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The 14-year-old audio clip circulated by the Mitt Romney campaign this week to attack Barack Obama as favoring “redistribution” of wealth was “deceptively edited,” Democrats say, leaving out important context that Obama provided in his next breath.
In the clip Republicans are pushing around – and Romney now cites on the stump – then Illinois State Sen. Obama is heard speaking at a university conference in October 1998, appearing to endorse “redistribution” of wealth.
“I actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level, to make sure that everybody’s got a shot,” Obama is heard saying on the clip, which then abruptly ends.
Do you want people who intentionally DECEIVE YOU running your country?
If you had heard the ENTIRE audio clip you would hear the following ...
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In the full recording, obtained by NBC News, Obama continues to explain in the next sentence that he is speaking broadly about making city and state government more efficient in their use of resources — and endorses “competition” in the “marketplace.”
Nothing was taken out of context at all. We heard many, many times in the 2008 campaign that he wants to redistribute wealth. Remember him telling "Joe the Plumber" that?
Nothing was taken out of context at all. We heard many, many times in the 2008 campaign that he wants to redistribute wealth. Remember him telling "Joe the Plumber" that?
You only heard that in your head ;plus the other voices as well.
As an educated, working, white male supporting a wife and children, under the current federal tax code my effective tax rate is zero (BTW, my annual income puts us very close to the poverty line). So, instead of the Fed using my tax dollars, I use them to buy food, clothing, and shelter, which to me seems to be a good thing for the economy. In all honesty, I wish I made enough so I could pay my fair share in taxes as well as buy stuff to help the economy. Unfortunately, over the last decade, instead of wages increasing, I've been told that I am lucky to have a job. True, I do feel lucky that I have not been unemployed. But every corporation I have worked for reports profit growth over previous years while wages stagnate. I have done my part in trying to improve my personal situation - first a bachelors degree and recently an MBA - but it seems corporations just do not want to pay more.
“Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit.” - Robert T. Kiyosaki
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