Republicans Dismiss U.S. and Europe Bailouts in Candidate Debate
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Republican presidential candidates stressed their opposition to U.S. government bailouts for banks, Europeans and the auto industry as they debated last night in Michigan, a state that benefited from billions in federal funds for car companies.
Even as financial markets tumbled amid concerns focused on Italy, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney rejected a suggestion that the U.S. should help prop up that nation’s economy. “Europe is able to take care of their own problems,” he said.