Comments about ‘The Opportunity Gap’

Mitt Romney has been corporate all his life. He lived and breathed corporate interests and is the darling of the corporate world today. His first priority is to emphasize corporate financial interests even at the expense of American interests. He has shown this in his actions and statements throughout the Republican primary and will continue on this path if he becomes president.

He believes in his heart that the interests of Corporate America should be the basis of all policy. He believes that safe-guarding the financial interests of corporations (supporting the business decisions that improve the bottom-line of corporations) will results in further enrichment of corporate leaders and their stockholders and may trickle eventually through the economy to those workers lower down on the socio-economic scale.

However, his central focus in in maintaining corporate growth and success regardless if it conflicts with the greater interests of society since these corporate Masters of the Universe need to be attended to first. Those who lose jobs due to no fault of their own, through outsourcing and layoffs, must pay the price of corporate interests. In his calculation, he believes, as an article of faith, that it the best approach.

I'm sure that just one more tax cut for the rich will turn this problem around.

This country is divided into two.

The haves and the have nots.

The have nots pay all the taxes, fight all the wars, do all the work, and have seen their homes foreclosed, their retirements sucked away, and their wealth disappear. The middle-class is going the way of the dodo bird.

The haves have loopholes, tax cuts, and benefit the most from subsidies. When they fail, they receive bailouts, bonuses, and golden parachutes. They find deferments, so they never fight wars. They go to the best universities (and often times, don't even have to pay for them. Just ask Mitt how much he paid in tuition at BYU). While millions of Americans have suffered, they have merely fattened their wallets.

If you read the article, it isn't an opportunity gap. The issue is the attitude of the parents. College educated parents spend more time and help their kids have more opportunities. Highschool only educated parents don't do as much for thier kids.

The problem isn't that there is a gap in opportunities, just a gap in concern by the parents.