Romney: ‘I’m Not Concerned With The Very Poor’

[Galraedia]

Coming off his big win in Florida last night, GOP front-runner Mitt Romney told CNN this morning that helping the poor is not his priority, suggesting that Democrats worry enough about the “plight of the poor” already:

ROMNEY: I’m not concerned with the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich, they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of the America. [..]

HOST: You just said said, ‘I’m not concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net.’ But I think there are a lot of very poor Americans who are struggling who would say, that sounds odd. [...]

ROMNEY: The challenge right now — we will hear from the Democrat party the plight of the poor. And there’s no question it’s not good being poor. And we have a safety net to help those that are very poor, but campaign is focused is on middle-income Americans. My campaign — you can choose where to focus. You can focus on the rich, that’s not my focus. You can focus on the very poor, that’s not my focus.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/01/416152/romney-not-concerned-poor/

[Angry Dragon]

1. What a clueless wonder boy

[pacalo]

2. Never would I have imagined that a presidential candidate would say something as uncaring as that

while he's struggling just to get his party's nomination. He doesn't get the fact that the number of poor people is the vast majority in this country (including working class), & thanks to outsourcing & economic policies that favor the rich, that number is growing; what gives him the smugness to say so openly that he doesn't have concern for the poor? Why is he not concerned about the number of poor people who will be voting in November?

[msongs]

3. if he was a christian he would know jesus cared about the "very poor", unlike him nt

[surfdog]

4. And if you are in the middle class....

And slip into the lower-class then Romney will cease to care about you too

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Who the hell is advising him?

What an idiot!! So a millionaire banker that laid off many thousands of people and hid money in offshore bank accounts in order to avoid paying taxes isn't concerned with the very poor. Ya...that'll play well.

[surfdog]

6. And if you manage to claw ....

your way out of the lower class into the middle class , then I will start caring about you

[ashling]

7. He misspoke

He said:

I’m not concerned with the very poor.

He meant to say:

I'm not very concerned with the poor

[JoePhilly]

8. Which bible passages was he quoting from?

[brooklynite]

9. Actually, he loses with both sides...

He comes across as uncaring to the left, and he comes across as a big Government socialist (for supporting a safety net at all) to the right.

[Life Long Dem]

10. His focus should be on all.

And not just certain classes. If Obama left out a class of people everyone would be jumping all over him.