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Originally Posted by Robbie
No they wouldn't. He didn't do a "horrible job"
They had balanced budgets and unemployment under 5%
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Is that how you see it? Seems to me like he cut all cuts in state spending and raised fees for everything. Sounds logical, doesn't it? He reduced all state services, putting all of the strain onto county and city governments causing property taxes to raise 10%, and at the same time raised taxes on everything from gas to marriage licenses.
He kept unemployment under 5%? Not really. Unemployed under him did in fact drop down to 4.6%, but that was national trend at the time. Massachusetts unemployement rate was slightly lower than the national rate when he took office, but was higher than the national rate when he left office. Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states during Romney?s four years as governor in terms of job creation. By comparison, Massachusetts ranked 37th in job growth under Swift, and it ranked 10th in Patrick?s first term.
Romney left office with a 37% approval rating.