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Just How Rich Is Mitt Romney in Comparison to Past Presidents

How Rich Is Mitt Romney?

We all know he is rich, but just how rich is Mitt Romney?

Romney’s wealth has come under the microscope following the release of his tax returns last Tuesday, which revealed that the former Massachusetts governor earned $21.7 million in 2010.

According to the Associated Press, you would be in Romney territory if you added up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, then doubled that number. If Romney were to be elected he would be among the richest presidents in American history— probably in the top four.

The list of the wealthiest President’s has long been topped by George Washington, who during his life owned nearly 60,000 acres and more than 300 slaves. Research by 24/7 Wall St., a news and analysis website, estimated Washington’s wealth at the equivalent of $525 million in 2010 dollars.

How Rich Is Mitt Romney?

The AP notes that after that, it gets complicated, depending on how you rate Thomas Jefferson’s plantation, Herbert Hoover’s millions from mining or John F. Kennedy’s share of the vast family fortune, as well as the finer points of factors like inflation adjustment. AP reports on Romney’s wealth:

“The former Massachusetts governor has disclosed only the broad outlines of his wealth, putting it somewhere from $190 million to $250 million. That easily could make him 50 times richer than Obama, who falls in the still-impressive-to-most-of-us range of $2.2 million to $7.5 million.

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After all, even in the rarefied world of the top 1 percent, there’s a big difference between life at the top and at the bottom.

A household needs to bring in roughly $400,000 per year to make the cut. Romney and his wife, Ann, have been making 50 times that – more than $20 million a year. In 2009, only 8,274 federal tax filers had income above $10 million. Romney is solidly within that elite 0.006 percent of all U.S. taxpayers.”

But should one’s personal wealth be a determent for their ability to lead the country?

As the economy has floundered throughout the Obama presidency and a populist anger has risen against the “one percent,” questions have been raised about the extreme wealth of the former Massachusetts governor and current Republican presidential candidate.

During Thursday’s CNN debate, Romney unapologetically defended his career and success in the free enterprise system, asking Republicans to see his accomplishments not as a detriment but as an asset to help America:

Comments (154)

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:19pm

    Obama calls himself rich, like everything else, Romney dodges the question.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:51pm

      Candles can come in a number of colors, or no color at all.

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:35pm

      Tinker-tots with tax rates and bail-outs for buddies…That is America’s future under Romney

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:15pm

      Glenn talks about the Chivalry of Marcus Luttrell…. How would you compare Beck with Luttrell here?

      Caller Trish from Friday’s Show

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aWhwxcqqqY

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:48pm

      Herman Cain endorses:
      (Sarah Palin says that voters should vote for Gingrich in FL to keep the debate going and that Gingrich is the most likely to beat Obama.)

      “I hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse Newt Gingrich for President of the United States,” Cain said at a dinner the two attended in Florida on Saturday night.

      “I know what this sausage grinder is all about. I know he’s going through this sausage grinder because he cares about the American people,” Cain said referring to the 2012 political campaign that has so far produced three different winners in three contests.

      Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/28/gingrich-to-get-herman-cain-endorsement/#ixzz1koNAMenA

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:52pm

      Why is Romney being compared to any Presidents, he’s not president nor is he electable? I wish the media had Romney shoved up their arss!

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 8:05pm

      .
      Ever hear of the Kennedys?
      Did the MSM make a big deal when John Kerry ran?
      I figure Romney has the same money as John Edwards,
      only Romney didn’t channel dead kids to get his.
      Bill Clinton is now worth $80 million, does anyone protest him? Hell, no.
      NY mayor Bloomberg is a billionaire, where are his protesters? Did he pay his fair share?

      I hope the country is full on millionaires. I’ve never gotten a job from an “occupy protester.”,
      a food stamp recipient, or a homeless guy.
      Since when is being rich something to be ashamed of?

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  • chips1
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:11pm

    George Washington only owned 300 slaves? Obama is creating millions and they will be auctioned off in the near future. I hope they take credit cards.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 8:21am

      Yea, and George Washington only aquired slaves because people paid him with them. He accepted them so he could give them a good life, instead of them going to a harsh slave master.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 8:10pm

      The money thing is a red herring to keep Romney on the defense.
      All candidates: Don’t play defense, stay on your message.

