This time ‘class warfare’ cry is finally true

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign event at Horizontal Wireline Services on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in Irwin, Pa. Republicans have been waging class warfare for years — and winning without working up a sweat. For proof, just take a look at the welfare program for the wealthy that is the US tax code. Such victories aside, Republicans have always claimed that it’s Democrats who play the class card. Whisper that the top 1 percent pay the lowest tax rate in 80 years and you’re trafficking in class resentment. Help the working and middle classes get health care and you’re a socialist. Last week, Mitt Romney called the social safety net “free stuff.” In other words, if the unemployed get insurance or the poor receive food stamps, it’s a giveaway. If a private equity manager pays 14 percent tax on his millions while a firefighter pays 28 percent on his thousands, that’s rewarding risk takers. This summer, though, Republicans finally have a point. Democrats really are playing class warfare. They haven’t won yet, but with Romney as the Republican standard bearer, they just might. President Barack Obama’s campaign met with resistance when it first…

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