The working poor haven’t abdicated responsibility for their lives. They’re drowning in it.
“The problem is that Romney doesn’t seem to realize how difficult it is to focus on college when you’re also working full time, how much planning it takes to reliably commute to work without a car. … The working poor haven’t abdicated responsibility for their lives. They’re drowning in it.”
Imagine you’re Romney, the Republican presidential nominee: For the past year you’ve been unable to grab a clear lead in the polls against an incompetent who has been unable to get unemployment below 8 percent or reach a reasonable debt- reduction deal with Congress. Which would you prefer to believe? That you’re not good enough, not smart enough and doggone it, people just don’t like you? Or that the incumbent Democrat has effectively bought off half the country with food stamps and free health care?
For more on this story, visit: What Mitt Romney Doesn’t Get About Responsibility – Bloomberg.
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