      Gingrich and Romney should agree to not answer questions about money or ex-wives.
      Just like the smackdown Newt gave John King, get your message out.

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    • Lonescrapper
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 8:34pm

      @secret skwirl — Smackdown? He lied. How can you keep calling it a smackdown if it’s been proven he lied? I call that an embarrassment myself…

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  • Totally Domestic
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:10pm

    Glenn, your non stop Newt bashing is a BIG TURN OFF.
    Off goes the radio
    Off goes the GBTV

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    • Totally Domestic
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:25pm

      And another thing: The Blaze

      FYI Romney said that homosexuals should be in the boy scouts.
      ( I heard it today with my own ears)

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:31pm

      I doubt you heard that.. prove it!

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    • sbenard
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:55pm

      Goldilocks Gingrich?

      I LIKE it! ON goes all of them!

      Sayonara!

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:45pm

      Gay Rights
      • Romney endorsed Rep. Barney Frank’s Employment Nondiscrimination Act in 1994.
      • In 1994, Romney called “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy first step toward having gays and lesbians “able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military” and said he would provide “more effective leadership” on gay rights issues than Ted Kennedy.
      • In 2003, The Washington Times reported Romney “would support a Vermont-style civil union law in
      Massachusetts.”
      • As governor, Romney said health coverage benefits and hospital visitation rights should be provided to gay couples.
      • Romney promised to make gay partnership benefits a “hallmark of my leadership as governor” and has said he would attend gay weddings if invited.
      • Romney publicly opposed Boy Scouts’ ban on homosexuals in 1994 and 2002 campaigns.
      • In 2002, Romney backed hate crimes legislation that included sexual orientation provisions.
      • In 2007, Romney praised gay parent who confronted him over gay marriage issue, but in 2005 remarked to South Carolina audience that some gay couples “are actually having children” and called it “wrong.”

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:17pm

      Here is Glenn’s Response to you and others

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7qcvyL6SFs

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:55pm

      When you hate someone on tv or in the news it is only normal to spend great amounts of time on their website saying things like I am not going to watch his show anymore. Remember that ignorance is power and power is an end not a means.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:16pm

      @ABBYGIRL1994

      Do you think Romney is cute or do you think he is smart?

      Do you like Romney’s hair or do you like his religion?

      I can’t figure where you are coming from. I wish Glenn Beck would get off the Anti Gingrich attacks. I have been pushed to Gingrich because of all of his Negative attacks. Had he just shut the F up I don’t think I would have supported Gingrich but anyone who can sustain 2 full months of attacks is my guy!

      Don’t you think under Clinton …… Gingrich “ A PROGRESSIVE” would have grown government, Don’t you think? Bill Clinton wasn’t holding Gingrich back from Big Govenrment & Spending!

      Why did government shrink under Clinton?
      Why did spending shrink under Clinton?
      Why didn’t Gingrich go along with Clinton?

      You seem like a nice old lady who Loves Glenn Beck and Loves Romney and doesn’t know why. I have to point to Religion, and I may be wrong but what is it about about the Anti Gingrich attacks you find appealing? Can’t they present the facts without lying?

      Gingrich would have made the same Recess Appointments that Obama Made while the Senate was not in recess. Is that the Truth? Is it a Fact? Show me where when Gingrich was the third most powerful person in the US he did stuff like that. Does Glenn have a Chrystal Ball?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRv_FB1SL6E Where the hell does Glenn get off making this claim and then say they are presenting the Truth?

      Prey for Glenn, he ne

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    • Smokey_Bojangles
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:52am

      In 1996, Newt Gingrich turned his back on gun owners and voted for the anti-gun Brady Campaign’s Lautenberg Gun Ban, which strips the Second Amendment rights of citizens.Gingrich also stood shoulder to shoulder with Nancy Pelosi to pass the “Criminal Safezones Act” which prevents armed citizens from defending themselves in certain arbitrary locations.He Came out in support of a national thumbprint database for law abiding gun owners.Not To mention making a commercial with Nancy Pelosi to support a websight for Al Gore’s green god. SO We are supposed to choose between a Communist and a Progressive for president in 2012?

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:11pm

      @ Smokey_Bojangles,
      You are so right on this, Glenn is trying hard to point this out, but some people just can’t get by the rhetoric and half truths. At least Glenn Beck tells it like it is, like it or not!

