Romney Displays Lots Of Nerve, Little Truth
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/08/romney-on-obama-is-he-really-that-out-of-touch/
Q What about the Republicans saying that you’re blaming the Europeans for the failures of your own policies?
THE PRESIDENT: The truth of the matter is that, as I said, we’ve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone. The private sector is doing fine. Where we’re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government — oftentimes, cuts initiated by governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help that they have in the past from the federal government and who don’t have the same kind of flexibility as the federal government in dealing with fewer revenues coming in.
And so, if Republicans want to be helpful, if they really want to move forward and put people back to work, what they should be thinking about is, how do we help state and local governments and how do we help the construction industry. Because the recipes that they’re promoting are basically the kinds of policies that would add weakness to the economy, would result in further layoffs, would not provide relief in the housing market, and would result, I think most economists estimate, in lower growth and fewer jobs, not more.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/obama-doing-fine-private-sector_n_1581874.html?ref=politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, seeking to clarify comments about the strength of the U.S. economy, said later Friday it is “absolutely clear” that the U.S. economy is “not doing fine.”
Obama spoke hours after saying in a White House news conference that “the private sector is doing fine.” Republicans pounced on those comments, saying they showed Obama had a lack of understanding about the nation’s economic woes.
The president said later he knows the economy “needs to be strengthened.” He says that while there has been some “good momentum” in the private sector, Congress needs to act to help boost jobs in the public sector.
“He said the private sector is doing fine. Is he really that out of touch? I think he is defining what it means to be detached and out of touch with the American people,” Romney said in Council Bluffs, Iowa after a roundtable discussion with farmers.
Romney said of Obama, “he wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more fireman, more policeman, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”
