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September 22, 2011 07:53 PM UTC

Oh For God's Sake

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  • by: Colorado Pols

ABC News:

Mitt Romney may be a multimillionaire, but on Wednesday he set his net worth aside and declared himself a member of “the great middle class.”

“We ought to provide help to the people who have been hurt most by the Obama economy. And that’s the middle class,” Romney said at a town hall meeting in Miami. “It’s not those at the very low end; it’s certainly not those at the very high end. It’s for the great middle class – the 80 to 90 percent of us [Pols emphasis] in this country.”

Although Romney referred to “the 80 to 90 percent of us,” his membership in that group is a matter of some doubt…

Because that would make the “middle class” inclusive of people worth between $190 and $250 million, like former CEO of Bain Capital Willard Mitt Romney! We probably shouldn’t even mention this gaffe, since it seems sure to look like “class warfare” flamebait–we realize that the name “Willard” could also have that effect–but there is a threshold of utter preposterousness that, once reached, is going to be ridiculed. It’s not our fault.

Like calling yourself “middle class” when you could burn in your fireplace more money than most Americans will ever see. Don’t like “class warfare?” Great–we’d suggest not goading it along…

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  5. Not a philosophical one — he could just as easily have meant “80 to 90 percent of (people living in this country, which includes me, although I am not in the 80 to 90 percent)” as “80 to 90 percent of us (including me) in this country.”

    But given the “unemployed” remarks and others previously, I am willing to believe he really is just that out of touch. Weird as that is.

    Also, not in FDR’s wildest dreams has the middle class ever been that big.  

  7. being in the upper class because we aren’t supposed to have an aristocracy so how about losing “middle class” in favor of “middle income” which actually means something here.  

    1. There is no standard definition, and in fact, an overwhelming majority of Americans say they are “middle class” or “upper-middle class” or “working class” in public opinion polls. Hardly anybody considers themselves “lower class” or “upper class” in America.

      It’s possible to come up with a definition of what constitutes “middle income,” but it will depend on how large a slice of the middle one prefers. If we look at U.S. Census Bureau statistics, which divide household income into quintiles, we could say that the “middle” quintile, or 20 percent, might be the “middle” class. In 2006, the average income for households in that middle group was $48,561 and the upper limit was $60,224. But we could just as reasonably use another Census figure, median family income. In 2006, the median – or “middle” – income for a family of four was $70,354. Half of all four-person families made more; half made less.

      http://www.factcheck.org/2008/…

      1. low income, middle income, affluent meaning a certain agreed upon degree above average income, wealthy for those above an agreed upon  income level, and extremely wealthy for those in an agreed upon top fraction of a percent.  

        1. (a) Middle quintile of all households

          vs

          (b) Median of 4-person households

          All households could vary in significant ways from 4-person households. All households would probably include retirees, single-parent families, etc that have statistically lower incomes.

        2. http://www.census.gov/hhes/www…

          Relevant data is on page 13-14 of the PDF report there. For 2010, the median household income was $49,445, while the median married-couple family income was $72,751. (I assume this is what FactCheck is referring to by “a family of four,” but I didn’t see how “family” was defined in the report.)

          It’s a strange way to write it, since FactCheck is making it sound like a distinction between mean and median, when it’s really a distinction between “married people with kids” and “everybody.”

          1. It only matters what he can sell himself as.

            Romney might not be a centrist to you.  But if he can sell himself as a centrist to the rest of the country, he will have done his job.

            I can’t remember a single election as long as I have been alive that has been about facts.  Elections are all about perceptions.

            You’re selling soap flakes.  It doesn’t matter that all soap flakes are just soap flakes.

  8. It was obviously a slip of the tongue.  He wouldn’t allude for a second that he’s ‘middle-class.’  In fact, he has mentioned in speeches before that many of these policies won’t hurt him as much as the middle-class.

    1. Who would you be referring to, exactly? This is being reported by ABC News. Ah, I suppose your “you guys” comment is just a slip of the tongue.  

    2. Mitt Romney is looking to quadruple the size of his $12 million California home, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

      The GOP presidential candidate has filed an application with the San Diego government to bulldoze the 3,009-square-foot beachfront house in La Jolla and replace it with a 11,062-square-foot property.

      According to a campaign official, “They want to enlarge their two bedroom home because with five married sons and 16 grandchildren it is inadequate for their needs.”

          1. and not one of their other little ‘middle class’ abodes…

            The Romneys own three homes. In addition to the La Jolla house, he and his wife have a vacation home near the shores of New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee, which the entire family visited this month, as well as a townhouse just outside Boston.

            [emphasis Twitty]

            http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/w…

            See Mitt can say that not only is he unemployed and middle class, but he’s losing his home too!  (It is a ‘tear down’ because nothing says ‘fiscal conservative’ like demolishing a perfectly good structure to build a new one…)  

            1. WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney opened his Lake Winnipesaukee summer home yesterday to a few hundred Republicans from across New Hampshire.

              http://www.boston.com/news/loc…

              Set back a half-mile from the road and up a long and narrow driveway, the Romneys’ three-story estate is shielded from would-be gawkers.

              …The main house – a 5,400-square-foot contemporary – has six bedrooms. A 2,700-square-foot boathouse sits on the 760 feet of lake frontage. Its 2,600-square-foot stable has been converted into a guest house.

              http://archive.newsmax.com/arc…

                1. Banker & tradesman reported that Ann D. Romney, wife of former Bay State Governor and presidential contender Mitt Romney, purchased a new townhouse in a luxury Belmont development for $895,000. The Romneys sold their 6,400-square-foot home on Belmont’s Main Street last April as part of their efforts to downsize and simplify.

                  Romney bought the property at The Woodlands At Belmont Hill, a new upscale condo and townhome development near McLean Hospital, on June 16.

                   

                  http://www.bostonreb.com/2010/…

                  You know, The Woodlands, where the common folk live…

                  http://www.thewoodlandsatbelmo…

                    2. The second the ring is on the finger, though, all bets are off. (And no, I won’t be stupid enough to sign a pre-nup.)

                  2. “as part of their efforts to downsize and simplify.”

                    Clearly they need a little guidance in how to downsize and simplify.  Millions of U.S. residents who used to be middle classers could show the Romneys what they’ve had to do to “simplify” in recent years . . . those same middle classers that the wealthy believe just need to be buying and consuming more to make the economy healthy again.

                    Truly out of touch.

  9. And rich people are middle class.

    So when Romney wants the corporate tax rate cut in half, it’s really a middle class tax cut! Just like Obama promised and delivered, except this time for the “middle class” rather than the middle class.

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