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On Sunday, Mitt Romney said he knew the pain felt by Americans on the brink of unemployment. "I know what it's like to worry whether you're going to get fired," he said. "There were a couple of times I wondered if I was going to get a pink slip." But when pressed by the New York Times later that day, the Romney campaign couldn't come up with a single occasion when Romney thought he'd actually get the pink slip.
A day later, at a factory in Hudson, Romney was asked for specifics on his pink slip claim. He replied, "I came out of school and I got an entry level position, and like anybody who starts at the bottom of an enterprise, you wonder when you don't do so well, whether you're going to be able to hang onto your job."
Here's his full response:
"Well, as you probably know in your profession, you never quite know what's gonna happen. And I think people imagine that I came in at the top of Bain and Company, the consulting firm, or the Boston Consulting Group. I started at the bottom.
"I came out of school and I got an entry level position, and like anybody who starts at the bottom of an enterprise, you wonder when you don't do so well, whether you're going to be able to hang onto your job and you wonder if the enterprise gets in trouble, will you be one of those that's laid off. That's what happened to a lot of people around the country today and it breaks your heart to see people lose their jobs. Like anybody else in the private sector knows, there's some prospect that you might lose your job."
To be clear, accounts of Romney's rise at Boston Consulting Group and Bain and Company (not be confused with Bain Capital, the private equity firm he was tapped to lead) don't quite depict him as a Horatio Alger-type. His story is certainly a far cry from that of, say, Lewis Ranieri, the legendary investor who started at Solomon Brothers in the mailroom. Romney was a prized commodity coming out Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, and succeeded right out of the gate at both BCG and Bain.
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/mitt-romney-bottom-bain-consulting-business
Enrique
(27,461 posts)barbtries
(28,787 posts)he hit a triple. reminds me of gwbush
WingDinger
(3,690 posts)LeftinOH
(5,354 posts)Peregrine Took
(7,413 posts)in Mo.
Think the mere mention of these surnames isn't an automatic door opener??
MilesColtrane
(18,678 posts)I'm sure his meteoric rise in business wasn't aided by any calls to friends from his former CEO/Governor/White House cabinet member daddy.
Submariner
(12,503 posts)as a kick start is not exactly starting at the bottom Mountain Meadows Mitt. He must think that everyone but himself are morons.
blm
(113,043 posts)"It's not my fault."