Common People

Think Progress:  Today, Mitt Romney is holding a series of fundraisers in the Hamptons, culminating with a huge event at the home of billionaire David Koch. The LA Time in on the scene and reporter Maeve Reston caught up with a donor on her way into one of the events.

The woman, who wouldn’t reveal her name, said the following:

I don’t think the common person is getting it…my college kid, the baby sitters, the nails ladies — everybody who’s got the right to vote — they don’t understand what’s going on. I just think if you’re lower income — one, you’re not as educated, two, they don’t understand how it works, they don’t understand how the systems work, they don’t understand the impact.

The recommended contribution for the event she was attending was $25,000.

Earlier in the campaign Romney recieved criticism for saying, “I’m not concerned with the very poor.” He later said he misspoke.

Romney’s tax plan would give the richest 0.1% of Americans an average tax cut of $264,000.

Attention all common people:  this is not your team.

You may or may not understand that the system works to get people like Rmoney and his billionaire buddies to a 13.9% tax rate while you pay 35%  You many or may not understand that GOP tax policy incentivizes outsourcing and destroys American jobs.  You may or may not understand that if you vote GOP they will cut everything, including public health, to buy billionaires more tax breaks.  But if you don't know how the system works and you're thinking of voting GOP it would be best to prove this woman wrong and take some time to figure it out. You will pay a heavy price if you don't.

Look, Rmoney is not going one of the Koch Brothers mansions to talk about how to uplift the poor or expand the middle class.  You can bet your last dollar on that.