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I actually had a different topic in mind for this week, but I think I want to delay my normally scheduled post to say a few words about conservative Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s recent remarks that he isn’t particularly concerned about the very poor because they already have a safety net, and he isn’t particularly concerned about the very rich because they’re doing fine, but he is concerned about middle-income Americans. Of course, I suppose as an example of political speech the statement isn’t really all that striking. Apparently it dawned on some of his campaign strategists that many more people in this country think of themselves as “middle-income” than “very poor” or “very rich,” and he’s just trying to tell as many conservative voters as possible that he intends to look after their interests rather than those of anyone else. Well, what do you expect? He’s a conservative politician and conservatives’ primary concern is generally their own self-interest, so it makes perfect sense. I’m concerned about you and no one else, so vote for me! On the other hand, I think there are some rather more interesting aspects to this utterance in terms of the underlying social philosophy that would support such a statement. And you know I’m always trying to get some insight into how conservatives really think... Sorry but only selected archived (previous year) posts are currently available full text on this website. All posts including this one are available in my annual anthology ebook series available at the Amazon Kindle Bookstore for a nominal fee. Hey, we all need to make a buck somehow, right? If you find my timeless jewels of wisdom amusing or perhaps even amusingly irritating throw me a bone now and then. Thank you my friends!
