What the heck does “poor in spirit” have to do with wealth? I have always hated that line of thought.
And I would HOPE that she meant “And yes I know we have more money than I know what to do with. And while I enjoy nice things, I am also very frugal in other areas and try not to be wasteful. I still like to mow my own lawn and putz around in the garden, and my attitude is similar to when we were newlyweds just making do.”
Although I guess I am projecting my parents and some of their friends. It might be hard to say that if you are Mrs. Romney with the hired help, and three homes valued at almost $20 million.
You made a good post, but forgot that Ann and Mitt used illegal Guatemalans to do their gardening, they used them for ten years, were busted by the Boston Globe, and the story died down, a year later in the 2007 debates, Giuliani called out Romney for running a "Sanctuary Mansion" for illegals and Romney of course lied and pretended it was outrageous.
A few days later the Boston Globe busted them AGAIN, it seems that the Romneys had never fired the company, they had kept the illegals for 11 years and it took a second national scandal (and selling the house), to end it.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit" is biblical and I'm sure that you already know that mormons have a "different take" on things biblical than normal people do.