Romney: “I’m Not Concerned About The Very Poor” (Video)

Mitt Romney just said, “I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it.” Romney added, “I’m not concerned about the very rich, they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of the America, the 90 percent, 95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.”

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The very poor, Mr. Romney, deserve your concern, and the concern of all Americans. Given the high numbers of unemployed, the high numbers of people on food stamps and other forms of government assistance, the plight of the very poor must be unimaginable.

We should all be concerned for all those less-fortunate than we. Period.

Lord knows the Church and other religions have abdicated their responsibility in this equation. So who should be concerned about the very poor, Mr. Romney, if not for someone aiming to be their leader, if not for someone who has more money than any of us can imagine.

If not you, who, Mr. Romney?

CNN adds:

Programs in the “safety net” are also suffering during the economic recession. Medicaid, for example faces cuts as states attempt to balance budgets at a time when more people are using the program. GOP lawmakers have also eyed cuts in food stamps as food prices rise, even though more Americans are using the the program as a consequence of the economic recession.

Romney’s statement is part of a pattern of previously poorly-phrased remarks that give his competitors fodder to call the former Bain Capital founder — who is worth between $190 million and $250 million — out of touch with the economic recession.

“Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom,” he said last October in Las Vegas, the hardest-hit metro area by the foreclosure crisis.

In January, Romney said, “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me” to explain why he favored competition among health insurers. “If someone doesn’t give me the good service I need, I want to say I am going to get somebody else to provide that service to me.”