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    • swehes
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:08am

      @Totally Domestic
      Where did you hear it? I want the reference. Have someone to send it to.

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    • brewmaster
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:08pm

      I agree,,, I turned it off the day he interviewed Newt and then went to bashing afterwards.

      see ya Beck, you used to be one of my hero’s

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  • DividedWeFail
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:06pm

    Independents are now polling AGAINST Mitt Romney in favor of Obama because his Cayman Island money and buying bonds in Fannie/Freddie, etc. So when NOT going after Romney for being a HYPOCRITE (and yes liberals are hypocrite also) the LSM will Also TRASH Romney on his zany beliefs.

    We already have one president who people think is a Messiah. We don’t need one who actually believes he can become one after death.
    Romney’s “ZANY” beliefs! LOL LOL
    “
    Visions of Romney in his afterlife as a GOD ruling over other planets in the solar system while his wife spits out ”spirit babies”. LOL LOL LOL

    Ands WAIT until liberals make HASH of the FACT that conservatives have called Barrack Obama a MESSIAH ……. LOL LOL LOL ….. when RINO’s have A MAN in Romney WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVES HE IS A MESSIAH!!!!!! THE IRONY!!!!!!!!!

    And when Romney trots out Kennedy’s Catholic faith saying voters shouldn’t be prejudice against Mormons either, well John Kennedy was NOT An ACTIVE BISHOP IN HIS CATHOLIC CHURCH like Romney is in his MORMON TEMPLE!. And, John Kennedy was a CHRISTIAN

    And while not all voters care about religion, ENOUGH – MUCH MORE THAN ENOUGH WILL BE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF by Romney’s ZANY beliefs to either stay home or not vote for him – GIVING THE ELECTION TO OBAMA.
    10 Ten Amazing Things Mormons Believe
    http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/print.php?&ArticleID=1588
    Christian Comparison to Mormons Verse by Verse
    http://www.irr.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:11pm

      I am NOT a Mitt Romney supporter, I support Newt. However, I do not think ones religious belief should be brought into politics.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:48pm

      @ DIVIDEDWEFAIL
      Please don’t drive tonight, for God’s sake. Give someone your keys.

      Report Post » disenlightened  
    • sbenard
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:56pm

      Why so many words to tell us all you are a BIGOT!?

      Report Post » sbenard  
    • GWest
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:00pm

      Ah the joy of huckabee supporters.

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    • Guitarcarl
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:15pm

      Just read your 10 things Mormon believe list. Since, I’ve been a Mormon all my life and I know for sure what I believe in fact, I’m the worlds leading authority on what I believe, I can tell you as a Mormon I don‘t believe any of the crap you’re selling. The list is false it does not represent Mormon belief. You have taken LDS beliefs out of context and interpreted them with extreme bias purposely distorting the belief to make them seem bazaar. You don‘t know what you’re talking about. You’re twisting our beliefs to mean what you want them to mean, you’re trying to distort them to seem weird to make your self feel superior. You’re a prideful phoney Christian, a destroyer of the cause of Christ and an immature child, not childlike, childish. You’re not helping or saving anyone. You’re doing the same things atheist do to try to make Christians look crazy. You ought to be real proud of yourself. You’re such a big person.

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    • joel228
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:59am

      Give pearls to pigs and let them roll in the mud. Not so attractive. It‘s no wonder that God let’s people remain ignorant and why Jesus tells his disciples to not cast their pearls before dogs and swine.

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    • joel228
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:07am

      And why do you call yourself “DividedWeFail” when every word from your post is an attempt to divide?

      Report Post » joel228  
  • liberalsarealiens
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:01pm

    Romney is a cheat! He will lie cheat or what ever to win. HE IS A RINO PEOPLE! WAKE UP! He was an independent when he wanted to be Gov. Then changed to Republican to run for pres. JUST WHO IS HE? He will do or say anything to win! I dispise him. Look up The Romney Book! It speaks volumes on his record.

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    • Bluedog78
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:00pm

      I feel exactly the same about Newt.

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    • tamcamry
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:35pm

      Yeah, look at how many times Romney cheated on his wife…. What? Oh, that was Newt? Ok, well at least no one loaded up bills with federal funds and other pork for his district because he knew the bill would pass and then voted against that bill. That would be pretty dishonest too. What? Ron Paul did that? Mr. Small Government?

