Mitt Romney took President Obama to task for saying “the private sector is doing fine” in a White House press conference on Friday. Obama’s comments came as he made the case that public sector layoffs were acting as a drag on the economy in comparison to the private sector, which has been adding to their payrolls for 27 months straight, and required new spending to create more jobs.
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