Statements about States
Republican-leaning states get more in federal dollars than they pay in taxes.
"(Newt Gingrich) voted in favor of establishing the Department of Education, and yet he gets in a debate and says we should get rid of the Department of Education and send all the education issues back to the states."
"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."
Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country"
In Pennsylvania, President Barack Obama’s policies have increased unemployment 19 percent, led to the loss of 37,900 manufacturing jobs, and left 189,000 more people in poverty.
"The people in Massachusetts like (the state health care plan) by about a 3-1 margin."
Massachusetts has "less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. You (Gov. Perry) have a million kids uninsured in Texas."
"I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs … (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent."
"When it comes to being effective at creating jobs … (Chris Christie has not had) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... Last year, New Jersey created no net new jobs."
"170,000 of the jobs" created in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry "were government jobs."
Utah was "the No. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service" as governor, with a 5.9 percent increase in jobs.
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