Romney has no use for 47% of Americans

otisptoadwater wrote: It's ok Glowzell, you get to vote again in 2012, assuming you bothered to register...

Remind me again what that has to do with 40 minutes worth of live video of RMoney telling 47% of the population, (including retirees, military/veteran personnel, disabled, seniors in retirement centers, and people who don't make enough money after payroll taxes, and family deductions, etc., to pay Federal income-tax, but who pay other taxes) that he thinks they're deadbeats and parasites, and are "too lazy to take responsibility for their lives." Which retirees, veterans and seniors do you suppose are "too lazy to take responsibility for their lives?" I guess we should go drag granny out of the house and kick her in the butt and tell her to get down to the nearest hamburger joint and start flipping burgers?... How about all those deadbeat veterans? Parasites? Really?

Oh, yeah... I remember... It doesn't have ANYTHING to do with it. You just need to wipe your chin, and get some counseling...

Of course it doesn't have anything to do with the article and videos. It's an "UP" diversion - SQUIRREL!

47% of Americans that will vote for Obama is a small percentage of American voters.
I don't see why anyone would be surprised that people that want more Government would vote for anyone other than the leader of handouts? This is not new News yet is why this election is about which way we want our Government to control us.

Okay, I don't usually answer these with a question but Biden did the same exact thing when he said Romney wants to put them 'back in chains'. I think a better thing to focus on is why are people secretly taping these people at private meetings and why are we fine with that?

Here's your 47%, asshat:

Behind the ‘People Who Pay No Income Tax’

The nonpartisan and highly respected Tax Policy Center derived the 47 percent number – it is actually 46 percent, as of 2011 – and published an excellent analysis of it last summer .

It found that about half of the households that do not pay federal income tax do not pay it because they are simply too poor. The Tax Policy Center gives as an example a couple with two children earning less than $26,400 a year: The household would pay no federal income tax because its standard deduction and other exemptions would simply erase its liability.

The other half, the Tax Policy Center found, consists of households taking advantage of tax credits and other provisions, mostly support for senior citizens and low-income working families.

Put bluntly, these are not households shirking their tax liabilities. The pool consists mostly of the poor, of relatively low-income working families and of old people. The tax code is specifically designed to reduce the burden on them.

Indeed, the recession and its aftermath have left tens of millions of workers out of a job or underemployed, removing more households from payment of federal income taxes. Moreover, the Bush tax cuts – the signature Republican economic policy of the 2000s, which doubled the child tax credit, increased a number of other deductions and exemptions, and lowered marginal tax rates – erased millions of families’ federal income tax liabilities.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/ ... f=business

Imagine my surprise...

Democracy4Sale wrote: ...(retirees, military/veteran personnel, disabled, seniors in retirement centers, and people who don't make enough money after payroll taxes, and family deductions, etc., to pay Federal income-tax, but who pay other taxes) that he thinks they're deadbeats and parasites, and are "too lazy to take responsibility for their lives." Which retirees, veterans and seniors do you suppose are "too lazy to take responsibility for their lives?" I guess we should go drag granny out of the house and kick her in the butt and tell her to get down to the nearest hamburger joint and start flipping burgers?... How about all those deadbeat veterans? Parasites? Really?

CinnamonGirl wrote: Okay, I don't usually answer these with a question but Biden did the same exact thing when he said Romney wants to put them 'back in chains'. I think a better thing to focus on is why are people secretly taping these people at private meetings and why are we fine with that?

Gee, why don't you ask the guys that put out the video of the Obama comment about "people clinging to their 'guns, God & religion.'" ?

I'm going to take a wild guess here..... "I'll take 'Political Advantage' for $400, Alex."

Did somebody hear someone posting something reasonable? I didn't.

:can't hear

Democracy4Sale wrote: Here's your 47%, asshat:

Glad to oblige... and here's your other 47%...

And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

President Obama

Imagine my surprise.

Oh, you mean you didn't get the answer you wanted?...That happens sometimes..

My My- here we go again with the liberal spin....
And one more lie from the left- let me be the first one to challange this with a few facts....

It doesn't matter that "Bush isn't running." Bush did what he did...The numbers are the numbers... And they're not "slanted hit pieces"...And you can run from the truth all you want, and it doesn't change the facts....

The vast majority of jobs were lost after Obama took Office, and in fact the real bleeding didn't even start till September of 2008.
There's an argument to be made that corporations started dumping dead weight in September as a reaction, just before the election- because they had a pretty good feeling that Obama would be elected, and it would start an era of Anti-business government.
Here is an actual breakdown of job losses by month....

September 2008 – 280,000 jobs lost
October 2008 – 240,000 jobs lost
November 2008 – 333,000 jobs lost
December 2008 – 632,000 jobs lost
January 2009 – 741,000 jobs lost
February 2009 – 681,000 jobs lost
March 2009 – 652,000 jobs lost
April 2009 – 519,000 jobs lost
May 2009 – 303,000 jobs lost
June 2009 – 463,000 jobs lost
July 2009 – 276,000 jobs lost
August 2009 – 201,000 jobs lost
September 2009 – 263,000 jobs lost

As you can see- the REAL BIG job losses didn't start till AFTER the election. Here's a tally for 2008 & 2009....

Total Jobs lost in 2008 = 2.6 million
Total jobs lost in 2009 = 5.06 million

So much for LJ's lie she keeps blabbling about.

I actually agree with Romney here- like LOL has said- 1.

I think you are misreading his statement, I read it as he was strategically not going after the vote of those 47% who don't pay taxes, not that he doesn't worry about them personally.

He (romney) never said that he had no use for these people, he simply says that

[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.

He's right- you will never convince freeloaders that working for a living and supporting yourself is better than sitting at home- and watching Jerry Springer and Clifford the dog on TV. Once the government creates the looter - it's pretty easy to sit back and collect the gobberment checks.

While Romney never said that he has no use for these looters- I'm here to say it! I have no use for them, they are lazy- good for nothings. A real citizen and a real American is not a looter- he/she is a producer.

And since I'm one of the shrinking class of producers paying the bills for the looters- I'm here to say that if you were a decent human being - you would stop sucking off the government like a parasite and start contributing. Get off your ass and prove that you are more than a government leach.

I know plenty of Veterans who are not victims- my best friend retired from the air force a few years ago- but instead of becoming a deadbeat, he flies 747's for Southwest.

Many veterans remain productive long after leaving the service, and I of course exclude those who are truely dis-abled.

Lazy good for nothing welfare moms- I have no use for- get a damn job. You are not the first one to make bad decisions with your life- suck it up- accept your mistakes, and move on.... get a damn job! I know plenty of single moms who pull their own weight everday.

Senior citizens- get used to the fact that we are broke, and you will need to depend less on that government check, because we simply can't afford to keep paying at the same levels we are now... we currently borrow most of the money for your checks, and the gig is nearly up.

The hard facts are that the system was never ment to provide for your retirement- that was YOUR responsibility. It was meant as a supplement only and we will need to return to that definition to become financially viable.

If you made horrible choices - or came onto bad luck- TOUGH. That's life. Consider my position- I will not be as lucky as you to be able to depend on government- while I pay your bills everyday I work, the system will be broke when it's my turn. I'm planning as best I can for this reality.

We need to get away from the looter society before it destroys everything that is good about America. We desperately need a turn around here, anyone who can pull their own weight- should pull their own weight. That's the American way.

Romney is right- for those who pay no income taxes- half the damn country- there's not much appeal when a politician says he will lower taxes. There's no benefit for those who pay no taxes- the only benefit comes from the politican who promises somthing for nothing.

It's the truth.