Mitt Romney: 'I'm Not Looking To Put Money In People's Pockets'

If you're looking for some extra spending money, don't ask Mitt Romney.

The GOP candidate-- who once had a hard time finding a bill in his wallet that wasn't a $100-- told an audience that "I'm not looking to put money in people's pockets."

Romney's claim came in the middle of discussion of his economic plan at a campaign stop in Iowa. After skipping the Iowa Straw Poll this summer, he is taking a more aggressive approach to the state now that its primary is looming.

Romney has touted his economic policies as beneficial to the middle class. Pointing out that they involve large corporate and estate tax cuts, one audience member asked, "It doesn't put any money in my pocket...how will this help the middle class?"

"I'm not looking to put money in people's pockets," the GOP hopeful replied. "That's the other party."

WATCH (via ThinkProgress):

Comments

[Armand Winter]

08:00 PM on 12/31/2011

Mitt is looking to put money in *HIS* own pocket.

Matthew Romney is a VP of Property Management at Excel Legacy Corp, Product Manager for Microsoft Corp.

All positions gained through nepotism and favoritism, just like they do in Utah.

Mitt still get's a salary from Bain, even though he's no longer (officially) employed there, taxed at the low 15% capital gains rate.

Also all his wealth is hidden in blind trusts so he doesn't have to pay taxes.

[olerealist]

12:49 PM on 12/02/2011

ROMNEY SAYS: “I don’t put money in peoples pockets”

OK Mit, you don’t need to put any money in people’s pockets. You really don’t need to because your PRIMARY supporters already have all our money in their pockets (fai acclompli)

[mightylou1]

11:17 AM on 11/28/2011

Romey, simply tells how he feels at the moment. Do you think that he wants the middle class to grow and have political power? He is for the rich and rich only no different than the other Republicans who are running. They support the 1% who would like America to become a 3rd world country.

[madame48]

10:52 AM on 11/28/2011

He is here to take money OUT of middle class pockets and INTO the pockets of his multimillionaire friends...ask the folks who were laid off after Mittie bought their companies & stripped all the assets, pensions etc

[madgrrl]

01:12 AM on 11/28/2011

So, basically, what he is saying is - if you are middle class don't vote for me because I am not on your side. Why oh why does anyone who is not wealthy vote Republican is beyond me. They are clearly working for huge corporations and the rich and are very proud of it. Eight years of GWB it didn't work then and it won't work now.

[windwolf]

07:16 PM on 11/26/2011

Hey Mitt! That's a half-truth. Your goal is to put money in people's pockets. More of it in the pockets of the wealthy 1% like yourself, as did your Republican predecessor George Bush, which didn't create one blessed job. A conservative right side of the aisle friend of mine commented how federal tax revenues increased after the Bush tax cuts to the wealthy. And how low the unemployment rate was. Another series of half-truths spouted. I clarified the source of the increase. It came from the profits of the financial "bubble" based on the smoke and mirrors, house of cards investment vehicle created by Wall Street, the banking and real estate industries, which was a sure bet (even Goldman Sachs bet on it's imminent bursting) to blow apart. Along with the bubble burst was the predictable loss of perhaps millions of financial services jobs created specifically to support this Pyramid scheme. So much for an economic success story of trickle up economics. Stay tuned for more Republican magic tricks. It's a wonder to see how they perform their smoke and mirrors circus show, staring a host of mutant presidential candidate clowns and magicians.

[olerealist]

12:59 PM on 12/02/2011

I fan this comment.
It reminds us that we have to keep our thinking caps on while this war agains the middle class is going on.

[Mikesfreedomblog]

05:47 PM on 11/26/2011

HERE IS WHAT Mitt is hoping to do, it is scary:
http://youtu.be/NC9Wsn2yx1I

[fromdnorth]

06:34 AM on 11/26/2011

The thing Mittens has going for him is his insincerity ... You can't believe what he says...

[stape45]

11:55 PM on 11/25/2011

"I'm not looking to put money in people's pockets."
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As long as he agrees that corporations are people, his statement is patently false.

[lecrew]

11:47 PM on 11/25/2011

People, I suggest you start reading The Huffington Post, instead of Fox News.
Mitt says, the troubles of this country didn't start until three years ago.
How about the eight years,of Bush, when he started off his presidency with a big surplus, and left office with 13 Trillion Dollars worth of debt,,,(dum dee dum dum) then, in comes Obama !!!
Trying to correct all the baggage Sir Bush left behind,(ala) 2 wars, not paid for, TWO TRILLION DOLLARS A WEEK spent on those two wars. how long does it take to dig out of a hole like that ?
WAKE UP FOLKS !!! THE GOP IS TRYING TO STEAL THE COUNTRY BACK...
And they will take you right back down that SAME OLD ROAD we were on, ten years ago.

[mainhoon]

11:33 PM on 11/25/2011

i think einstein's general relativity is easier to understand than his absurd logic...

[lecrew]

11:21 PM on 11/25/2011

Folks, please, you just have to see this post by Mitt Romney, possibly your next president, that is if there's enough dummies to vote for him.
I won't have to say a word. OH, YES I WILL. he said, Quote: (I'm not here to put money into other people's pocket, that's the other party.) that's after a question he got from a voter asking how did tax cuts for the rich put money in his pocket !!!

[Mikesfreedomblog]

05:48 PM on 11/26/2011

You must see this vid by Mittens too:
http://youtu.be/NC9Wsn2yx1I

[posie Di Sesa]

10:11 PM on 11/25/2011

mitt, you should stick to the script others have written for you. every time you wing it, you show your true colors and total lack of concern, quasi disgust, for the citizens of this country. yet, you still can't figure out why you are not soaring in the polls.

[lecrew]

11:24 PM on 11/25/2011

PLEASE,,,DON'T WAKE HIM .

[JacksonAndy78]

09:56 PM on 11/25/2011

ONLY THE ROBO-R0BBERS DESERVE MONEY!

[theron mote]

08:13 PM on 11/25/2011

I'm not looking to put money in peoples wallets..........Just my own...............