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The Federal Bailout That Saved Mitt Romney | Politics News | Rolling Stone

Mitt Romney likes to say he won't "apologize" for his success in business. But what he never says is "thank you" – to the American people – for the federal bailout of Bain & Company that made so much of his outsize wealth possible.

10:20 PM Aug 29 2012

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Wow, talk about unmitigated gall:

Government documents on the bailout obtained by Rolling Stone show that the legend crafted by Romney is basically a lie. The federal records, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that Romney's initial rescue attempt at Bain & Company was actually a disaster – leaving the firm so financially strapped that it had "no value as a going concern." Even worse, the federal bailout ultimately engineered by Romney screwed the FDIC – the bank insurance system backed by taxpayers – out of at least $10 million. And in an added insult, Romney rewarded top executives at Bain with hefty bonuses at the very moment that he was demanding his handout from the feds.

Mitt DOES owe us a thank you.

12:43 AM Aug 30 2012

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Mitt Romney's religion allows him to sleep despite doing things I'd consider hypocritical.

7:24 PM Aug 30 2012

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