When Romney "Cares," Watch Your Wallet

Jim Bachman offers proof of Romney's lack of concern for non-millionaires in his letter of Feb.6.  The editor’s note expands on Romney's concern for "90-95%" of Americans struggling, and Mitt saying he'll preserve and repair the safety net. Except when he won't. Something smells.

Medicare, the one health care with which Americans are overwhelmingly happy, would be "privatized"(turned into someone's cash cow). Mitt smells money.

Romney would “gradually raise the retirement age to reflect increases in longevity". Except, that statistical increase does not come at the end of life, but is due to falling infant mortality. Maybe Mitt and his wealthiest pals have seen some increase in longevity, but construction workers, laborers, landscapers, watermen - people doing real, hard work as opposed to signing dividend checks at their third home - they don't always have the option to stay at full throttle to age 65, 68, 70. Raising the eligibility age is just a way to take money out of Grandad's pocket, and put it in Mitt's tax return. Mitt smells money.

Romney opposes extending Unemployment Insurance benefits for struggling workers, and he supports "privatizing" Unemployment Insurance - one more way to turn a buck off of busted workers. Mitt smells money.

When our economy, designed for Mitt and the 1%, tanks again like it did in 2008, and you’re knocked off of the middle class tightrope, the last thing you'd hear before your backside slams on sawdust is “President” Romney's safety net, whiffing past your ears.