record at bain but also his experience of being governor of massachusetts. this has been the subject of an attack by president obama against mitt romney, because mitt romney says, look, i understand how to create jobs, i was in the private sector. when those ideas were put to a test when he was the governor of massachusetts, a candidate back in 2000 it interpreted those results this way when he was governor they had the third or fourth worst economy of any state in america. the manufacturing jobs left this country at 7%. they left massachusetts at 14%. so, i think people just take a look at his record as governor, and again, as the head of his investment company, he presided over the acquisition of companies that immediately laid off thousands of workers. now again your campaign against mitt romney in two,000 2008 is long over. but the substance of your
statement to talk about how we need to hire more government workers. that the key to our economy is to expand the bureaucracies of government. that s a fundamental difference between him and mitt romney and the reason why mitt romney s going to be elected. because mitt romney believes that businesses create jobs. let me give you a small example. we ve got a trillion and a half dollars sitting overseas. al trillion and a half dollars. double the stimulus package. all we have to do is bring that money home, these companies that are holding that money promise to invest and hire, and we could have a stimulus to our economy. why is it that the obama administration won t bring that money home? it s because they want to tax them. the highest corporate tax rate in the world is in the united states of america. this is a kind of no-brainer stuff that because of his view of government, that it keeps us from doing these things. but there is another similarity when it comes to how to deal with, a
way, a proposal the democrats had as well as president supported, if you re going to school, you join the military, that you could get on a path to citizenship. now mitt romney has said he would veto that law and back in january, in the fox news debate, january 16th, this was his position on the dream act. i ll show it to you. i think we have to follow the law, and insist that those that have come here illegally ultimately return home, apply, get in line with everyone else. that s not your view. do you wish that romney would change his view about the dream act and immigration generally? mitt romney has said recently, and a short time ago this morning that he s willing to address this issue. but he, and a lot of us, would like to see this addressed in comprehensive immigration reform because we need workers both in the high tech sector and the farming community. we need to address those remaining 10 million people who are here illegally. not just the children of people who are bro
senator, you don t disavow your critiques of the business credentials of mitt romney? my critique of the business credentials of mitt romney are that he had successes and that he had failures, and that s, unfortunately, the downside of the free enterprise capital system. but overall his record, i think, will stand and speak for itself. i want to ask you a couple of matters about foreign affairs, including something that s political as well. sheldon adelson, a casino owner, is pledging vast sums to the super pac supporting mitt romney. new report this morning saying he may contribute as much as $100 million. are you concerned he will have undue influence on this election, and undue influence on mitt romney? well, i m not only worried about him, i m worried about many others. and i ve always been concerned about the labor unions who take money from their union members, and without their permission, contribute to causes that they may not support. so, am i concerned about the incre
scratching your head saying, wow, how did he become president? i m sure my previous guest is thinking that. and maybe mitt romney will be thinking that after the next election. what he has shown i couldn t agree more. i think most great politicians come from a little dysfunction. and people successful in life come from some of that. i do hope that to the point you re making about the back and forth, and observing, that a lot of advice his team has given him. i don t want to give them any more advice but i do hope he becomes a little more of a participant. challenge congress to come back and vote on simpson-bowles. challenge congress like he did on subsidies, challenge congress to come back and vote on the things he wants to do next four years. he s got to be a participant. one of the things that s interesting we talk about competing personalities, you also have mitt romney, that time magazine cover about raising romney and how much he learned from both of his parents. how unique