Ann Romney: "I don't consider myself wealthy"

This is the problem in a nutshell

She and many others have absolutely no clue what it is like to live according to different incomes.

This also shows how narrow their vision is, and what kind of effort they have made to visit a sample of the different classes in America.

How can they even begin to represent the best interests of the majority of Americans who live with much less wealth. THEY CAN'T

Until they get off their asses and try to understand the people who are below their pay scale instead of those that are above it, they will NEVER push measures that truly help people. This goes for all elected officials and leaders of other kinds.

They are trapped in a real life version of a snowglobe. They stay isolated from everybody else. When that globe gets shaken, they would never dream of trying to get out of it. They put all their effort into maintaining their protected positions.

This snowglobe phenomena actually is endemic to many groups. They stay huddled in their version no matter how bad it is. The more they are scared, the less likely they are ever to break out. It's past time for everybody to try to connect with others.

Get beyond the screechers and find those who are silently suffering. Don't ever offer pity. Offer to listen and try to help. That is the only way to reconnect the people who are so divided from each other. There ARE decent people in every area. They outnumber the mooks by a lot.

Everybody needs to make an effort to connect and not give up if it doesn't work on the first try. Many people have never met others unlike themselves. They are hardened into believing myths they have heard for so long about those they don't know. A lot of us are too.

It will never be easy, but it will always be worth it.