      It really makes me angry that Romney was so successful. All that money he inherited….Huh? He didn’t take his inheritance? You mean he earned his money? Well, how dare he work hard.

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    • joel228
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:49am

      Newt speaks volumes for himself.
      Newt Gingrich: A Crime Against Conservatism
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyeB36ctO5I&feature=youtu.be

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    • idarusskie
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:38pm

      Newt is a twit.

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  • The Toad
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:59pm

    Gingrich gaining ground in Florida! That‘s why you don’t see anymore poll numbers lately because it doesn’t fit the medias agenda!

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    • sbenard
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:58pm

      According to the latest poll out today, Goldilocks Gingrich is LOSING grounds! He’s lost another three points in the latest poll today!

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    • idarusskie
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:39pm

      how do you know he is gaining ground in Florida without a poll? I f they did more poll Gingrich would be embarrassed.

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  • libh8er
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:55pm

    Only rich people can run for president…. That is the way it has been for many, many years. That is what is wrong with politics.

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    • chips1
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:21pm

      I‘m not rich and I’m running for President. If my welfare check clears, I intend to put up a couple posters. Nails aren’t cheap, ya know!!!

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  • undyingsound
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:35pm

    If everyone who said “I like Ron Paul but he can’t win” voted for him. HE WOULD WIN.

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  • Dahart
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:20pm

    I don’t care about his money….I don’t care how much he has….just drop it

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:00pm

    I would like to know exactly what his direction would be with the peoples money, considering the track record with his own..

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:18pm

      I think maybe southeast, but don’t quote me.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:46pm

      Mitt Romney involved in Medicare Fraud
      http://www.redstate.com/williamjameson/2012/01/20/mitt-romney-involved-in-medicare-fraud/
      Obama has instant access to all medicare and justice records, don‘t think they won’t use this.

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    • 1ClassicLiberal
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:33pm

      Thank you Dis for the best laugh of the night!

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    • tamcamry
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:41pm

      Babeuf, if you think digging up the past is a problem there is no way you can support Paul. He said in a debate, “Let Iran have nukes.” That one sound bite will be played over and over until everyone knows Paul doesn’t take the Islamist threat seriously. Add to the the anti-Semitic and racist writings in his own news letter. He really can’t win.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:56pm

      tamcamry

      I am not a Ron Paul Supporter.

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    • tamcamry
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:09pm

      Babeuf

      I just saw that you support Newt. Really, you don‘t think there isn’t a mountain of negative history to be used against him? I like it when Newt is being conservative, but he does what he does with very little fore-thought (couch with Princess Nancy). He’s a little too erratic. We need a president who can think of the right ideas to solve the problem (which Newt can probably do) AND a president who is disciplined enough to implement them (which Newt is not).

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  • bignebraskan
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:53pm

    It doesn’t matter how rich or poor Romney is. The fact of the matter is that he is a liberal Republican. AKA democrat. Look at his record people. If he wins the primaries, it will be Obama vs. Obama light. Can we really handle that. Everyone of the people in the primaries can beat Obama, including Ron Paul. There is so much anti-Obama sentiment in this country that he does not have a chance. But, the media will do their best.

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  • bignebraskan
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:48pm

    I’m a middle-class American. I could care less how much money someone else has. But don’t get sucked in thinking that Romney made his millions by “working hard”. Sure, he’s made some good investments here and there. He’s educated, etc. The fact of the matter is he IS an insider. Don‘t doubt for a second that he hasn’t profited from insider knowledge. Don‘t doubt for a second that he hasn’t pushed for and benifited from government programs. He’s just as connected, if not more, than the other guys. Most of those in politics, specifically those in Washington politics, abuse we the people for their gain. It is a sad day when our option is to vote for the person that despises us the least. I highly doubt, but am clinging on to hope, that Santorum will win. Compared to the rest of the field, he seems like the only one with a good agenda and solid values. I want someone in the WH that is honest. Santorum appears to be the most honest. It’s funny how these guys try to come across as your average everyday American. The 99% of us can not begin to fathom their world. I’m not an ows geek, but our politicians are the 1%. Why aren’t they occupying DC? That’s where the millionaires and billionaires are! We need a bunch of Mr./Mrs. Smiths to go to Washington and stop this insanity.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:17pm

      The biggest problem we have in this country right now is the economy, and you want to brush aside a mega-successful businessman who knows how to fix the problem for Santorum, another civil servant with no experience running even a lemonade stand? OMG, we’re doomed. I may as well buy a Rules for Radicals and get up to speed.

