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jamblessedthree wrote:
I think there are some things you can't put a finger on that politicans running for office "give up".. And I don't expect any of them to be like me nor is it a character flaw that some have never struggled.

I find it so strange that just four years ago, the right was so certain that McCain was the answer because....he had been in the Military.   Fast forward to present and the two front runners are Draft dodgers......ummmm....I mean, had deferments.   Go figure.  

Yet the same two want middle America to vote for them when neither one have a clue about how hard times are.  Or what about all of them have given up alot just to make a house payment. 

[jamblessedthree]

It's not about how much a person needs and it shouldn't be about how much a person has either... Romney's wealth shouldn't matter unless of course there were illegal or unethical operations going on and there weren't. Frankly, I'd have doubts about him if he suffered through financial problems some find themselves in.

[jamblessedthree]

I didn't vote for McCain... Nobody knows if our economy would have improved if Romney would have gone all the way then but things are NOT better under Obama.

[nellewrites]

But would you really give 80% away? I don't think you could possibly know this unless you had it. Money does change people, whether they want it to or not.

Actually, I've thought a lot about it. I'm a Reiki practitioner, and really have no interest in ostentatious stuff. If I bought a new car, I'd buy one for less than 20k. I've no need for a twenty room home, nor four homes or whatever it is Romney has.

I don't begrudge his differences from me, and I don't expect him to be me. I've made mistakes, lots of them in my life, and try like heck to learn and grow. What I do expect him and others to do is pay a reasonable share in taxes, and the 39% rate worked before, and it is needed again. So too a higher cap gains tax. He can handle it, and he won't miss a thing nor go wanting, unlike those who would have their medicare or social security cut.

[nellewrites]

It's not about how much a person needs and it shouldn't be about how much a person has either... Romney's wealth shouldn't matter unless of course there were illegal or unethical operations going on and there weren't. Frankly, I'd have doubts about him if he suffered through financial problems some find themselves in.

I agree on one level. The vehement opposition to a marginal increase in taxation ($4 per thousand) is totally overblown, when in fact the country needs the revenue and they can easy afford to pay more without missing any of it.