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Did Mitt leave Massachusetts in better shape when he left than when he first took office? I believe he did.
Will Mitt leave the USA in better shape when he finsihes his term of office as President? I believe he will.
Will Obama leave the USA in better shape when he finishes his term of office as President? I have seen absolutely no evidence that he will.
no, he didn't. any other governor would have balanced the budget, some might have done it in a way that didn't balance it on the backs of working people, some might not have, but they all would have balanced it.
you're free to believe whatever myths you choose.
We both live in MA but feel differently about the answers to those questions. Your response sounds a bit mythical to me.
My big issue with Romney is that Romneycare fines me if I choose not to buy insurance just like Obamacare. The reason Romneycare isn't as bad to me as Obamacare is because, well before Obamacare, I could move out of this state if I didn't like receiving a penalty in the form of taxes for not buying a private company's product. Now I can't.
Romney also brought gay marriage to massachussetts. He may have resisted it but he, in the end, compromised on it. Shows good leadership and a willingness to not be as partisan as the current President.
Under Romney Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Fell From 5.6% To 4.7% During The Romney Administration. Verify on BLS.GOV
Mitt Romney Entered Office Facing A $3 Billion Budget Shortfall And Left The State With A $2 Billion Rainy Day Fund: Governor Romney Closed A Nearly $3 Billion Shortfall Without Raising Taxes And Balanced Four Budgets http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/us/politics/16romney.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 <-- nytimes!
if by compromise you mean he chose not to fight a losing battle in the courts, yeah, he compromised.
he had nothing to do with unemployment rate in mass for good or bad. he neither creatred nor eliminated any jobs.
the governor of mass by law has to balance the budget. he raised every fee in the state multiple times. you can call that not raising taxes technically, but it's raising taxes in everything but name.