I would be just a tad bit more understanding of Romney's wealth if, and it's a huge if...

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16. What about Jobs and Apple?

I think its a convenient fallacy that "businesses" require this vast capital outlay.... "investors" like Bain or some other angel.

My former BIL started his pizza box company in his garage - it's now a multi million dollar biz with many machines and many workers - almost the perfect example of what you believe a biz needs a big bankster/investor in order to create. He now has several plants, semi trucks, a thousand or more workers.... I know, I know, anecdotal but almost everything I read and KNOW from personal experience tells me it's not "capital" that makes jobs. It's people being able to leave their "day job" (which in these days means having enough savings or NO entanglements that require health care insurance coverage) and taking a chance. They work their ass off and invest their OWN capital back into the biz to make it grow. It's very, very rare for an angel or bank to step in and assist.

IMHO, it's the lack of universal health care which is blocking entrepreneurship. No one can afford to leave their job and expose themselves or their loved ones to that gargantuan risk (an even greater financial risk than a start up)