Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Romney made millions selling cigarettes to kids

Here's another story that the outrageously irresponsible dinosaur media won't cover: Now it turns out Mitt Romney made a fortune selling cigarettes to children.

In the '90s, Romney's Bain Capital entered the cigarette market in Russia. Bain helped expand Big Tobacco's Russian reach - while the company also accepted a $3,900,000 contract from the U.S. government to advise the Yeltsin administration on economic reforms. During this campaign, cigarettes were marketed and sold to kids.

In other words, Romney received American taxpayer money to sell cigarettes to children. After Bain's campaign, a survey of young people in Moscow between 7th and 10th grade found that a staggering 35% of them smoked.

When some 10-year-old approaches you outside the supermarket and asks you to buy them cigarettes, they'll have better luck asking Mitt Romney.

By the way, Mitt, you're still down in the polls. Your media pals are going to have to try harder to save you.

(Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/mitt-romney-bain-tobacco_n_1949812.html)

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