Last Wednesday, in the gaffe heard 'round the nation, Mitt Romney said "I'm in this race because I care about Americans. I'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there - if it needs repair, I'll fix it..." in an interview with Soledad O'Brien of CNN. While it's really nothing new in the Republican race to have low income Americans thrown under the bus, the candidates are not always so transparent about their disconnect from the people they claim to desire to represent.
To say you are not concerned with the estimated 46.2 million Americans living below the poverty line (not to mention the many above said line who are still just scraping by) while seeking the highest office in the land is unconscionable. These are people who pay taxes, who work, who send children through the public school systems you are hoping to be in charge of. Through the release of his tax information, we all now know that Romney pulls in roughly $57,000 each day - perhaps if he was supporting a family of four on that annually, he would begin to empathize with the "very poor" he can't bother to be concerned with.
He is so out of touch it is sad. Recently he joked that his wife has multiple cadillacs, when people are struggling out there to pay their bills. Your blog is really interesting. It is well structured and informative.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe it when he said that. I watch the Daily show and i cant believe some of the things that these candidates are saying. it is dumbfounding.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I'm nervous about this man becoming president of the United States because of statements like this. Make no mistake he's trying to backtrack his statements but underneath it all this is what he really thinks and believes. When he was governor of Massachusetts he cut large funding for programs for low income families like free or income based childcare vouchers I wonder what he will do if he become president. Scary!
ReplyDeleteThe thought of this man becoming president is very scary to me. He has no idea what normal people go through every day. Even when he tries to identify with us, he just shows his ignorance off. What a shame that he wants to solve our problems yet he can't even identify them.
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