I am not a rich woman.  Sadly, up until 15 minutes ago, I thought I was.  I have a roof over my head, a pantry full of food, the cutest little dog ever, a car that runs, air conditioning, a good set of pearls and so much crap that I have to pay a woman to come to my house and clean my crap every two weeks.

But, Mitt Romney just pulled the middle class floor out from under my feet and made me poor.

Here ya go.  When trying to explain his tax plan, Mitt yabbered —-

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Is $100,000 middle income?

MITT ROMNEY: No, middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less. So number one, don’t reduce– or excuse me, don’t raise taxes on middle-income people, lower them. Number two, don’t reduce the share of taxes paid by the wealthiest. The top 5% will still pay the same share of taxes they pay today. That’s principle one, principle two. Principle three is create incentives for growth, make it easier for businesses to start and to add jobs. And finally, simplify the code, make it easier for people to pay their taxes than the way they have to now.

Does this guy have any idea what a school teacher makes?  A police officer?  A car salesman?

So the way I understand this is that Mitt won’t raise your taxes if you make over $200,000 a year.  If you make less than that, you are so screwed.  That way he can say he gave a tax break to the middle class – yeah, the part of the middle class that makes $200,000 a year.  Honey, if you make over $200,000 and you’re in the middle class, you need to get a new accountant or quit wasting all your money on Beanie Babies and the Home Shopping Network.

Do y’all remember Bill Clinton’s speech about arithmetic at the Democratic National Convention?  Mitt didn’t hear that speech.

Thanks to Robert for the first heads up.