Romney: ‘I am big believer in getting money’ from Washington [View all]

[Klukie]

In a 2002 video recently uncovered by ABC News, then-Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Mitt Romney bragged about being able to get taxpayer dollars from Washington, D.C., despite his current attacks on federal subsidies.

“I am big believer in getting money where the money is,” Romney said in an address to the New Bedford Industrial Foundation on Oct. 16, 2002. “The money is in Washington.”

“I want to go after every grant, every project, every department in Washington to assure that we are taking advantage of economic development opportunities,” the candidate explained.

“I have learned from my Olympic experience that if you have people who really understand how Washington works and have personal associations there you can get money to help build economic development opportunities,” Romney said.


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This story is from March of 2012, but I think it might apply to the current conversation....especially his claims that business owners have done it all by themselves.