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That is one of his bragging points on his resume. However, when we look a little deeper, it was nothing but a "shakedown".
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When it came to the Olympics, the relationship between Mitt Romney and the LDS church was symbiotic. The LDS church needed Romney to aid in ushering in the Mormon Kingdom on earth while portraying the Mormon faith as a wholesome, mainstream religion. With his eye on the Office Of the Presidency, and just coming off his loss to Senator Edward Kennedy, Romney needed the LDS church and its vast network to finance, support and promote his political aspirations. Nowhere was this more apparent than the Salt Lake City Olympics the Greatest Show on Earth for the Mormon Church and Mitt Romney all funded in part by you, the U.S. taxpayer.
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Bob Drogin of the Los Angeles Times reported:
In 2000 Senator John McCain, railed against the pork barrel spending and fiscal abuse of tax payer money used for the Salt Lake Games. The American taxpayer is being shaken down to the tune of nearly a billion and a half dollars,he said. He(McCain) repeatedly denounced pork barrel subsidies for the 2002 Games, identifying earmarks for construction projects, road improvements, new post offices and other infrastructure in and around Salt Lake City.
In their December 2001 Sports Illustrated article Snow Job,Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele (Barlett, Donald L., and James B. Steele. "Snow Job." SI.com. CNN/Sports Illustrated, 10 Dec. 2001. Web. 25 Apr. 2010).,wrote For the past few years, while attention was focused on the Great Olympic Bribery Scandal
private and public interests have siphoned an estimated $1.5 billion out of the U.S. Treasury, all in the name of the Olympics.
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