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The Gatsby/Romney Game

"I don’t think the common person is getting it...My college kid, the baby sitters, the nails ladies— everybody who’s got the right to vote— they don’t understand what’s going on. I just think if you’re lower income— one, you’re not as educated, two, they don’t understand how it works, they don’t understand how the systems work, they don’t understand the impact." Your challenge is this: did Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby say that, or did Mitt Romney? Take your time. The answer is after the jump.

It was Mitt Romney. (If you're familiar with the book, the kid and babysitter will have given it away.)