What's the real story on the Romney-on-welfare thing?

[pscot]

I had that thrown back at me as a right wing talking point yesterday; from welfare to the presidency in 2 generations. As I understand it, the Congress alloted $100,000 to help relocate Mormons pushed out of Mexico. Were the Romneys destitute or just temporatily pressed for ready money? Google hasn't been much help with this.

[bongbong]

1. Really?

That has to be the most desperate repig Talking Point yet. It's like a setup where the punchline is, "See? Welfare works!" If they want to then whine that too many people are dependent on it, just tell them "prove it", and then say, "Thanks for supporting the idea of welfare. Can I count on your vote for Democrats?"

[rfranklin]

2. That's right..without that government assistance Mitt really would be a Latino...

selling lottery tickets on the plaza somewhere in Mexico.

[rfranklin]

3. Also Romney is not president...

and never will be.

[pscot]

4. None of which

speaks to the question.

[bongbong]

5. Lottery tix?

He wouldn't be selling tickets. Being Latino would mean he is on the Fast Track to being President*



* (re: Flip-Flopper's 47% speech)

[EC]

6. His family was rich going all the way back to England.

His gr.gr. granddaddy was one of the architects that helped build that LDS castle (temple) in Utah. The Romney family was big in building battleships in early days too. Look up the Battleships Romney. I also heard (can't confirm) that one of the wife's family owned so much land in Brazil it was said they owned half of Brazil. So no, it's no rags to riches story.

[HiPointDem]

8. 'rich going back to england' -- can you expand on that?

[EC]

9. great, great, grandpappy

Miles.

[HiPointDem]

10. yes, and ?

[jwirr]

7. Maybe there were multiple wives and old gr. gr. supported them by sending them to the welfare

office.