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Romney to Europe: Drop dead
The Daily Caller ^ | 11/09/2011 | Will Rahn

Posted on 11/09/2011 6:45:01 PM PST by martosko

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said during CNBC’s Republican presidential debate that he would not bail out Italy’s struggling economy even if that nation’s debt problems threatened to sink the entire European financial system.

“Europe is able to take care of their own problems,” he said Wednesday night when asked if the U.S. had a stake in the eurozone’s continuing economic struggles. “We don’t want to step in and try and bail out their banks and bail out their governments. They have the capacity to deal with that themselves. They’re a very large economy.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bailout; europe; italy; romney
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To: Ken522
With Romney’s record, if he is elected President he will probably commit US Treasury resources to bail out Europe as soon as he takes office ...

Yup... And so, he should never be able to get inside the Oval Office without a tour guide in tow...

the infowarrior

21 posted on 11/09/2011 10:57:07 PM PST by infowarrior
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To: martosko

yeah, I agree with him.

And the rest of the panel did too, as I recall.


22 posted on 11/10/2011 2:34:26 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: martosko

Finally, I agree with Romney on something, but I can’t trust that will still be his position tomorrow.


23 posted on 11/10/2011 7:29:52 PM PST by wolfman23601
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