Sandi Bachom: Dear Mitt Romney: "I am the 47%"
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com - Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I'm on Social Security, Medicare and apparently, I am the 47%... with one little wrinkle (pun intended)... I used to be rich! Gotta tell you Mitt, my cankles are rankled! Let's do the "arithmetic"... I worked my whole life, was married, had a huge six-figure career, house in the country, million-dollar apartment in the city, kid in private school, the very first of every electronic device ever invented... and a closet full of Prada. So, we're really not that different, you and I. After 9/11, I did what George Bush told me to do... I went shopping. And then, I got a divorce, lost my job and was run over by an SUV, not able to walk for a year. And when the dust cleared, I was in my late 60's, unable to find work for the FIRST time in my life, and oh yeah, I was just evicted. So please put me on your list for one of those 12 million jobs after you're elected. You see Mitt, everybody in this country, except you, the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson are all just "one bad thing away" from the woman on the street. Get used to it, there are more and more of us, but nobody is talking about it. At 68, I am considered 'elderly' by the statisticians, although I can't even ask for senior rate at Dunkin' Donuts because I'm too mortified. And if one of the guys asks if I want a senior rate, my entire day is ruined. Here's the deal, when I lost my career, I opted for early Social Security benefits at 62 and not 67; for some reason, the year I wAnalysis: Romney sharpens differences with Obama
Source: seattletimes.com - Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Republican Mitt Romney, in describing nearly half of Americans as being docile dependents of the state, and saying it's a "foreign concept" for government to redistribute income, is outlining a philosophy that's not only sharply at odds with President Barack Obama's views. It's also difficult to square with the facts of how Social Security, Medicare, the tax code and scores of other institutions work.
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