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Romney Likes ‘Being Able to Fire People’

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Getty P 010912 Romney?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1326133268763EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images(NASHUA, N.H.) — Mitt Romney, already under intense scrutiny for his leadership at venture capital group Bain, inadvertently gave his rivals new material Monday when he stated that he likes, “being able to fire people.”

The remarks came during a speech to the Nashua Chamber of Commerce in which he was trying to explain that he would like people to have the option to pick and choose their medical insurance and get rid of plans that don’t meet their needs.

“I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don’t like what they do, you can fire them. I like being able to fire people who provide services to me,” he said. “You know, if someone doesn’t give me a good service that I need, I want to say I’m going to go get someone else to provide that service to me.”

This comment came just a day after a remark he made Sunday in Rochester, N.H., when he said he has worried about getting fired.

“I know what its’ like to worry about whether or not you are going to get fired,” Romney said at the rally. “There are times when I wondered whether I was going to get a pink slip.”

Romney’s opponents have already pounced on him for Monday’s “firing comment,” former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman remarking, “It’s clear is he likes firing people, I like creating jobs.”

President Obama’s campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt simply re-tweeted the comments with his own addition, “!!!”

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