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Romney's economic record (Hint: It's horrible)
Boston Globe ^ | July 29, 2007 | Andrew Sum and Joseph McLaughlin

Posted on 03/27/2012 7:51:34 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

AS MITT ROMNEY pursues his bid for the presidency, his record as Massachusetts governor will come under scrutiny, including how the state's economy performed during his administration. Our analysis reveals a weak comparative economic performance of the state over the Romney years, one of the worst in the country.

On all key labor market measures, the state not only lagged behind the country as a whole, but often ranked at or near the bottom of the state distribution. Formal payroll employment in the state in 2006 was still 16,000 or 0.5 percent below its average level in 2002, the year immediately prior to the start of the Romney administration. Massachusetts ranked third lowest on this key job generation measure and would have ranked second lowest if Hurricane Katrina had not devastated the Louisiana economy. Manufacturing payroll employment throughout the nation declined by nearly 1.1 million or 7 percent between 2002 and 2006, but in Massachusetts it declined by more than 14 percent, the third worst record in the country.

While the number of employed people over age 16 in the United States rose by nearly 8 million, or close to 6 percent, between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed residents in the Commonwealth is estimated to have modestly declined by 8,500. Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents. The aggregate number of people 16 and older either working or looking for work in Massachusetts fell over the Romney years.

We were one of only two states to have experienced no growth in its resident labor force. Again, without the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina on the dispersal of the Louisiana population, Massachusetts would have ranked last on this measure.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: badgovromney; romney; romney4morefees; romney4romneycare; romneytruthfile

1 posted on 03/27/2012 7:51:38 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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2 posted on 03/27/2012 8:31:57 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SoConPubbie

Really? Have you told Ann Coulter yet?

What we should do is elect Romney to the job his experience best suits him for: Running a pizza company.


3 posted on 03/27/2012 2:59:03 PM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (In case of doubt: Attack! George S. Patton)
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