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2 HUGE lies Romney got away with last night. [View all]
No one has said anything about these anywhere, last night or this morning.
Lie #1
Romney: "The president has doubled the deficit."
Fact: Deficit was $1.4 trillion when Obama took office. It's $1.1 trillion now.
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html
Lie #2
Romney: "The unemployment rate is higher now than when Obama took office."
Fact: Unemployment rate was trending up in 2009. It took 8 or nine months to start reversing the trend. It is now exactly the same as when Obama took office.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000?data_tool=XGtable
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