The World According To Mitt

According to Romney, “only Americans who have had constant, uninterrupted insurance coverage should be guaranteed access to a health plan, regardless of any pre-existing conditions.” So once again, Romney demonstrates the degree that he is out of touch with the world of most Americans.  Many of the 8 million people who lost jobs under the Bush administration economic policies might also have had pre-existing conditions.  Because of their job loss, they no longer had health insurance and therefore no longer were continuously insured, and according to Romney, no longer eligible for insurance (except at extremely high premiums).  This is a man who has no idea of the issues facing the average American.  Just as his favorite sport is dressage, his view of the average American’s finances is totally out of touch with the world of the middle class in the country he proposes to govern.  He continually calls for repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act but offers nothing to replace it.  He claims that Obama is out of touch with Americans, but constantly demonstrates his lack of middle class reality (“can I have one of those chocolate things” instead of asking for a donut).  It is hard to imagine what would be worse, to repeat an administration led by another MBA, or to risk that Romney’s policies are even more tilted towards the welfare of millionaires and billionaires than was the policies of Bush 43, the policies that resulted in today’s economic difficulties and today’s middle class trauma.