In Ohio, Obama rips Romney on jobs

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy during a campaign event July 16, 2012, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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(CBS News) CINCINNATI - Back in the must-win state of Ohio, President Obama said Mitt Romney's tax policies would create 800,000 jobs, but, "They wouldn't be in America."

At the first town meeting-style event of his re-election campaign, Mr. Obama cited "a new study by independent economists" that concluded Romney's plan to eliminate taxes on the foreign income of U.S. companies would create jobs abroad, not in the United States.

"They'd be in other countries," said the president in remarks to a wildly supportive crowd of 1,200 gathered in the Cincinnati Music Hall.

The Obama campaign spotlights the study's conclusion that tax reforms supported by Romney "would significantly increase incentives for U.S. firms to move economic activity abroad."

(Obama answers a young girl's question on his favorite Girl Scout cookie in Ohio on Monday.)

The study provided Mr. Obama with new ammunition to fire at his presumptive opponent's policies and portray them as oblivious to the needs of working Americans.

But the Romney campaign was quick to return fire, asserting the study was the work of a liberal college professor who contributed to the Obama campaign.

"It's another dishonest attack," said Ryan Williams, a Romney campaign spokesman assigned to attend Mr. Obama's campaign events and provide a rapid response to reporters.

Williams says the very policies the president criticized are supported by private sector members of his Council on Jobs and Council on Trade.

The president's latest visit to Ohio comes 10 days after his two-day bus tour that saw him make 10 stops in the Buckeye State.

President Obama carries a to go order as he exits a stop for lunch at the Skyline Chili restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 2012.

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While in Cincinnati, Mr. Obama dropped by Skyline Chili, a local eatery, where he schmoozed with other diners and ordered a couple of chili hot dogs and other specialties.

He also held a campaign fundraiser at which 25 supporters paid $25,000 per person or $40,000 per couple to attend. It was the 108th fundraiser he's done this year, and the 175th since officially filing with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for re-election.

The main event was the first town meeting he's done since January. He faced questions about gay rights, clean energy and education policies.

On the lighter side, a little girl asked to know his favorite Girl Scout cookie.

(Obama stops for lunch at Skyline Chili in Ohio on Monday.)

"This is one of the toughest questions," the president said with tongue-in-cheek. He said he liked the thin mint cookies, which drew boos from aficionados of other products from the Girl Scout bake shop. "Peanut butter are good too," said the president.

The owner of a barber shop and beauty salon had some questions about administration policy but also asked the president, "When can I cut your hair?"

"You would not want a president who was disloyal to his barber," replied Mr. Obama. "A man and his barber - that's a strong commitment."

"I won't let you cut my hair," the president told his questioner, "because my barber would be hurt."

But if it would help him win Ohio, Mr. Obama would undoubtedly let his whole family get its hair cut by the barber in Cincinnati.

Not only is this state deemed an indispensable part of his game plan to win a second term, some analysts say Romney can't win the White House without Ohio.

"Ohio is a critical state," said Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, a Democrat, to the Obama crowd.

Mr. Obama won Ohio in 2008 with 52 percent of the vote.

Our CBS News tally shows this is the president's 24th visit to Ohio since taking office, his 11th since filing as a candidate for re-election in April 2011.

He made it clear to his Cincinnati audience that he'd be back to both their city and state between now and the election.

[Sanjaybosemumbi]

IF "BRING JOBS HOME ACT " is not passed immediately.

DON'T worry not only manufacturing jobs but also jobs like in service sector jobs , management level jobs, financial sector , banking , insurance , legal, pharma , Programming , software , Information Technology (IT) , Media , Animation l etc etc thousand of them r going to be outsourced overseas , (watch that YouTube link too).

The dip in unemployment rate is temporarily and its cooked for election 2012 ,
after election it will be risen considerably in tow digits (and don t forget about the quality of jobs).

