Another Romney LIE: "I was someone who ran businesses for 25 years, and balanced the budget"

[tk2kewl]

Bankruptcy is not "balancing the budget"

from the transcript (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/2012-presidential-debate-full-transcript-oct-16/story?id=17493848&page=2#.UH7JA2fF9Bk)

ROMNEY: ... I -- I was -- I was someone who ran businesses for 25 years, and balanced the budget. I ran the Olympics and balanced the budget.

Balanced budgets?

Bain does nothing of the sort!

They saddle companies with crushing debt!

Bankrupt them!

And then "harvest" them!

[patrice]

1. I just about spewed tea everywhere on that one! Time to get Matt Taibbi's Rolling Stone article out

again and share, share, share . . . .

[Astazia]

2. Lest us not forget who bailed the Olympics out.

THE TAXPAYERS you know...the 47%. He is such a lying fuck.

[tk2kewl]

4. yep

$1.3 Billion from our pockets so mittens could "balance the budget" for the olympics

$10 Million to bailout Bain as well

[Angry Dragon]

5. That $10 million was for Bain & Company, not Bain Capital

it gets confusing because Willard was brought in to save the parent company and screw taxpayers

[liam_laddie]

6. Willard wouldn't recognize the truth if it kicked him in the groin!

Yeah - he "saved" the Salt Lake City Olympics...with a $1.3 BILLION "investment" from the USA - OUR money, not some heavenly gift. And enriched a bunch of his fellow Morans at the same time. And left MA with a state debt increase of some $2.3 billion. Yeah, he sure knows how to ru(i)n a business. Whatta lying piece of crap he is! Human flotsam in $3K suits.

[hughee99]

3. But BAIN's budget was balanced. n/t

[patrice]

8. with bail-out SUBSIDIES from our tax dollars. links:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-federal-bailout-that-saved-mitt-romney-20120829

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. In reponse to Crowley's: "If somehow the numbers don't add up, would you be willing to..."

In other words: "trust me". Romney is running a "trust me" campaign.

And Massachusetts had a law requiring a balanced budget. The Olympics' budget was balanced thanks to a $1 billion taxpayer bailout.

[tk2kewl]

9. pick a number

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021565028

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021565761