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On the recordMay 31, 2012
He said if we let him borrow $787 billion he'd keep it below eight percent. The stimulus, by the way, borrowing $787 billion, the president said that would hold unemployment below eight percent.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney claims that Obama promised the stimulus would keep unemployment below eight percent, which he argues has not happened.

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