Romney: Obama Voters are ‘Dependent on the Government’ [Video]
Mitt Romney doesn’t believe you’re voting for President Obama because you agree with his policy positions, but because you want more free stuff.
At a private reception with wealthy donors, Mitt Romney described approximately half of Americans as “people who pay no income tax” and are “dependent upon government.” Those people, said Romney, would probably support President Obama because they believe they are “victims” who think they are “entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it.”
Romney said derisively, in a tape provided by Mother Jones, that 47 percent of Americans pay no income tax, and those people won’t vote for him.
What Mr. Romney seems to miss is that 1) 47 percent of Americans pay no income tax because they’re too poor to pay income tax, not because they refuse to pay or are too lazy to pay 2) Many of these poor people still pay taxes, just not income taxes 3) Most of the people who pay no income taxes are white people in red states or seniors, many of whom will vote Romney come election day.
The Atlantic reports:
…the reason that most income tax nonpayers don’t pay is they simply don’t make enough income to qualify to pay. As one might expect, the map of states with the highest poverty levels resembles this map fairly closely. Many of them are also seniors, a highly contested voting bloc. Just more than 10 percent of households pay no income tax because they’re retired. They might also be voters in places like Florida who are already jumpy about the changes to Medicare and Medicaid that the Romney-Ryan ticket has proposed — although they would be mostly unaffected by those reforms.
Also, before his death, Martin Luther King reminded us all (see second video below) that white men had been given free land and grants to move out west, but the black man hadn’t been given a thing. So if we’re discussing who has lived off the kindness of government throughout the years, it’s mostly white men and women.
Romney has refused to apologize, only going so far as to say that he spoke “inartfully”.
And Martin Luther King speaking on the issue before his death:
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Romney is on record now for saying he cares for only half of America. He doesn’t care for poor people period. Any poor people period. Even if they have a job and the pay does not put you in the uper,uper middle class Romney believes that your a burden and he has no use for your kind. I’m sure the percentage of the people Romney really cares about is lower than that but this is really no surprise to anyone who has common sense who has watched and listen to him these past couple of months. But this a admission that should have those thinking why does he really want to be president. Besides the whole ego and pride to hold the highest office but what is really behind for someone in his position who needs from being president. Its surely not
money. He obviously knows how to get around tax issues so he doesn’t need to make a new policy for that. Is it for his father?
The GOP isn’t behind him 100% so it’s not for his party. Is it for the mormon’s? Whatever it is lets hope this blatant disrespect for those people that are hard working Americans but are too poor for Romney’s standards,let’s hope this the final nail for the coffin that represents the Romney campaign.
WEL ISN’T THAT WHY THE 1 0/0 IS VOTING FOR HIM!!? BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE FREE STUFF!
AN SO THEY WON’T PAY TAXES DAH!
Rommey is right, if you are on the government’s dime, why get off it? You know Rommey and his party will try to cut off SNAP, medicare, etc. I don’t see the outrage in this, it is common knowledge.
To Have or Have not……..Vote for Romney, and you will have Not..
Too many people worked all their life, 4 and 5 jobs at a time. Now only to be called a free loader by the nominated republican running for President? WTF, its a very sad set of circumstances when 47 percent according to Romney, just want hand outs…. What hand outs? Nothing is free in life, and everybody knows this. And once you’ve worked all your life, you still have to pay taxes. So what is he saying?
ROMNEY HOOD may have mental problems…because there has hardly been a week that passed when he did not say something stupid, insulting, wrong, and unfair. He and his millionaire buddies are the ones seeking “something for free”– like to be able to use the Gov’t funds, tax breaks, subsidies, SBA loans and whatever they want…to make themselves rich. And then they don’t want to pay taxes so that put up a clown like ROMNEY HOOD and his sidekick RYAN MUNSTER (who already is dependent on the Gov’t as he has been in Congress for years ) to run for the highest office in the land. WHY DO THEY WANT A GOVERNMENT JOB…. won’t that make them “dependent on the Gov’t.” ???
When white men are in a room talking to white people they always speak there heart…I have a check from the AIR FORCE for 21 years served..SS check because I paid into SS from 1955 to 1996 never drew a check for unemployment no food stamps so Romney can kiss my a*s.. 79 year old black man…