An open letter to Ann Romney

[There Is No Spoon]

Dear Mrs. Romney,

Perhaps you can advise me. Since you have raised 5 boys, I'm sure you'll understand. One of the kids is sick again and I have no sick days left at work. In fact, my boss gave me a bad performance review and no raise this year because he said I obviously don't care that much about my job since I've missed so many days and if I miss anymore he may have to replace me. Whenever my child gets sick, my boss reminds me how easily I can be replaced.

We don't have health insurance at my job, so, if my boy gets worse, I'll probably be at the ER most of the night tonight. Not for the first time, but that's ok, he'll get care. It's tomorrow I'm worried about.

As you know, regular day care will not take a sick child, so if I want to work when my child is sick, I have to pay for sick child day care, which costs as much as I make, and, as I'm sure you know from personal experience, I still have to pay my regular day care, whether my child is there or out sick, so I actually lose money in order to work while he's sick. It's that or take a chance on losing my job entirely.

Should I take my child to the day care for sick kids and lose money and not have enough for my bills this month, so I can keep my job, or should I stay home with my sick child and hope that I don't get fired?

What did you do when this happened to you?

Sincerely, Just Another Mom

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comment...nn_romney/

[sandnsea]

There. Now that's how you make the point.

[jaxx]

I hope that was sent to Romney. I'm breathlessly waiting for the reply.

[jaxx]

Mon Apr 16, 2012 at 12:19 PM PDT
Ann Romney's tale of 'struggling': We 'learned hard lessons' living off our stock portfolio
by Kaili Joy Gray

You're going to need a hanky for this sob story, as told by Ann Romney back in 1994, of just how hard young Mitt and Ann struggled when they were just starting out:

They were not easy years. [...]

We were happy, studying hard. Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time.

<..> But the Romneys want to pretend that they're just regular folks who know first-hand what it means to struggle. Mitt Romney says he's "also unemployed"; Ann "doesn't even consider" herself wealthy. And it is because of their so-called struggles, because of their perceived hardships, especially in those early years when they had to scrape by on today's equivalent of almost $400,000, that gives them both some unique insight into today's economy and how to fix it. (Note to the Romneys: If you're still having to live off tuna, when you're sitting on that much money, you suck at managing money.)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/16...portfolio-

So there you have it, the Romney's struggled.