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    • bignebraskan
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:44pm

      @unenlightened…the economy is a symptom of the problem. The problem is our govt. Until an honest person occupies the WH, there will be no relief. To answer your question…yes, I would much rather see another “civil servant” with no experience in running anything than to have another untrustworthy liberal in the WH. Put a leash on govt and the economy will take care of itself. Now reread Alinsky, you missed a couple chapters.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:05am

      @ BIGNEBRASKAN
      You make my point. If you want to get government out of the way, put a businessman in office, not another cubicle zombie who’s spent his whole adult life in government.

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    • bignebraskan
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:18am

      @disenlighened…nice try. I believe govt is the problem and you believe the economy is the problem. I believe govt needs to be restricted. You believe in a fairy tail that a business person will fix the economy and then all things are good. You have it backwards. The phrase I used was “put a leash” on it. I said nothing about getting govt. out of the way. We do need govt., but one that knows it’s limitations. Businessman or not…going back to my main point, we need honesty in the WH. We need someone that will do the right thing and not be swayed by the flavor of the month. Romney is a lib, look at his record. Until we fix govt, the economy and other problems will continue. Looking at other posts you’ve made, its clear as you‘ve stated above that you think it’s the economy. Listen to me here…GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM! Businessmen, Harvard grads, or lemonade stand failures will not fix it unless they are honest. You think Romney has all the answers because that’s what the media is telling you to believe. You‘ve already been sucked in but it’s not too late. Go back and look at their records. You’ll conclude who the best candidate is.

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    • marion
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:59pm

      A choice between someone that thinks $400,000 is a small amount of money, and a person that has used the government to properly adjust taxes, rules and regulations, and give them more freedom to allow the people to make and keep their own money? They both have records of making things successful, one from reaping the profits (which is legal and legitimate), or one that allows everyone in the country to do the same for themselves. Newt’s record is better for the people, Mitt’s is better for himself and his people (a much smaller group of people).

      I do not, repeat, do not begrudge Mitt’s success, but I do begrudge his money and friends from attacks in order to gain influence and votes with attacks against his apponents vice his own record.

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  • ZABO
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:26pm

    i don‘t know and i just don’t give a-crap! we don’t need to be worrying about money people. what we need to worry about is BLOWBAMA killing this great country.

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    • PoliticiansRCrooks
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:53pm

      Romney will kill this Country too. Its not all Obama. Yeah Obama is dangerous but you have to understand that both parties work together.

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:50pm

    Mitt will not give billions of tax payer dollars to a donned that gave him a few 6 figures like others who are in the white house. He knows the value of money.

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  • teahugger
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:47pm

    It’s only O.K. to have money if it was handed to you by the government.

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:44pm

    One thing for, Mitt can not be bought with money to him or his friends like the current occupant or Newt
    Newt the one that went to Washington in 30 years with pocket change and never really left.

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  • Common.Cents
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:39pm

    Go go capitalism! I wish I was that successful. I would like to think i would donate 15% to charity if i was that wealthy too.

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    • chips1
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:48pm

      Obama gave 1% and Biden gave $396. It’s a progressive muslim thing.

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  • PretzelLogic
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:29pm

    Who cares how much Romney is worth? This election is about removing a tyrannical, egotistical, dangerous narcissist from office, not about how much any opposing candidate is worth. If Barry Obozo is allowed another term, he will use it to stack the Supreme Court with socialist judges, the likes of which this nation has never seen before, and implement his communist policies that will forever change this country for the worst.

    Wake up, people! Keep your eyes on the prize, which is to vote out the worst President this country has ever seen. Refuse to allow him to drag our country farther into state-controlled socialism! It‘s not about being jealous of someone’s wealth, it’s about refusing to allow further erosion of our freedoms.

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    • PretzelLogic
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:45pm

      Having said that, I’m NOT a big Mitt Romney fan. It looks like the choice is coming down to Mitt or Newt, and I just don’t think that Newt is electable to the majority of Americans. My personal preference would be Ron Paul or Santorum, but neither of those are likely to win the primary. We have to be pragmatic, and the goal is to get rid of Barry Obozo.

