Romney for President Ad "Richmond Times-Dispatch on Welfare Reform" Aug. 20, 2012

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"Richmond Times-Dispatch on Welfare Reform" +
:30 ad from Aug. 20, 2012.

[Music] Male Announcer: Since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work.

This bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls.

On July 12th, President Obama quietly ended the work requirement gutting welfare reform.

One of the most respected newspapers in America called it ‘Nuts…’

Saying ‘If you want to get more people to work, you don't loosen the requirements — you tighten them.

Mitt Romney’s plan for a stronger middle class will put work back in welfare.

Romney (voiceover): I’m Mitt Romney and I approve this message.

Notes: This is the web version of the ad; the last screen is different in the broadcast version.

From the press release, "Last month, President Obama quietly gutted bipartisan welfare reform by ending the work requirement. One of the country’s leading newspapers called it “nuts.” Mitt Romney will put work back in welfare."