What Do You Mean 'We' Rich Man?

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from AmericaBlog: http://www.americablog.com/2011/11/mitt-romney-whos-worth-quarter-of.html


Mitt Romney, who’s worth a quarter of a billion dollars, says public employees make more than him

This "regular guy" schtick from Romney is getting old, fast.

First he claimed "he was unemployed too," because he's so filthy rich he doesn't have to work another day in his life - that's what he calls "unemployed" (I wonder if that makes the dead, and fetuses, unemployed too, since volition apparently isn't a requirement). And now Romney is telling steelworkers that "government employees" are making a whole lot more money than "we" are.

(story,video: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/romney-complains-federal-employees-make-more)

Really, Mitt? Who's "we"? You're worth a quarter of a billion dollars. And 15 years ago the Mormon church, of which you are a bishop, had assets of $30 billion. God only knows how much they have stored away now (and we all know the Mormons aren't shy about using their money to force other Americans to live under their rules). You are the not the 99% Mitt. You're the one percent of the one percent. Quit trying to remake yourself. It's getting a bit pathetic . . .


read: http://www.americablog.com/2011/11/mitt-romney-whos-worth-quarter-of.html

related:

Romney Complains Federal Employees Make More Than He Does
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/romney-complains-federal-employees-make-more

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. Maybe he's talking about aggregate earnings of all government employees

He's using the royal "we" and lamenting that he personally makes less than all government employees combined. No?

[villager]

3. +1

:thumbsup:

[HughBeaumont]

2. Worth that much by ruining the livelihoods of the 99%.

How anyone can take this guy seriously is beyond me. The worst part is, THAT'S who Republicans are stuck with from now on. From the debacle that started in 1996, the trend is continuing that dictates Republicans are only going to get more and more and more insane as each election cycle passes. It's inevitable. Moderates and Eisenhower-era pols are now Democrats and Repubs are lunatic fringe TheoFascists.

[zbdent]

4. he was "unemployed" ... but, of course, that's where the flat-taxers go around

paying taxes ... they tax "income" ... but they redefine "income" to not include "capital gains" ... because that money has "already been taxed" ... and don't go on and on about the "death tax" they'd have to pay upon inheriting their 3 millionth dollar ...

:silly:

[sarge43]

5. According to Michelle (Crazier Than An Outhouse Rat) Bachmann,

people who don't work shouldn't eat.