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    • SheriS
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:48pm

      I agree with you! As a kid growing up, my mother always felt it was important for our President to be wealthy because wealthy people watch how they spend their money and will do the same with the govenment’s money! Surprisingly, she was right! The weathly Presidents have been more frugal about the way they spend the government’s money because they believe they are beholden to the people of the country! I think if you compare O‘s money to Mitt’s you will see a hugh difference and we also know that Obama is spending like a drunken sailor and seems intent on spending the country into bankruptsy! I‘m sticking with someone who spends what he needs to in his real life and expect him to do the same with our taxpayer’s money!

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    • ReddirtOkie
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:55pm

      TOTALLY agree. Romney earned his money the old fashioned way- he worked for it. I think all of us would like to be as successful as he has been.

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    • PAR
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:07pm

      I agree with you 150%. There is one and only one objective – OMG OMG OMG OMG. This country of ours will not survive another four years of OBunghole, and that assumes we’ll make it thru this year to November. Remember OMG OMG OMG……………………………………………………….OMG!!!!!!

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:23pm

      AMEN Pretzell
      The GOAL is to VOTE BHO OUT.
      4 more years of him and we are doomed.
      Obummercare will be fully enforced and nothing will stop it.
      If you think healthcare is bad now—-Give BHO another 4 and there will be rationing.
      It’s really already started.

      OMG in 2012!!!!

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  • JustMel71
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:26pm

    If we don’t get more into the vetting process, are we any better than the Obama campers?

    On a uplifting story: Miami political action committee announces media buy supporting Ron Paul

    http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-west-palm-beach/miami-political-action-committee-announces-media-buy-supporting-ron-paul

    Now look at this crazy **** Petition calls on Ron Paul to end campaign and exit GOP

    http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/petition-calls-on-ron-paul-to-end-campaign-and-exit-gop?cid=PROD-redesign-right-next

    HA! Good luck with that. Not! =) Go Dr.Paul, git er done.

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  • martinez012577
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:24pm

    I have zero problem with Romney’s wealth. What I do care about is the fact he wants more spending, no cuts, keep the fed, more war, less freedom.

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    • PoliticiansRCrooks
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:56pm

      exactly.. and the NDAA too. He would sign it.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:07pm

      Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Romney supporter, let the cat out of the bag last night. The Florida Republican told Greta Van Susteren that Mitt wants Romneycare in every state.
      She also said she would be on Romney’s Health Care Advisory Team “when he’s president”.
      http://youtu.be/SF2YB4pGrjk

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    • hinchja
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:48am

      @BabueF – Just watched that video. OMG! Funny thing about it, you probably didn’t watch it, because she did not say what the title read. That’s dirty and dishonest dude. Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

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  • disenlightened
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:18pm

    All that money makes him more qualified to me. It shows me he was willing to work harder than I have, and he’s a success in something other than being a Congressman or a Senator. He’s going to be our next Calvin Coolidge.

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  • Mop
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:07pm

    So, a person in America get rich legally, and he’s damned? Karl Marx is alive and well, people.

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  • NCREPUB
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:00pm

    Rich enough to buy Florida election

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  • Bunk
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:58pm

    Doesn’t matter. Just shows how hard he’s worked and how successful he has been in business. Those skills are definitely needed in the White House.

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  • ShyLow
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:54pm

    rich enough to make him out-of-touch

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    • ********* Vance
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:06pm

      I am not a Romney supporter. But, it’s not as if he made his money off of bootlegging alcohol or anything illegal. If you don‘t have as much money as you’d like get off your ass and either work harder or smarter or both. If it means that much to you. And stop the wallet envy. Base your thoughts and determine your support upon the candidate’s policies. Not their checkbooks. PERIOD!

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:20pm

      I’d say the poor are more out of touch than the successful.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:31pm

      He’s only out of touch to you because you gave up and now want someone to drag you to the top of the hill??? Envying another’s wealth is a SIN, work harder or find a line of work that can make you money like Romney and you to could be as rich as him. Just look at Georgy Schwartz (Soros) he stole peoples lives in Hungary in 1930′s Nazi Occupation and made money doing it. He then went to school in London and then has manipulated the money markets to his advantage to gain his wealth. He has also started revolutions in those same countries so that his outcome is secured along with his wealth.

