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Mitt Romney made his third appearance in Ohio on Friday, stopping off at Lake Erie College in Painesville on a rainy day to speak to a crowd of roughly 3,000. His speech emphasized his plan to create jobs for graduating students and the search for new resources that would help to create those jobs. He also touched on the nation's debt issue, referring to Obama by telling the crowd that "we can't afford this president" (qtd Hutchison). Florida's U.S. Senator, Marco Rubio, followed Romney on Monday and is currently carrying out his campaign in Northeast Ohio to further emphasize plans to take care of the nation's debt.
Questions and opinions from the lower-middle class college student...
Jobs jobs jobs. Every presidential candidate places an emphasis on job creation as a large part of their campaigns. But how exactly can a president create jobs? Are presidential candidates just throwing out arbitrary numbers to make their potential voters happy?
Romney's plan to drill for new resources bothers me. Not only are these resources running out, but their limited to begin with. Operations like fracking (the latest in drill technology) may create jobs for a few weeks or even a few months while the resource is extracted, but what happens after that? Do the jobs just disappear? Does Romney even care? Is it possible that he just wants those big numbers up front and isn't worried about the sustainability of such a work site? On top of that, creating more and more excavation sites for extracting natural resources creates more environmental problems on top of the ones we already have.
Is there anyone who cares about sustainable living?
Resources:
[Florida Senator To Campaign For Romney In Ohio]
[In Ohio, Romney sticks to economic message, not Middle East]
[Romney holds rally at Lake Erie College in Painesville]
[Marco Rubio comes to northeast Ohio]
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