Dear Mitt Romney:
I am one of the 47% of Americans who will never vote for you no matter what and three days ago, I mailed my quarterly tax payment to the Federal Government. What you call "entitlement" mentality, I call a bargained for exchange for my tax dollars. You see, I remember the America of my youth. It was an America where veterans came back from wars and had services provided to them so they didn't have to live on the streets, holding signs that say "Will work for food." It was an America where no expense was spared for schools and our children got a top notch education- the best in the world, in fact. It was an America where we learned our lesson from Vietnam and peace was prized above all else. It was an America where there was such a thing as "job security" and our economy flourished. And if you look at history you will see that what our government was doing back then to get it right. They imposed strict regulations on financial institutions. Back then the top 1% was taxed at 75%. And our unions were protected by the government. These are the very thing you and your party vehemently fight against.
If anyone has "entitlement" mentality, Mr. Romney, it's YOU. You want to live in a country that has been very good to you and your family, yet you want to pay less in taxes than the average American. You look at our homeless with disdain and call them "bums" without understanding that these men and women have mental illnesses that prevent them from working an honest job. And you'd rather step over these people than put into place programs that would help them. Well Mr. Romney, when I see a homeless person on the street, I feel like my country is shitting where it eats. I feel an obligation to do something to help- and homeless shelters do not have the proper facilities to help the mentally ill. This is the obligation of our government in exchange for our tax dollars. It is also an obligation we owe to our veterans.
And don't think for one minute that we 47% don't see through the farce of "smaller government." We know that "smaller government" is just a euphemism for "privatization." And "privatization" is just a manipulative term to award big fat government contracts to your corporate cronies. We see what "privatization" has done to with our prisons and to our population. The statistic is that while the overall inmate population has grown exponentially in the past 30 years, the violent offender population has gone down from 34% to 7%. And you want to spread more of that kind of "freedom"? The idea that "privatization" somehow saves tax payer dollars is truly laughable. We, Mr. Romney, remember the billions of dollars wasted by Halliburton and Blackwater during the Iraq war. Government may be inefficient, but I don't think I've ever seen any government entity waste as much tax payer dollars as these corporations.
Contrary to what your tirade in May espoused, we 47% believe that everyone has the right to earn a living. That's why we support a public healthcare option- so that everyone will be healthy enough to work. We're not asking for handout. We want to work and pay our taxes for this. As a capitalist who would rely upon these people as your workforce, I would think you would support having the healthiest workers possible so that you could increase productivity. Oh but I forgot! Your personal trickle down experience trickled all the way down to India and China. You seem to espouse trickle outsourced economics.
Mr. Romney, the middle class does not earn $250,000 per year. They don't even earn half of that. You just don't seem to be able to relate to the rest of us, and I think that goes much deeper than a political ideology. On a very human level, you seem to lack the compassion necessary to function in a diverse society. And to tell you the truth, that's your loss- just as it will be your loss this November.
Very Sincerely,
Rena Marrocco
The Liberal Diva
I am one of the 47% of Americans who will never vote for you no matter what and three days ago, I mailed my quarterly tax payment to the Federal Government. What you call "entitlement" mentality, I call a bargained for exchange for my tax dollars. You see, I remember the America of my youth. It was an America where veterans came back from wars and had services provided to them so they didn't have to live on the streets, holding signs that say "Will work for food." It was an America where no expense was spared for schools and our children got a top notch education- the best in the world, in fact. It was an America where we learned our lesson from Vietnam and peace was prized above all else. It was an America where there was such a thing as "job security" and our economy flourished. And if you look at history you will see that what our government was doing back then to get it right. They imposed strict regulations on financial institutions. Back then the top 1% was taxed at 75%. And our unions were protected by the government. These are the very thing you and your party vehemently fight against.
If anyone has "entitlement" mentality, Mr. Romney, it's YOU. You want to live in a country that has been very good to you and your family, yet you want to pay less in taxes than the average American. You look at our homeless with disdain and call them "bums" without understanding that these men and women have mental illnesses that prevent them from working an honest job. And you'd rather step over these people than put into place programs that would help them. Well Mr. Romney, when I see a homeless person on the street, I feel like my country is shitting where it eats. I feel an obligation to do something to help- and homeless shelters do not have the proper facilities to help the mentally ill. This is the obligation of our government in exchange for our tax dollars. It is also an obligation we owe to our veterans.
And don't think for one minute that we 47% don't see through the farce of "smaller government." We know that "smaller government" is just a euphemism for "privatization." And "privatization" is just a manipulative term to award big fat government contracts to your corporate cronies. We see what "privatization" has done to with our prisons and to our population. The statistic is that while the overall inmate population has grown exponentially in the past 30 years, the violent offender population has gone down from 34% to 7%. And you want to spread more of that kind of "freedom"? The idea that "privatization" somehow saves tax payer dollars is truly laughable. We, Mr. Romney, remember the billions of dollars wasted by Halliburton and Blackwater during the Iraq war. Government may be inefficient, but I don't think I've ever seen any government entity waste as much tax payer dollars as these corporations.
Contrary to what your tirade in May espoused, we 47% believe that everyone has the right to earn a living. That's why we support a public healthcare option- so that everyone will be healthy enough to work. We're not asking for handout. We want to work and pay our taxes for this. As a capitalist who would rely upon these people as your workforce, I would think you would support having the healthiest workers possible so that you could increase productivity. Oh but I forgot! Your personal trickle down experience trickled all the way down to India and China. You seem to espouse trickle outsourced economics.
Mr. Romney, the middle class does not earn $250,000 per year. They don't even earn half of that. You just don't seem to be able to relate to the rest of us, and I think that goes much deeper than a political ideology. On a very human level, you seem to lack the compassion necessary to function in a diverse society. And to tell you the truth, that's your loss- just as it will be your loss this November.
Very Sincerely,
Rena Marrocco
The Liberal Diva
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