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Mitt Romney Truth Teller: I Like To Fire People
Man Who Lost His Job Because Of ‘Job Creator’ Romney’s Bain Capital Fires Back In New Ad (VIDEO)
When Mitt Romney talks about his history of job creation at Bain Capital, he almost always mentions the office supply giant, Staples. While it’s true, that Bain’s initial investment in Staples eventually led to the company expanding from one location in 1986 to nearly 1700 stores by 2006, there is a reason why you scarcely hear of Romney mentioning another great Bain Capital success story. That’s because on the whole, their really aren’t any. Oh sure, there were other small successes, but far more often, Bain took over countries, broke them apart and sold them off to the highest bidder–lining their own pockets in the process.
As a co-founder of Bain Capital, Romney played the Richard Gere role in Pretty Woman, or if you like your metaphor more diabolical, the Michael Douglas role in Wall Street. That of the slick corporate raider, who somehow manages to build nothing, destroy everything and get filthy rich in the process.
One such example is that of the 1993 Bain takeover of Armco Steel Mill in Kansas City, MO.
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A similar story can be told about Bain’s 1992 acquisition of the Indiana based office supply company, Ampad.
When Mitt Romney talks about his history of job creation at Bain Capital, he almost always mentions the office supply giant, Staples. While it’s true, that Bain’s initial investment in Staples eventually led to the company expanding from one location in 1986 to nearly 1700 stores by 2006, there is a reason why you scarcely hear of Romney mentioning another great Bain Capital success story. That’s because on the whole, their really aren’t any. Oh sure, there were other small successes, but far more often, Bain took over countries, broke them apart and sold them off to the highest bidder–lining their own pockets in the process.
As a co-founder of Bain Capital, Romney played the Richard Gere role in Pretty Woman, or if you like your metaphor more diabolical, the Michael Douglas role in Wall Street. That of the slick corporate raider, who somehow manages to build nothing, destroy everything and get filthy rich in the process.
One such example is that of the 1993 Bain takeover of Armco Steel Mill in Kansas City, MO.
*snip*
A similar story can be told about Bain’s 1992 acquisition of the Indiana based office supply company, Ampad.
More at link: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/06/man-who-lost-his-job-because-of-job-creator-romneys-bain-capital-fires-back-in-new-ad-video/
Job Destroyer In Chief
(sorry for so many edits, the Title of the thread kept messing up. I guess you can't use quotation marks)
