{"id":25311,"date":"2012-01-12T07:19:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T14:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/yes-mitt-its-alllllll-about-envy.html"},"modified":"2012-01-12T18:10:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T01:10:57","slug":"yes-mitt-its-alllllll-about-envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/yes-mitt-its-alllllll-about-envy.html","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Mitt, it&#39;s alllllll about envy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While he offers that it might, just might, be <i>&quot;fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms and discussions about tax policy and the like,&quot;<\/i> any substantive talk in a political context about growing income inequality, growing inequality in the aftermath of the Great Recession, political and social instability that might come from those conditions, or whether the richest are suffering horribly under their current, crushing tax burden &#8230; well, that&#39;s just all about <i>envy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>And the continued acquisition of millions so as to buy a better place in the Hamptons, a newer model of Jaguar, or another private aircraft &#8230; that&#39;s not? #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2Fromneybain.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/economy\/2012\/01\/11\/402671\/romney-any-concern-for-income-inequality-is-about-envy\/'>Romney: Any Concern For Income Inequality Is \u2018About Envy\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney begins to solidify his frontrunner status, his pitch as the \u201cbusiness\u201d candidate who understands the \u201creal economy\u201d is faltering under heavier scrutiny of his&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While he offers that it might, just might, be &quot;fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms and discussions about tax policy and the like,&quot; 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