Romney Urges More Reliance on Free Enterprise to Aid Nations
By John McCormick – Sep 25, 2012 9:43 AM ET
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today urged more accountability for U.S. aid to other nations and greater reliance on free enterprise to lift the world’s poor toward prosperity.
“The aim of a much larger share of our aid must be the promotion of work and the fostering of free enterprise,” he said in a speech at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. “Nothing we can do as a nation will change lives and nations more effectively and permanently than sharing the insight that lies at the foundation of America’s own economy– and that is that free people pursuing happiness in their own ways build a strong and prosperous nation.”
The appearance marked a moment of bipartisanship, considering that the event is hosted by former President Bill Clinton, one of the top prosecutors against Romney at the Democratic National Convention and someone aggressively campaigning for President Barack Obama’s re-election.
