Statements from Georgia
"When we took office, let me remind you, there was virtually no international pressure on Iran."
Crime rises in communities with casinos.
"When housing and transportation costs are combined, Atlanta’s cost of living -- typically perceived as relatively low -- ranks as 7th worst out of 51 metros nationally."
The average Atlanta resident "spends an extra $924 each year in additional gasoline and wasted time."
"We don’t allow filming inside of the City Hall unless there is a specific reason."
Georgia is one of three states that "effectively have no regulations whatsoever on lobbyists giving to legislators."
"[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."
"[A]t his current rate, President Obama will have added more debt to the United State of America by the end of his first term than each of the previous 43 presidents -- combined!"
"[N]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see."
Georgia’s unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate for 50 consecutive months.
Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.
Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ
"Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations."
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
"My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America."
"An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone."
Rail "doesn’t do a great job in lessening traffic."
"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."
"Recent international reports show the United States near the bottom among industrialized nations for k-12 academic achievement."
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