The Populist Scam of Mitt Romney

Watching Mitt Romney say that the jobs in Michigan are not only coming back but he can make sure that they do and that the national relief package should be a tax break of $250,000,000,000 instead of the projected $130,000,000,000, I couldn't help but think that the former Massachusetts governor believes he is participating in an auction rather than an election. As David Brooks once said, if you want to bribe someone, give them a thousand dollars instead. It's not like he actually could bring the Michigan auto-manufacturing jobs back; nor is it particularly desirable that he does. If he did, then we might end up paying more for automobiles so that some blue-collar worker can have his old, comfortable job instead of biting the bullet, reeducating himself and getting a (probably better) job that actually ought to be allocating to his region. Mitt Romney may be a multi-millionaire, but I can't think of anyone on the campaign trail who has, so far, written so many rubber checks.