Mitt Romney Quotes About Economy

Quotes about: Economy

• You know, out-of-touch liberals like Barack Obama say they want a strong economy, but in everything they do, they show they don't like business very much. But the economy, of course, is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. So it's a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don't like eggs.

  Mitt Romney

  Strong, Eggs, Together

• In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Gasoline Prices, Class

  Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.npr.org. August 30, 2012.

• We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

  Mitt Romney

  Believe, Responsibility, Successful

• I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work.

  Mitt Romney

  Government, Hands, Years

  "The Kudlow Report", www.cnbc.com. April 13, 2011.

• Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.

  Mitt Romney

  Positive, Thinking, Should Have

• Right now we have an economy in trouble, and someone who spent their career in the economy is more suited to help fix the economy than someone who spent his life in politics and as a community organizer.

  Mitt Romney

  Careers, Community, Helping

  "Romney Defends Bain Record, Hits Obama on Economy: ‘He Just Doesn’t Have a Clue’". swampland.time.com. May 23, 2012.

• The people who are having the hard time right now are middle-income Americans. Under the president's policies, middle-income Americans have been buried. They're just being crushed. Middle-income Americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. This is a tax in and of itself. I'll call it the economy tax. It's been crushing.

  Mitt Romney

  Crush, Hard Times, People

  First presidential Obama-Romney debate at the University of Denver, Colorado, abcnews.go.com. October 3, 2012.

• Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around in three years, I'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect! You know the results. It's been 35 months of unemployment above 8 percent.

  Mitt Romney

  Years, People, President

  “CNN Newsroom”, www.cnn.com. February 1, 2012.

• Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families.

  Mitt Romney

  Strong, Philosophy, Military

• President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people!

  Mitt Romney

  Business, Creativity, Views

  "Mitt Romney's Florida Victory Speech". www.realclearpolitics.com. January 31, 2012.

• Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look, at some point, you cease being a free economy, and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that.

  Mitt Romney

  Taken, Government, Gdp

  "The Sean Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. June 2, 2011.

• When it comes to the economy, my highest priority as President will be worrying about your job, not saving my own.

  Mitt Romney

  Jobs, Worry, Priorities

  Mitt Romney's primary speech in New Hampshire, www.washingtonpost.com. January 10, 2012.

• Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.

  Mitt Romney

  Jobs, Moving, Feet

• I've met graduating college kids facing loan payments and a bad economy, and they are worried that they won't be able to get a job. This is not the way America needs to be.

  Mitt Romney

  Jobs, Kids, College

• In the political environment that exists today, the opposition research of the Obama campaign is looking for anything they can use to distract from the failure of the president to reignite our economy. And Im simply not enthusiastic about giving them hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort, and lie about.

  Mitt Romney

  Lying, Giving, Political

  "Romney Steadfast in the Face of Growing Calls to Release More Tax Returns". www.nytimes.com. July 18, 2012.

• I've seen a lot of government try to solve problems, and it didn't work. And my view is that the right course for America is to have someone who understands how the economy works who will passionately get America back on track.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Government, Views

• We have to stand for our principles, stand for our allies, stand for a strong military and stand for a stronger economy.

  Mitt Romney

  Strong, Military, Allies

  Source: genius.com

• ObamaCare (modeled almost precisely on RomneyCare) is wrong; it was bad medicine; it's bad for the economy, and I will repeal it.

  Mitt Romney

  Medicine, Obamacare, Economy

• As a matter of fact, Latin America's economy is almost as big as the economy of China. We're all focused on China. Latin America is a huge opportunity for America - time zone, language opportunities.

  Mitt Romney

  Latin, Opportunity, Time Zones

  Source: genius.com

• In order to change the direction of this country, we need to change presidents. Americans need a conservative businessman to get this economy moving again, not career politicians. That is why I am running. Next week, I will lay out my specific plan to put America back to work.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, Country, Moving

  "Politicians React To The Awful August Jobs Numbers" by Zeke Miller, businessinsider.com. September 2, 2011.

• This is all about creating good jobs for middle-income Americans, and it's a place where the President, frankly, has failed. His effort to put in place a series of liberal proposals he thought were historic kept his eye off the ball of getting the economy going again. It is the economy, and the American people aren't stupid. They want someone who can get this economy going again.

  Mitt Romney

  Jobs, Stupid, Eye

  "Criticizing Bain Doesn't Make You 'Socialist'" by Froma Harrop, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 29, 2012.

• It's so critical that we make America once again the most attractive place in the world to start businesses, to build jobs, to grow the economy. And that's not going to happen by just hiring teachers.

  Mitt Romney

  Teacher, Jobs, America

  Source: genius.com

• Well that's a bit of a question like saying, what have you learned in life that would help you lead? My whole life has been learning to lead, from my parents, to my education, to the experience I had in the private sector, to helping run the Olympics, and then of course helping guide a state. Those experiences in totality have given me an understanding of how America works and how the economy works.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, America, Parent

• I know what it takes to create good jobs again. I know what it takes to make sure that you have the kind of opportunity you deserve. And kids across this country are going to recognize, we're bringing back an economy.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Jobs, Kids

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.

  Mitt Romney

  Government, Levels, Want

  "Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's Plant to Get Economy Back on Track". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 02, 2011.

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