Matt Taibbi says that Mitt Romney's recently leaked remarks about low-income Americans were "insane." "I think he really genuinely believes that the only reason that his particular message isn't resonating is that people want something for free and he's not offering it to them," Full Story »
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“It’s all based upon this idea that ‘poor people deserve to be poor because they don’t work hard enough and I deserve the money that I make because I do work hard,’” Taibbi said. “It’s just a pervasive belief … the psychological underpinning of almost everything they do —- "If you’re low-income enough to not be paying income tax, you’re doing a shitty job that nobody else wants to do in this country,” Taibbi said. “You’re cleaning toilets. You’re driving buses at the night shift. You’re bussing tables. You’re doing all these things that Mitt Romney is never going to do.”
Mr. Taibbi comments on Mitten’s videoed statements about those not like him (i.e. the non-rich).