Politics
In Ohio, Romney highlights $16 trillion US debt
Posted: Sep 26, 2012 8:13 AM by Summer Yu
Updated: Oct 9, 2012 11:17 AM
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WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Mitt Romney says the nation's debt could grow to more than $20 trillion if the country re-elects President Barack Obama.
Romney also says his policies would do more to help middle-class families than the president's.
Campaigning in Ohio, where polls give the advantage to Obama, the Republican presidential nominee combined a sharper focus on the mounting debt with an insistence that middle-class families are struggling. Said Romney: "I want to help them."
The national debt is $16 trillion and growing. Romney says the interest payments alone cost more than what the U.S. spends on several government departments combined.
Romney planned two additional stops Wednesday in Ohio.
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