Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:49 PM
swag (24,377 posts)
Mitt "inherited nothing"? That's not what Ann Romney says
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/09/the-stock-came-from-mitts-father.html
Mitt Romney's comments about moochers are getting lots of notice, but something else he said caught my attention. Does he really think people will believe this?: I have inherited nothing. There is a perception, 'Oh, we were born with a silver spoon, he never had to earn anything and so forth.' Here's Ann Romney discussing their student days: They were not easy years… Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time. The stock came from Mitt’s father. ... That sounds pretty tough, doesn't it? One of them almost had to get a job! Thank god (or dad) for that stock.
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| Author | Time | Post | |
| swag | Sep 2012 | OP | |
| IllinoisBirdWatcher | Sep 2012 | #1 | |
| Jim__ | Sep 2012 | #2 | |
| markpkessinger | Sep 2012 | #3 | |
| MannyGoldstein | Sep 2012 | #4 | |
| JHB | Sep 2012 | #5 | |
| Cha | Sep 2012 | #6 |
Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:52 PM
IllinoisBirdWatcher (349 posts)
1. He sure didn't inherit his father's honesty. Nor his father's transparency.
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Where are your TAX RETURNS, Mittens?
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Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:54 PM
Jim__ (8,602 posts)
2. He didn't inherit it. His father was still alive when he gave it to him.
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I guess romney thinks that means he earned it.
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Response to swag (Original post)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:31 PM
markpkessinger (3,117 posts)
3. It is one thing to be born into wealth and privilege . . .
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. . . It is quite another to have no clue about the advantages one enjoyed as a result of that accident of birth.
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Response to swag (Original post)
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:55 AM
MannyGoldstein (21,418 posts)
4. These people lie as easily as they breathe
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Awful, dangerous people.
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Response to swag (Original post)
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 07:33 AM
JHB (17,798 posts)
5. No one with a wealthy, politically active father "inherited nothing"...
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...not unless they are long-forgotten "wild oats".
He received an education at exclusive schools (and the contacts that come from it), and a boatload of contacts from his dad. How many breaks did young Mitt get just from someone doing his dad a favor (or maybe just hoping to earn one)? |

