Mitt Romney thinks I’m poor

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After his win in Florida, Mitt Romney said he’s not really concerned about the very poor in America, because they have “safety nets.” Um. If you’ve been listening, the Republicans want to get rid of all those nets in which we seem to keep our poor. WIC, Medicaid, food stamps, welfare, unemployment are all despised by conservatives. So, that begs the question, who the hell is Mitt Romney talking about?

I think he’s talking about people like me. My husband makes less than $100,000 a year, a lot less. But we have a little tucked away, in case we never sell our house back East and continue to pay a mortgage AND rent on the home in which we live. We’re firmly middle class, which I believe translates to “very poor” to Mitt Romney. I used a fun Internet tool to calculate how long it would take Mittens to make our yearly income. A day and a half. Mitt Romney would make our yearly salary in a day and a half.

Which leads me to the conclusion that Mitt Romney has no frigging clue what poor is. How can he? He’s so rich he can’t fathom any other lifestyle. So, I thought I could help point Mitt Romney towards some actual poor people, in one of the poorest states in America: Mississippi.

From 2006-2010, Mississippi had 21.2% of its population living below the poverty line. The national average was 13.8%. In the same time period, 21.5% of children in Mississippi lived in a household without consistent access to food. Why did I chose Mississippi? Because it’s a rabidly conservative state, overflowing with evangelical Christians and it’s largest (ahem) contribution to America in recent history is Haley Barbour, flaming right wing nut job. Barbour is currently on a lot of shit lists for pardoning convicted felons, including several men who stalked and murdered their wives.

Haley Barbour shouts about his belief in Jaysus and even used that excuse to explain pardoning a few wife killers. He said it was the Christian thing to do. What would have been the Christian thing to do, Mr. Barbour, is to use your time as governor of one of the poorest states in America to help the POOR. But no, you’d rather set murderers free. That makes perfect sense.

Mitt Romney is clueless about so many things, but this faux pas is a biggie. We have a lot of people in this country who rely on that safety net Mittens and his cohorts want to shred. Single mothers, single fathers, working families who simply cannot make ends meet and need a little help. When my husband lost his job a few years ago, we applied for state health insurance. If Mitt Romney has his way, that along with many other programs, will go the way of the dodo. No, not Haley Barbour, the extinct bird.

We have Newt Gingrich, who wants African Americans to stop relying on welfare and “demand” jobs, and we have Mitt Romney who doesn’t care about the very poor. One of these asshats will eventually run against President Obama, and I couldn’t be happier. Close your eyes okay that won’t work because then you can’t read don’t close your eyes. Picture this: Debate night. On one side you have the incredibly awesome, smart, empathetic and real President Barack Obama. On the other side you have Mitt “I shoved my dog into a luggage carrier and I don’t give a crap about the poor” Romney. Honest to Sky Cat, unless the collective IQ of this country drops 100 points in the next…SHIT!

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