Mitt Romney in 2011 State of the Union address

On Budget & Economy: America needs less spending and more jobs

When the president delivered the annual State of the Union address, Romney was primed to respond. Obama "is trying awful hard," he told the receptive Fox TV audience. "The problem is, he just doesn't know what to do. He is misguided, almost everything he's done has been the opposite of what he hoped to accomplish. And last night, he needed to speak to two very big concerns that are on the minds of a lot of Americans. One is, is he going to get more jobs in this country? And the second is, can he cut back on the extraordinary overspending and deficits associated with government?

"And frankly, he didn't address those issues in a way that convinced people. Almost everything he has done in his first two years has made it more difficult for our economy to grow. It's been the most anti-investment, anti-jobs, anti-growth administration we've seen in a long, long time. I'm inclined to make sure there is somebody in the race that really understands how the economy works and can get jobs back."

Source: An Inside Look, R.B.Scott, p.203, on 2011 State of the Union Nov 22, 2011

The above quotations are from 2011 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican Response and the Tea Party response: Jan. 25, 2011. Click here for other excerpts from 2011 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican Response and the Tea Party response: Jan. 25, 2011. Click here for other excerpts by Mitt Romney. Click here for a profile of Mitt Romney.
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