Ahhh, shit, Mitt! I apologize for once being part of that loser 47%. You see, rich boy ...

[HeiressofBickworth]

62. Congratulations to you in overcoming a set of obstacles I didn't have,

but, I think my story puts me in the 47%, too. My parents were not wealthy but were comfortable. Both my parents worked. I got my first job babysitting when I was 13. When I was 17 I went to work on weekends in a real estate office. I had neither the grades nor the money to attend college but I worked and took classes whenever I could. I got my first job in a law firm as a secretary and set out to read all the state law books in the office. My next job, I started reading case law. At my next job, my employer had faith in me and promoted me to paralegal. I continued to take classes (all at my own expense, by the way) until I became proficient in my work. I was asked to teach the paralegal studies program at the University of Washington which I did for five winter quarters. I then got a job with an engineering company and after 13 years, I retired at the age of 63. I'm now living on social security and medicare. Apparently all the years I worked, paid taxes and took classes to better myself count for nothing in the Romney world because, you see, I never got rich.