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111221-707599.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhzMEtD349Y

This current Call Centre bill And American jobs Act will be also not passed , same as previous outsourcing bill which was dead.Its an Election gimmick , with nexus of corporate s (wall street ) and government to fool people , and they r damn sure that this will too not pass very damn sure , infact Morgan Stanley and jp morgan chase (these both got large amount Bailout from fed (tax money)) is going to cut more jobs in US around most of them and they will will transferred to India , they want to transfer about 92 % more jobs outside , A mortgage company OCWEN FINANCIAL which has 90 % of jobs outsourced overseas ( India and some to Uruguay ) r buying more mortgage companies like LITTON from Goldman sachs and HomeEq servicing from Braclays and together with Altisource etc and transfer there jobs to overseas too ( mostly all of them ) same with IBM and other companies. so most of american companies will be employing overseas people in future ( might be 95 % of workforce). jobs of authors , contents writers , editors , copy writers etc etc will also be going to be outsourced so u too get ready to find other job in Mac Donald or wall-mart And all your jobs r here , Below in this links.;.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/199601616?pgno=2&queryText

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_India

http://modernpatriot.blogspot.com/

http://www.theburningplatform.com/?p=28624

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticlepaged/articleid/5640311/pageid/2

Now JP Morgan chase will cut more jobs and outsource (transfer most of the jobs to overseas), most of there work force , so ready to get fired.

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2009/gb2009039_431274.htm

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-02-14/news/28540403_1_government-bailouts-outsource-top-banks

http://www.managementparadise.com/forums/job-offers-recruitments-placements/75-jp-morgan-chase-backoffice-mumbai-looking-you.html

http://jobsearch.monsterindia.com/searchresult.html?co=xjpmcinx&loc=8

http://www.simplyhired.co.in/a/jobs/list/c-j.p.+morgan+chase

[nearl451]

Vote for Mitt Romeny. Everybody gets free tax shelters in the Caymans, in Switzerland, and in Bermuda.

Not a F'n dime togrow American jobs! Vote for Mitt, he has no trust in America!!

[wfw3536]

I am so sick of Obama talking about Romney outsourcing jobs. Will Obama explain all of the billions of dollars he has given GE through the stimulus/etc when they have over 150,000 jobs overseas, and the biggest joke of all is the CEO of GE is the head of Obama jobs committee. Oh, and lets not forget that GE didn't pay any taxes in 2010. Obama is so out of touch it is laughable if it weren't so sad.

[Robby33383]

Excuse me, Obama rips Romney on jobs???? This loser Obama has had unemployment over 8% for most of his term. Please Barrack, think before you speak. We all know it's hard without your teleprompter!

[vsmit]

41 months of 8+% unemployment. And Obama lectures about jobs. Obama is a total joke.

[michaelz06]

Obama has zero room to talk about jobs, or pretty much most of his presidency....which is why he mostly has been sticking with idiotic attacks. The man needs to go.

[LVwidow]

And if you want him to go, the do nothing congress which is has a republican majority should go first. They have absolutely nothing to earn those big paychecks, fat pensions (no matter how long they serve) and awesome healthcare plan for them and their families. It's time to clean up. I'm voting Ron Paul no matter what.

[BillyBonebrake]

"Unemployment has gone way down since he took over from the W.Bush disaster." <- that there folks is a flat out LIE.

[ladyang]

Romney and friends are actually giving credance to ousourcing jobs. Listen up folks! This is a country, not a business!

[stephand]

If it were a business it would be bankrupt... Spending far outpaces revenue and the customers (taxpayers) ain't buying it anymore.

[michaelz06]

It may be a country, but it still needs to do simple things....like actually have a budget, prioritize its expenditures, and quit trying to be the end all to everything. Sick and tired to the entitlement syndrome of the free loaders who think the government owes them a solution.

[BillyBonebrake]

On Obama's watch, there are more people out of work, as a percentage of the population, for longer, than more people any time since the great depression. There are more men in their peak earning years out of work than any other time since the great depression. This president promised we'd be in the low 5% range by now if only for his "must pass" stimulus which was nothing more than a payoff to blue states to buck up their mismanaged state employee pension rolls. This president should be careful when he talks about jobs because it seems every time he tries to fix things more of them disappear.

[Dancing-in-the-Streets]

When Romney was Governor - Massachusetts was 47th in job creation! Is that what you want???

[lesserof2evil]

Thanks to the do-nothing single-digit-approval Congress.