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Mitt Romney: I spent 25 years in business. If I had a business executive come to me and say they wanted to spend a few hundred…

On the recordOctober 1, 2012
I spent 25 years in business. If I had a business executive come to me and say they wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, I would say you're fired.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney critiques Newt Gingrich's idea of establishing a moon colony, emphasizing his business experience.

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