Latinos for Obama

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The Very Latest

  • Katherine Archuleta: Why I’m here

    By Lauren Peterson on

    National Political Director Katherine Archuleta shares the story of how the Affordable Care Act saved her daughter's life—and why she's going to keep fighting for the President who's standing up for her family.

  • Romney Economics: The story of GST Steel

    By Laura Wilson on

    “What [Mitt Romney’s firm] did was not capitalism, it was bad management. The decision-makers were governed by a different set of rules than the rest of us played by."

    In 1993, Mitt Romney and his partners bought majority ownership of a 103-year-old steel mill in Kansas City, Missouri. Less than a decade later, GST Steel declared bankruptcy, and hundreds of workers were left without their jobs, their full pensions, and their health insurance. Yet somehow, Romney and his partners walked away with millions in profits.

    This was just one example of "Romney Economics”—buying and selling companies for short-term gain and quick profits for Romney and his partners, with little regard for the workers who could get hurt in the process. It's this experience that Mitt Romney now cites as his key qualification to be president.

    Watch the story of GST Steel—then visit romneyeconomics.com for an in-depth look at Romney’s time in the private sector, and the impact his decisions had on workers and communities across the country.