Out Of Touch With Reality

Can someone with an income FAR above that of the average American ever know about what the average America is going through within a struggling economy and recession?

Barack Obama, with the lowest asset total of all candidates, is worth 25 times more than the average American household. Mitt Romney, with the highest asset total, is worth 1075 times more than the average American household. On average, the major Presidential candidates have assets of 47 million dollars, or 505 times the average American household.

Data

Rudy Giuliani - 40 Million Dollars
Mitt Romney - 100 Million Dollars
Hillary Clinton - 51 Million Dollars
John McCain - 35 Million Dollars
Barack Obama - 2.5 Million Dollars
John Edwards - 50 Million Dollars

According to government statistics the average American Household - 93 Thousand Dollars

I personally think that figure is a bit inflated but even with that figure I ask can a multi-millionaire have the best interest of the average American at heart?

Note: Personal assets of presidential candidates do not include the assets of their spouses. Most notably, assets for the McCain’s and Clinton’s is much higher when their spouses are factored in.