Romney: $40 Would Make a ‘Substantial Difference’ to American Families (Romney covers for Zero)

ABC News ^ | 2011-12-22 | Emily Friedman

[rabscuttle385]

LANCASTER, N.H. – Mitt Romney today said that the $40 many Americans would lose if the payroll tax holiday isn’t extended would make a “very substantial difference” to those who would be without it.

“It’ll be the difference between having a meal that includes meat or just Hamburger Helper,” said Romney in an interview with ABC News’ John Berman aboard his new campaign bus in northern New Hampshire. “It could be the difference between being able to take your family to McDonald’s at the end of the week. It means the difference between being able to go to a movie or not going to a movie.”

“It makes a real difference to the American people,” he said.

[molson209]

4 packs of smokes

[TMA62]

Mitt is an undercover liberal democrat

[Psalm 144]

He just makes my flesh crawl. Being patronized is bad. Being patronized by a hologram is worse.

[xzins]

Romney is an idiot, but that doesn’t mean that the republican house had the power to force their way with the democrats over this payroll tax thing. They simply didn’t. The dems control the senate and the presidency.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Apparently Mitt isn’t aware that Hamburger Helper requires the addition of ground beef. His family obviously didn’t eat it.

[Venturer]

How would Romney know what $40 dollars would do , he has never needed 40 dollars in his life.

I hate when rich people try to tell me how bad off the poor are.

[chris37]

What a laughable farce the GOP is.

[madison10]

$40 only buys ONE tank of gas. Whoopee. Mitt IS out of touch.

[NEMDF]

Sounds like Mitt does not put meat in his Hamburger Helper. Wasn’t there a Chevy Chase vacation movie about that once?

[Logical me]

Finally maybe it will be getting across to people that the so called 40 that would be more in their paycheck is false lies. This is a extension which means nothing changes in their paycheck for January or February. And by not extended for a year like the House wanted they will see a 40 dollar loss for the remaining year. How does that grab you. So actually what the communists Democrats went for is more taxes by not extended for the whole year. Whoopeeeeeeeeee!

[Ripliancum]

It’s dangerous posting anything on here that in any way can be seen as pro-Romney, but I must say, it looks like he’s trying to distance himself from the “Rich Mitt”, vs. “working class stiff Obama” battle that may very well take shape.

my two cents.

[NEMDF]

Wait until January when those people start thinking they’re going to have $40 MORE in their paychecks and don’t! Soon they’ll be protesting that they are being cheated.

[mkjessup]

One more time, my good FRiend Rabs ...

FUMR!!!!

[sickoflibs]

Romney is just repeating Obama's talking points yesterdays press conference lines word for word. He should have trotted out the victims of the 'rich 1%' like Obama did too. Notice he never mentions Social Security funding.

[Tennessee Nana]

“It’ll be the difference between having a meal that includes meat or just Hamburger Helper,” said Romney
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More proof that Wee Willie Mitty wouldnt be seen dead at Walmart where hamburger/ground beef costs much less than $40 a pound...

Hes thinking of the $40 steak he gets at the resturant in the $5 BILLION mall...

and who talk him to say “Hamburger Helper” ???

[jospehm20]

I wonder how many people will care when SS goes belly up that much earlier because of this “tax cut”?

[TexasCajun]

$40.00 won't get a family of four into a new release movie at a theater either.

[ColdOne]

What is wrong with hamburger helper Mitt? I cannot stand Mitt.

[sickoflibs]

RE :"...but I must say, it looks like he’s trying to distance himself from the “Rich Mitt”, vs. “working class stiff Obama” battle that may very well take shape."

Yes, Clearly that is what he is doing. This shows how dangerous it would be to have him be the nominee.

We already had 8 years of that sort of defensive behavior and the results were terrible and left us with a economic mess and a Obama/Pelosi controlled country and Obama-care.