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As Head of Bain, Romney Was Creator and Destroyer of Jobs: View
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In the past week, the Republican primary campaign for president has turned to the question of Mitt Romney’s record as a businessman. Romney, the front-runner, is campaigning on his experience at Bain Capital LLC, which he evidently regards as more relevant than his experience as governor of Massachusetts.
He says he demonstrated an ability to “create jobs” at Bain -- 100,000 of them. His opponents, particularly Newt Gingrich, have challenged this claim, saying that Bain actually destroyed more jobs than it created as it went about the business of buying and selling companies or pieces of companies.