Says President Barack Obama "did not come into office with the economy in a free fall."
"President Obama has increased the federal workforce 192,000 individuals -- about 10 percent since he’s taken office -- while we’ve lost 2 million jobs."
"Both the state and federal governments make more per gallon in gas taxes than the oil companies make themselves for doing all the work."
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