Romney likes to pretend that his wife is in touch with the struggles of the average American.
The average American doesn't worry about the caterers bringing enough champagne flutes for the toast.
The average American doesn't worry about their recovery time after a little nip and tuck work.
The average American doesn't worry about their stylist and dress designer not seeing eye-to-eye. Or do the architect and landscaper get along?
I've spent time with people worth $100 million +. They don't know how to drive a car or even where to find meat in their neighborhood supermarket. That's not saying their 'bad' people. If they came from nothing, the have some respect for the working class. But some wives forget where they came from and act like they were born in the Country Club (that their husband pays for).
Romney brought his wife in to the conversation, claiming she can relate with the struggles of the average American. BS.
The comment in context is not unfair. Maybe her tone was a little off, but the notion is fair. The super-wealthy wives live in a different world that working class mothers.
some do, but not all.....one that I know, worth well over $50 million, worries that his kids will be warped by too much too easy, so they don't get it easy, they have to work. If you saw them, you would never suspect they are wealthy. Another one put his boys into the family business, they work for their paycheck even if they did get a job based on being family.
The rich know that their wealth can dissipate to nothing over a few generations if they don't train their kids to take care of that wealth.
My wife and I are the first in our family tree to have a lot more money than we need, and we told the kids, and will tell our grandkids, to take advantage of a college education at our expense, that it is the only sure bet they have for a better future, as the money might not be there when we die. After the education, the rest is up to them.
That is how MOST people become wealthy.
Certainly being jealous of them won't help....
The wealthy who think they did it all on their own, though, and then hoard their wealth, try to avoid paying taxes, whine about their already low tax rates, etc., there is something wrong with them...but I suspect they are just a vocal few who misrepresent the wealthy.