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Posted: 10:39 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Romney: "The first thing I will do is put a stop to Obama Care.”

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Atlanta —

Mitt Romney already knows what he'd like his first act as President to be, if he wins in November.

The presumptive Republican nominee told WSB's Neal Boortz this morning that according to a recent poll, 75 percent of small business owners consider the health care reform law the biggest obstacle to their hiring more people. Romney says if he's elected, he'll get rid of it: "The first thing I will do is put a stop to Obama Care. By executive order, I'll grant a waiver from Obama Care to all 50 states."

But the issue may well be moot by then, if the Supreme Court rules the law unconstitutional, entirely or in part, before its current term is up.

After a campaign fundraiser at the Cobb County Energy Centre last night, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney tells WSB’s Neal Boortz what will be the first thing he’ll do if elected.  “The first thing I will do is put a stop to Obama Care.”

Romney was speaking live on the Neal Boortz show Tuesday morning just shortly after 9:00 a.m. on News/Talk WSB.

“There was a survey done on small business, and there was one piece of legislation which small businesses, 75 percent of small businesses, said it makes them less likely to hire people, and that piece of legislation is Obama Care,” said Romney.   “So the first thing I will do is put a stop to Obama Care. By executive order, I will grant a waiver from Obama Care to all 50 states.  I will also open up the door to a huge increase in taking advantage of our energy resources: oil, natural gas, coal.  We can be an energy producer of significance that will keep dollars in the U.S. and keep energy prices down for our manufacturing base in this country.  And number three, I’m going to get serious about reigning in this excessive debt that we have.”

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the President’s health care law's constitutionality later this month.

Romney said Monday that he hopes the justices, in his words, "do the right thing and turn this thing down."

As Massachusetts governor, Romney signed into law a measure that forces state residents to purchase health insurance. The so-called individual mandate is at the heart of the Supreme Court case.

The Romney campaign says it raised more than $3 million Monday night in Georgia.

The Associated Press contributed to this story

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