Mitt Romney Defends his fortune

Romney defends his millions
Phillip Rucker
January 6, 2012

   During a campaign even on Friday, a middle class American asks Romney if he will make tax cuts that will benefit Americans like herself ,“I’m a middle-class American like a lot of people here and we’re all hurting – we really are,” she said. “It’s a little hard for me because I know you’re a multi-millionaire. I read that you have four houses. Would you be willing to give up some of that so that we middle Americans could get some tax cuts?" The first thing Romney says is that he does not have four house, but can help the middle by giving tax cuts to them and creating "good jobs." In response to a popular idea to increase taxes on the higher class, Romney gave the people a quote from Margaret Thatcher which says, "Sooner or later you run out of other people's money." Which Romney suggests that taxing higher class people is not the real answer, and eventually they'll lose all their money.  Romney tries to appeal to the middle class by mentioning he will create jobs. Romney needs to win New Hampshire to gain an advantage on other candidates, but he needs to appeal to the middle class. Other candidates can continue to use negative ads to take away middle class support away from him.