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Romney Campaign Press Release - Romney for President Releases New Web Video, "Stop the Spending"

September 28, 2011

Today, Romney for President released a new web video, "Stop The Spending." The video highlights the failure of President Obama's $787 billion stimulus to create jobs and help small businesses.

To View "Stop The Spending" Please See: http://mi.tt/q3u2z6

AD FACTS: Script For "Stop The Spending"

VIDEO TEXT: "In 2009 President Obama's $787 Billion Dollar Stimulus Passed"

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Over the next two years, this plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs. More than 90% of these jobs will be in the private sector."

  • President Obama: "Over the next two years, this plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs. More than 90% of these jobs will be in the private sector - jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges; constructing wind turbines and solar panels; laying broadband and expanding mass transit." (President Obama, Remarks To Joint Session Of Congress, 2/24/09)

VIDEO TEXT: "Promising Jobs And Relief To Small Businesses"

VIDEO TEXT: "Since Then..."

VIDEO TEXT: "1.7 Million Additional Jobs Were Lost"

  • Since The Stimulus Passed 1.7 Million Jobs Have Been Lost. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 9/27/11)

VIDEO TEXT: "And More Than 25 Million Americans Are Out Of Work Or Struggling With Employment"

  • "The Persistent Weakness Of The U.S. Economy Has Left 14 Million People Unemployed And More Than 25 Million Unable To Find Full-Time Work." ("Obama Plan Would Make Small Dent In Jobless Rate," The Associated Press, 9/24/11)

VIDEO TEXT: "We Asked Private Sector Job Creators How The Stimulus Affected Them"

BEN STRATTON: "My name is Ben Stratton."

DEBBIE MCFARLAND: "I am an interior designer."

KATIE STEPHENS: "Obama's stimulus bill did not help me as a small business owner."

KEVIN O'NEILL: "We have not obviously seen the results of that."

MCFARLAND: "I think it's harmed my business."

JESSICA BUTCHER: "Absolutely no benefit from it in my business."

BEN STRATTON: "I'm not seeing the money that's being spent falling into the hands of our customers."

VIDEO TEXT: "Now President Obama Wants Another Stimulus"

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "[N]ew way forward on jobs to grow the economy and put more Americans back to work right now."

  • President Obama: "On Thursday, we are going to lay out a new way forward on jobs to grow the economy and put more Americans back to work right now. I don't want to give everything away right here, because I want you all to tune in on Thursday. But I will give you just a little bit." (President Obama, Remarks, Detroit, MI, 9/5/11)

STEPHENS: "It's really frustrating to hear that there might be a second stimulus bill that's going to be passed."

MCFARLAND: "Obviously it hasn't worked."

BUTCHER: "It would be a total waste of money."

STEPHENS: "And as a business owner I can't go out and spend more than I make."

O'NEILL: "It will get to the point where you can't recover."

BUTCHER: "Spending is totally out of control."

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "I won't sign a bill that adds one dime to our deficit -- either now or in the future. Period."

  • President Obama: "First, I won't sign a bill that adds one dime to our deficit -- either now or in the future. Period." (President Obama, Remarks, College Park, MD, 9/17/09)

VIDEO TEXT: "Today's National Debt"

VIDEO TEXT: "Where Are The Jobs?"

Mitt Romney, Romney Campaign Press Release - Romney for President Releases New Web Video, "Stop the Spending" Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/297808

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