economy.
But a closer examination of these claims yields the following:
CLAIM:
i've lived in the real economy . for 25 years, i spent my life in business. i only spent four years as a governor, and i joke that i didn't inhale. i'm still a business guy, all right? i know how to lead us out of this stagnant obama economy and into a job creating recovery.
FACT: Massachussetts went from 37th to 47th in job creation during Romney's tenure as governor.
his performance as governor of massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 . the state went from 37th in terms of job creation to 47th in the nation. in fact, massachusetts was only just ahead of michigan and ohio which had been decimated by the collapse of manufacturing, and louisiana, which had been devastated by hurricane katrina
FACT: Romney did profound damage to education with statewide cuts to higher education. Student fees went up 63%.
for a man who claims to know all about job creation and preparing people for work, he did profound damage to education and training. student fees across the board shot up by 63% after romney instituted statewide cuts of 14% in higher education .
And the inconvenient truth of his healthcare plan succeeding from which he can't run away fast enough: the number of uninsured went down 13% to 6.1%, percentage of income spent on healthcare went down, and 62% of MA residents are happy with the plan.
The above was presented on MSNBC. With handy, easily reproducible visuals that tell the story.