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[Music] TEXT: Mitt Romney is lying about President Obama.  Again.

Romney: "The President said something interesting over the weekend. He said that in an ideal world, government could spend as much as it wanted"

TEXT: Here's what the President said.

Obama: "Now, if this were a perfect world, we'd have unlimited resources. No one would ever have to pay any taxes, and we could spend as much as we wanted. But we live in the real world. We don't have unlimited resources. We have a deficit that needs to be paid down. And we also have to pay for investments that will help our economy grow and keep our country safe: education, research and technology, a strong military, and retirement programs like Medicare and Social Security. That means we have to make choices. When it comes to paying down the deficit and investing in our future, should we ask middle-class Americans to pay even more at a time when their budgets are already stretched to the breaking point? Or should we ask some of the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share? That's the choice."

TEXT: Hold Mitt Romney accountable.

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