Gov. Mitt Romney said in a video recently released by liberal magazine Mother Jones that 47 percent of American voters consider themselves "victims."
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," said Romney in the video. "All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what… These are people who pay no income tax.”
These comments were made at the home of 76ers co-owner Marc Leder. Leder hosted a $50,000-per-person fundraiser at his Boca Raton, Fla., home on May 17, according to a report on Philly.com.
Leder, who became a co-owner on Oct. 17, 2011, owns the team with co-managing owner David Blitzer, CEO Adam Aron, Martin Geller, David Heller, Travis Hennings, James Lassiter, Jason Levien, Michael Rubin, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
Leder owns a financial buyout firm called Sun Capital Partners, says an article in The Daily Pennsylvanian. He is a Wharton graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1983, according to the article.
President Barack Obama's campaign offices have called the video "shocking" in a statement released to the press. Romney's campaign has confirmed the video is genuine.
“It’s not elegantly stated, let me put it that way,” Romney said at an impromptu press conference late last night. The press conference can be seen on 6ABC.com. “Of course individuals are going to take responsibility for their life, and my campaign is about helping people take more responsibility and becoming employed again.”
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Here's the full transcript, clearly noting where the audio recording stops and resumes: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/full-transcript-mitt-romney-secret-video
https://store.barackobama.com/obama-2012-store-collections/our-stripes-flag-print.html Turns out that this flag eerily resembles a photo from the murders in Benghazi: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A3NLBLsCcAAcPOZ.jpg
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Wonder why the Republican Convention completely left out the fact that Romney's own father was on welfare? Maybe if they hand't let him go to France and avoid the draft, while others served their country honorably in his place, Mitt would have a different perspective about the American people.
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"I won't pretend the path I'm offering is quick or easy. I never have. You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades." as passing the buck, but that sounds like willingness to realistically confront our situation head-on to me. From where I'm sitting, he's been doing a pretty good job with mitigating a pretty bad situation. I'd rather give him another 4 years to work on it than let Romney take us back to the policies that got us in this position in the first place.
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"UNDER CURRENT TAX POLICIES"....of course you know that that is about to CHANGE as well. I recommend you invest some time reading the ACA, and see where those numbers will be going....and I promise they wont be going down! And where do you find that 1/2 ROMNEY's 46.4%, or 23.2% of Americans pay no tax? You guys cant have it both ways....thought the 47% Romney was referring to WERE senior citizens....now youre claiming they are 50% of ROMNEY's 46.4%??? Finally "Rasmussen - 40% making less than $20,000 - Support Romney. - 50% making between $20 and $40,000 - Support Romney. Pew- similar results." IF this is the case, and 100% of the 46.4% support the Rich guy Romney, he would have @ 70% of the total electorate!!! So I have to guess that 100% dont support ROMNEY? Thank you, as I have been saying all along....where do you think Obama is getting his money, from lemonade stands?? no....its coming from billionaires and millionaires....JUST LIKE ROMNEY!!!
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Let's start from the beginning. Unlike OBAMA's advertisements, HE didnt save my rear end....ACTUALLY I created my own wealth thru education and work ethic.....OBAMA wants to take my wealth and give it to rocket scientists, such as yourself. Second, HATRED for Black man??? THAT my friend makes YOU a racist as your ignorance is abundant. Third - Where did you attain your facts regarding small amount of people game the system. Take a look around, 50 MILLION on food stamps....I am not the one calling them GAMING the system, but thats a lotta people with their hand out. You are joining the senoirs who pay no federal taxes with 100 of the richest Americans in the country..... Rationalize my life by finding a scapegoat?? Why dont you take your scapegoat out to the pasture and tell him to stay out of my business....I DONT NEED HIS HELP! "OBAMA SAVED US ECONOMICALLY AND MILITARILY" My mouth is stuck open!!! Limeport....maybe your aluminum foil tv antenna was twisted last week.....4 Americans were murdered, the ENTIRE Muslim world is rioting AGAINST the US, 2 Marines are killed, $2oo Million in jet damages....$4/gallon of gas, unemployment >14% (when you count everyone)....what planet are you living on? OHHHHH thats it, you like quoting the all knowing BIDEN....that explains EVERYHING!!!!
Since these figures don't include data on the 10% of the population that are retired and elderly, that leaves 36% of people not paying annual income tax, right? If, of that 36%, 40% of the under-20k people (which is 6.9% of the total) support Romney, that's 2.7% of people that don't pay out annual income taxes. If an additional 50% of people in the 20k-40k range (that's 28% of the 46%), the you've got an other 14% - so a total of 16.7% of the 36% that support Romney, or 46.4%. Probably more like 50% of the 46% once you throw in the elderly vote.
Sorry, but that wasn’t a generalization. Mr. Romney pronounced a clear declaration of contempt for 47% of the country. If he said “I’m not going to focus on the 47% who don’t pay income taxes because tax cuts won’t resonate with them” and left it at that, that’s a clear political assessment. A foolish one as he has many supporters in the 47% but none the less a political assessment. But he didn’t. He quite clearly condemned nearly half the county as virtual free loaders. There is simply no getting around that. In doing so, he clearly defined Democrats worst fears about Mitt Romney as president. He has no idea what’s it’s like to struggle to make ends meet (buy the Jiff or the store brand? Ha!) He has no comprehension of the advantages he enjoyed and the massive leg up they allowed him. And as far as a debate on the recent attacks, what debate is that? If the implication is that Mr. Obama owns that, then so too the republicans own 9/11, a wasteful and unnecessary Iraq war((flush nearly a trillion dollars), the dragging out of the war in Afghanistan, and the crash of the economy putting as many people out of work as the last 4 recessions combined. Vote for a Republican after the mess they made of it the last time? Really? Seriously? You have to be joking.
YES....he has done that! His highest attorney is looking at doing time...he has not reached across the aisle ...EVER. He has NOT improved any relations with anyone, yet he has alienated us with Great Britain, Israel and most of Europe, not to mention China and Russia. He has millions protesting against us in the streets worldwide. Our economy is in the crapper and NOT getting better, our military is all over the world, and he intends on DECREASING its budget, gas is $4/gallon (Is he paying off HIS buddies in the oil industry, as GW was accused?), and he wants to spend and tax more......so, uh, yeah.....I would say more than 50% of Americans feel at this moment this country is in dire straits! Get back in that rowboat and start rowing my friend....to where I dont know, but I fear that the America we knew will not be the America in the future.
READ THE ACA......ALL of it....invest your time to learn what is in Obamacare. Dont take CNN's word, Huffington Posts Cliffnotes, FOX news's take on it.....READ IT! Once you do, you will see what the LAW says! Then make an educated decision for yourself.
The median 4 person family in the USA paid 5.6% income tax on their $75,648 income, and had a 15% marginal tax rate on the next dollar. A 4 person family making half of the median paid -6.8% tax on their $37,824 income, which includes the fully refundable tax rebates like EITC and chilc tax credits. They didn't pat tax and their refunds were typically more than what was withheld from their paychecks. A four person family with double the median income typically paid 12.93% of that as income tax, and their marginal tax rate was 25%.