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ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
Sat May 12, 2012, 05:19 PM May 2012

More Romney tin ear: protestors too young to understand economy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/12/mitt-romney-bank-of-america-protests_n_1511868.html
"Mitt Romney said the protesters rallying against Bank of America in Charlotte this week are too young "to really understand how the economy works."

“Unfortunately, a lot of young folks haven’t had the opportunity to really understand how the economy works, and what it takes to put people to work in real jobs, and why we have banks, and what banks do," Romney told WBTV in Charlotte, according to National Journal. "It's a very understandable sentiment if you don't find a job, and you can’t see rising incomes. You're going to be angry and looking at someone to blame.""

I'm pretty sure that they understand that putting companies out of business (and their employees in the unemployment lines) to fatten stock portfolios doesn't employ anyone either.
I'm really starting to hate this dick.
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More Romney tin ear: protestors too young to understand economy (Original Post) ibegurpard May 2012 OP
kick ibegurpard May 2012 #1
Yeah, this guy obviously is waaaay too young to understand... pinboy3niner May 2012 #2
yeah, that lazy dumb teenager! ibegurpard May 2012 #3
Good catch NNN0LHI May 2012 #6
Rmoney's dickishness apparently has no end. hifiguy May 2012 #4
If protesters are "too" anything PA Democrat May 2012 #5
This from a guy who gave each of his sons sufrommich May 2012 #7
"If I don't have a job and no safety net, then how am I supposed to pay for goods and services?" ck4829 May 2012 #8
I hate that condescending crap. Buns_of_Fire May 2012 #9

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
2. Yeah, this guy obviously is waaaay too young to understand...
Sat May 12, 2012, 08:01 PM
May 2012

Protester arrested for trying to jump a barrier outside the B of A meeting in Charlotte. (Getty Images)

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
5. If protesters are "too" anything
Sun May 13, 2012, 01:09 PM
May 2012

it's that they are too empathetic to the suffering of large numbers of Americans. Conversely, Romney is too arrogant, insulated and callous to understand the effects this economy has on poor and middle class Americans.

ck4829

(34,974 posts)
8. "If I don't have a job and no safety net, then how am I supposed to pay for goods and services?"
Tue May 15, 2012, 08:33 AM
May 2012

Not hard to understand.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,119 posts)
9. I hate that condescending crap.
Tue May 15, 2012, 08:44 AM
May 2012

The protesters know all too well how this economy is working -- and that's why they're protesting.

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