Amy Goodman: Why Mitt Romney is 'not concerned' about the poor

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Why Mitt Romney is 'not concerned' about the poor
The Republican frontrunner rejects the politics of 'envy'. How convenient for the multimillionaire candidate of the 1%

Amy Goodman
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 February 2012


Although Mitt Romney has yet to win a majority in a Republican primary, he won big in Florida. After he and the pro-Romney Super Pacs flooded the airwaves with millions of dollars' worth of ads in a state where nearly half the homeowners are under water, he talked about who he wants to represent.

"We will hear from the Democrat[ic] party the plight of the poor, and there's no question, it's not good being poor," he told CNN's Soledad O'Brien. "You could choose where to focus, you could focus on the rich, that's not my focus. You could focus on the very poor, that's not my focus. My focus is on middle-income Americans." Of the very rich, Romney assures us, "They're doing just fine."

With an estimated personal wealth of $250m, Romney should know.

Romney's campaign itself is well-financed, but his success to date, especially against his current main rival, Newt Gingrich, is driven by massive cash infusions to a so-called Super Pac, the new breed of political action committee that can take unlimited funds from individuals and corporations. Super Pacs are legally prohibited from coordinating their activities with a candidate's campaign. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/02/mitt-romney-not-concerned-about-poor