[Vision2020] FW: Who Dat?

[Sue Hovey]

The video is pretty clear though when George S asks him if $100,000 is middle income, Romney responds first with, “No”   then he goes on to define middle income as $200,000 to $250,000  then adds the bit “ or less.”  While the “or less” doesn’t clarify anything, the whole statement pretty well defines Romney as not having a clue about folks like most of us. 

Sue H.  

From: Robert Dickow 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:30 PM
To: 'Moscow Vision2020' 
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW: Who Dat?

Maybe Mitt meant  ‘and less’ to mean that for all amounts below 250,000 bucks one is in the ‘middle income’ group, so that implies that even the poor are middle income. It is a strange way of classifying an income bracket, and it conveniently eliminates poverty from the Great American Way of Life. But, we have to take this as a possible Freudian slip on Mitt’s part, because of the also-mentioned 200,000 lower limit. It’s actually an inversion of sense. As people have incomes above $250,000 they are part of the increasingly suffering rich. The more they have, the less they are satisfied. So, they think they need more all the time.

 

Has everyone seen the documentary ‘I am?’  Very inspiring. 

 

I once sat near a party of obviously well-to-do people at a restaurant, and overheard one among them remark “I just don’t know how John manages on only $500,000 a year.” 

 

It all has to do with dopamine in the brain. Or something.

 

Bob Dickow, troublemaker

 

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Sue Hovey
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:21 PM
To: Ron Force; Moscow Vision2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW: Who Dat?

 

If middle class is defined as one who makes between $200,000 and $250,000, how does “and less” work?  

 

Sue H.

 

From: Ron Force 

Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:38 PM

To: Moscow Vision2020 

Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW: Who Dat?

 

He did say $200,000 and $250,000 "and less".

 

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA


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From: Andy Boyd <moscowrecycling at turbonet.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:29 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] FW: Who Dat?

 

Romney was interviewed by George Stephanopolous (spelling?). Romney said that the middle class are those making between $200,000 and $250,000 per year.

 

That’s out of touch!!

 

Andy Boyd

 

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rumelhart
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:47 PM
To: Robert Dickow; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Who Dat?

 

While I think Romney is absurdly out of touch with anyone who doesn't make mid 6-figures at least, I don't dispute that, but can we all acknowledge that there are people out there that leach off the system in one way or another?  They may not live in the Hamptons, and I realize they don't make up anywhere near the 47% that Romney quoted, but they do exist.  And they ruin the system for everyone.

Paul

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