      He is listed as one financier that killed the economy of Mexico so that they now have to go North to make a living wage. Yet he cries like a baby in the US for a living wage. He is angling the US Economy to fail and he will mop up the profits for such a move.

      Because the US is an impediment to his world financial domination he has to “CREATE” a Global financial crisis to suck all the life out of the “Free Market”. It will be the beginning of another World War and who will keep him from doing it?

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:20pm

      I’m not envious of his money…I just question if knows the price of an entry level new car…which is about $17,000 dollars and the price of a used car with 100,000 miles is around 8 to 11 grand…I question if he knows how hard it is to find an affordable place to live,whether it’s buying or renting…I question if he knows how much the average person pays for food each month…I question if he knows how much the average person pays for gas each month…I question if he knows how much the average person pays for utilities each month…My biggest question is.Would he go after someone that would make and sell a new car for $8,000 because it would cause a need for another auto bailout for Government Motors…Or if he would allow entry level condo’s to be sold at $12,000 because it would bring down housing prices…notice I didn’t say rent a condo…God‘s people don’t rent,they own…A $8,000 dollar new car made in America is easily possible and $12,000 dollar condo is also easily possible…But only when Government moves out of the way…Does Romney know what the Average Ameican can Afford??? I seriously doubt it…Do any of these canidates know what the Average American can Afford???..Another trillion dollar war in Iran???…They must think we are all loaded with freakin money

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:33pm

      @ SHYLOW
      Did Ghandi know the entry level price of a new car?

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:32pm

      Let’s talk about Romney…Save Gandi and Soros for another day…Romney supported bail-outs for people that went belly-up because they were not making affordable products…The economy is still stagnant because foreclosed homes have not been auctioned off in order to set free-market prices… People like Romney will keep bailing out the auto companies,not letting the free-market set the price…They’ll be another cash for clunkers,rasing the price of used cars and keeping new cars at the same insanely high prices…Romney is a crony-capitalist…and I’ll bet my soul that he beleives $17,000 dollars is a reasonable price for an entry level car…I’ll bet my soul he beleives $250,000 dollars is a good deal on a home…I’ll bet my soul he is out-of-touch with America’s economic reality…I’m a nineth grade drop-out with psycho effective disorder,and I would make a better president than pro-bailout,war-mongers that will not cut one cent of spending…All any of the canidates want to do is play tinker-tots with tax rates and bail-out there buddies

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    • wbalzley
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:13am

      If you truly believe in the existence of a soul, then you would not be so eager to bet it on something so frivolous. Your soul is a gift from GOD, it was bought with a price, and it is not yours to fritter away a political bet.

      However, I agree with your basic premise. Most people who are born into wealth have no idea what it means to live paycheck-to-paycheck. They assume that if prices (or taxes) go up you will simply cut back or the number of latte’s or Big Macs you suck down each week, or ask your boss for a couple extra hours to make up the difference. They don’t realize that just a few hundred dollars can break the people at the bottom…

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:14am

      I know more about the soul and about the price of redemption more than anyone I know…It has more to do with wanting to live forever than actually getting the means to live forever…When a person breaks their soul and does not want to live forever only then will they be able to understand the true meaning of Christs purpose…Eternal life for someone that cannot cope with the guilt of their sins would not be very pleasant…the sinner was already predestined to sin…just as Christ was predestined to redeem the sinner…Mankind ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…and was then sent to discover what is good and what is evil…a very muddy road God sent man on to know good and to know evil…God knowing how muddy the road is he sent a redeemer to cleanse the mud…I AM the Last High Priest…ask God for my credentials…Get to know me by watching The Big Bang Theory

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:13am

      @SHYLOW
      Then maybe YOU should run for President, since you feel yourself more qualified than Romney. You have that right. But, one question . . . do you actually know what a crony capitalist is? And if so, what evidence do you have that Romney is one? I’m very curious.

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:34pm

      Romney was pro-bailout…That is the Government picking winners and losers,not letting the free market decide on pricing and products…There will be another auto bailout,simple because people can’t afford $17,000 dollars for an entry level car…And I have thought of running for Governor in my state of West Virginia…One thing I would do is insure my state that no West Virginian could be detained indefinetly without trial…I would set up a special ops devision of the W.V. National Guard to rescue any state citizen that was being held unconstitutionaly

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