The Mitt Romney campaign released this video today blasting Barack Obama on his failed fiscal policies.
The US deficit is certain to reach a trillion dollars for the fourth year in a row.
AD FACTS: Script For “Failing American Families”:
VOICEOVER: “This was household income when President Obama took office…”
VIDEO TEXT: “Income And Debt Under Obama”
VOICEOVER: “This was the national debt…”
VIDEO TEXT: “$10.6 Trillion”
VOICEOVER: “Under Obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income.”
VIDEO TEXT: “Household Income Down $4,000 A Year”
Since President Obama Took Office, Median Household Income Has Declined By Over $4,000. “In January 2009, the month President Obama entered the Oval Office and shortly before he signed his stimulus spending bill, median household income was $54,983. By June 2012, it had tumbled to $50,964, adjusted for inflation. (See the chart nearby.) That’s $4,019 in lost real income, a little less than a month’s income every year.” (Editorial, “Negative $4,019,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/24/12)VIDEO TEXT: “National Debt: $16 Trillion And Growing”
VOICEOVER: “And the national debt is now $16 trillion and growing.”
Under President Obama, The National Debt Has Surpassed $16 Trillion – An Increase Of More Than $5.4 Trillion. (Department Of The Treasury, Accessed 9/11/12)MITT ROMNEY: “We have a moral responsibility not to spend more than we take in. We can’t keep buying and spending and passing on debts to our kids. And I’ll stop it.”
VOICEOVER: “Barack Obama”
VIDEO TEXT: “More Spending”
VOICEOVER: “More spending.”
VIDEO TEXT: “More Debt”
VOICEOVER: “More debt.”
VIDEO TEXT: “Failing American Families”
VOICEOVER: “Failing American Families”
MITT ROMNEY: “I’m Mitt Romney and I approved this message.”
Related… Rasmussen’s latest swing state polling has Romney up 47-45 over Obama.