claim: when mitt romney was governor of massachusetts, we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it.
author: louis jacobson
evidence_1: mitt romney was sworn in as the 70th governor of massachusetts on january 2,  2003, along ..... romney later said, while campaigning for the presidency, "we  didn't just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it." however,  by ...
evidence_2: when mitt romney was governor of massachusetts, "we didn't just slow the rate  of growth of our government, we actually cut it." — politifact national on monday  ...
evidence_3: oct 3, 2012 ... here is a running transcript of president obama and mitt romney's remarks at  the first ... governor romney has a perspective that says if we cut taxes, skewed  .... but in order for us not to lose revenue, have the government run out of money,  .... and if we lower that rate, they will be able to hire more people.
evidence_4: oct 17, 2012 ... our government ... i want to make sure we keep our pell grant program growing.  ... when governor romney said we should let detroit go bankrupt, i said, ... the  president: candy, what governor romney said just isn't true. ..... to give tax  cuts -- he didn't say tax rate cuts, he said tax cuts -- to everybody ...
evidence_5: ... tax reform. former republican governor (ma); presidential nominee- apparent ... we need to cut taxes and reduce regulations for businesses. i want [ lower] tax rates on small & big employers, so they want to be here. ... small  businesses across the country say, "we feel like we're under attack from our own  government.