Biden blasts Romney in Iowa newspaper [View all]

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Vice President Biden attacked Mitt Romney, the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, in an op-ed published in the Des Moines Register on Friday.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011312230020

"How can anyone forget the economic catastrophe brought about by the same policies Mr. Romney’s proposing? His are the same policies that deregulated Wall Street and turned it into a casino that gambled recklessly with hardworking Americans’ money. As a consequence, Americans saw the equity in their homes evaporate and their 401(k)s plummet in value. Millions of jobs were lost," Biden wrote.

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"Romney appears satisfied to settle for an economy in which fewer people succeed, while the majority of Americans are left to tread water or fall behind. His proposal would actually double down on the policies that caused the greatest economic calamity since the Great Depression and accelerated a decades-long assault on the middle class," Biden wrote.

"Romney also misleadingly suggests that the president and I are creating an 'Entitlement Society,' whereby government provides everything for its people without regard to merit, as opposed to what he calls an “Opportunity Society,” where everything is merit-based and every man is left to fend for himself. The only entitlement we believe in is an America where if you work hard, you can get ahead."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/201127-biden-blasts-romney-in-op-ed-piece