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In reply to the discussion: Ann Romney: ‘Our Struggles Have Not Been Financial’ [View all]Big Orange Jeff
(262 posts)I'm sure that they honestly believe that they can relate to struggles of less wealthy people, but their own statements suggest they do not.
Take, for example, his advice to young people unable to afford college or to start their own businesses. "Borrow the money from your parents." I'm sure he believes that this is a sound plan available to anyone. The fact is that most families cannot afford to do that. Certainly, f I could afford to, I'd just give my kids the money for college.
And that's the problem. It is unfathomable to him that the majority of parents do not have that kind cash just laying around. Since they've not lived this struggle - nor, likely, anyone they know - they cannot relate to the struggles of the rest of us. I understand and empathize with her health struggles, but she cannot understand how much worse those struggles would be if she couldn't afford the care.
Is money the answer to all of life's problems? Certainly not, but it does make many other struggles more manageable.