“As bad as I hate to admit it, this guy is our version of John Kerry”.
As a politician running for office, I agree. H epanders and seems to lie shamelessly. However, give Romney credit for running a business and a state with good success. The only thing Kerry ever ran was his wind surfer.
Massachusetts used to have a policy of returning State tax dollars to the towns as “State Aid”, which among other things covered stuff that the state mandated, like health care for town employees and lots of education stuff.
Mitt saved the state by keeping taxes the same and cutting state aid, so many towns were required to charge parents money for schoolbus service, band, sports, and other things, while raising local property taxes and fees.
Mitt bragged about “balancing the budget while not raising taxes”.