Ann Romney said that “it’s hard work micromanaging a full staff in multiple homes. There were several nannies to oversee, as well as a number of maids, butlers, chauffeurs, gardeners, tutors and private coaches. My struggles were not easy, but neither are the struggles of other stay-at-home moms all across the nation.

sorry to be Debbie Downer.. but that is a satire piece written about Ann Romney. Completely spot-on and accurate, but satire.

Still, she grew up a millionaire. She is far removed from the middle class. She isn't balancing paying bills and buying food at Walmart.

Steve Benson's latest:

In September, Benson was granted a special audience in Salt Lake City with two of the church's leading apostles, Dallin Oaks and Neal Maxwell. He was allowed to ask questions of a confidential nature about church matters only because of his family ties to the prophet and his professional status as a member of the media. Later, Benson said, he broke the confidence when he believed that Oaks had lied to a reporter about what was said in the meeting.
"He has committed a public act of deception, dishonesty and moral criminality," Benson said. "What do you do? I really wrestled with that."
Not long after that, he and his wife submitted their resignations from the church, and in November, the resignations were accepted. The couple will let their children decide on their own whether to stay in the church, he said.
"I will not allow myself to be abused in this kind of dysfunctional system, where they try to manipulate me, control me, silence me, try to deny my right to speak out," Benson said. "Because if we don't have the individual right to speak out, what are we?"
Months later, old family ties continue to fester, he said, especially those with his parents.
"There's a sense of pain and a loss I detect every time I talk with them. I think they kinda wish things would be back the way they were, but they never will. I know there's a price to be paid."

…he said. "I wanted to be a good Mormon, but at the same time, I wanted to be truthful, I wanted to be honest and I wanted to be a good journalist. I found over time I could not be a good Mormon and an honest individual. I kinda had to make a choice." -- Steve Benson
By Walt Jayroe
Jayroe is a free-lance writer based in Phoenix
Copyright 1994 by Editor & Publisher.
(http://www.lds-mormon.com/benson1.shtml)

Not only has Ann Romney been working and raising 5 boys, she also boasts a long list of accomplishments and public service:
Since being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1998, she has been
an active Board Member of the New England Chapter of the MS Society.
She has been a leading fundraiser for advocacy and research for MS.
Governor’s Liaison to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
United Way of Massachusetts Bay supporter
Initiator, Co-Chair and Member of the Faith and Action Committee serving at-risk youth
United Way Board Member
United Way Executive Committee
United Way Community Impact Committee
Involved with the international program Right to Play
Volunteers time and leadership to equine therapy programs to physically disadvantaged children
Volunteers for the annual Scholastic Reading event
Volunteers for Partners for Youth with Disabilities
Volunteers for the American Red Cross
Volunteers for the Perkins School for the Blind
Was a Board Member for the Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund
Received the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from Operation Kids
Director of Best Friends addressing needs of inner-city girls
Volunteer instructor at Mother Caroline Academy
Board Member of Families First
Served on the Women’s Cancer Advisory Board of Massachusetts General Hospital
Earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University