Romney himself has been foolishly reweaving history to claim, as recently as last week, that he helped create 100,000
jobs during his time at Bain.
In fact, Bain Capital — like other private equity firms — was founded and managed for profit: ideally, huge amounts of gain earned legally and legitimately. Any job creation was a welcome but secondary byproduct.” Rattner concludes: “Adding jobs was never Mitt Romney’s private sector agenda, and it’s appropriate to question his ability to do so.