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Romney says he knows the fear of a pink slip

Mitt Romney this afternoon, hours after a debate where his business background was put under scrutiny on national television, sought to empathize with average Americans by talking of stocking the shelves at Staples and saying he, too, knows what it’s like to be afraid of a pink slip.

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