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Soldiers fighting in the war overseas work full-time and don't pay federal income tax. They fall within 47%. Are you saying they aren't paying their fair share?
Don't be absurd. Romney was not referring to them, or the elderly on SS, or the recent high school grads trying to work their way up the ladder, or the people who are using social welfare programs for their intended purposes. He was referring to the dyed in the wool 0bama supporters, who leach off the system, and are only too willing to vote for 0bama to keep there gravy train of free stuff rolling in like wheels of government cheese.
Either way, this whole thing is a distraction by democrats, so that no one talks about the dreadful economy, and our disastrous foreign policy.
This chart shows that younger voters voted in very high numbers for Obama and the older voters voted for McCain.
When someone is 20 years old and still in college, they are too young to be earning the kind of money that a 55 year old will earn. That 20 year old might be in school to be an MD but they only earned $5000 that year working part-time as an intern during the summer.
A bunch of younger voters are going to be low earners because many are still in school and others are in their first jobs that start out with lower pay. It doesn't mean they are janitors and bus drivers for their profession.
Are all those youngers going to be voting this time after all the lies they were told to get their votes the last time around? I bet very few of them return.
Soldiers fighting in the war overseas work full-time and don't pay federal income tax. They fall within 47%. Are you saying they aren't paying their fair share?
How much of the 47% are they?
Are all 47% [it's actually 51%] fighting in the war overseas?
The 47% comments will go down in political campaign history as the dumbest thing ever done by a candidate. It was AWFUL.
He's going down for the second time and right now he needs a gigantic life preserver if he's going to save his campaign. Glub, glub, glub.
In the first place, the comment was not made on the "campaign trail."
Secondly, it was a statement of fact, and probably accurate; there are probaby 47% that will not vote for Romney no matter what (fewer, perhaps, but it was a good guess). Obama has created a dependency class. Unfortunately, that is, a large number of Americans have become slaves to government. As long as Obama is giving them free stuff, they have no reason to vote for someone else.
I have never said that Congress hasn't been a problem, but obama is still the leader. Most of the responsibility should be on him. If he can not lead his Congress to get things done, then he is ineffective. People act like he is the only dang pres that has ever had to deal with a whiney Congress that doesn't want to work together. He had it good, at least, for the first two years. So, he really doesn't have any excuses. Even though he constantly makes them. My son's school had lower than average EOG tests for 2 years. It could have been because of the ineffective teachers. Could have been a number of things. But, what do you think was the first thing the school board did? Fired the principal.
I read your link and it is fairly vapid. I think many people have read your link and they just don't think much of it. Can't you accept that? You do this in every thread. You think you've found some profound statement and they are just big letdowns. The guy isn't really saying much. He talks about a social contract. As I said "no argument there." What he doesn't discuss is that Romney did a disservice to many people in the 47%.
What did he say about a social contract? Why don't you manage to understand that he said Romney should be seen different because he spoke truth. Not PC politician truth but truth.
Are all those youngers going to be voting this time after all the lies they were told to get their votes the last time around? I bet very few of them return.
The ones with colossal student loan debts and NO jobs surely won't. They know darn well they've been burned.
If that one statement overcomes the economy, and all the other failed policies of Obama then I am sure that we will deserve whatever happens to us with another 4 years. Try to remember that this old man told you that you weren't going to like the outcome of another 4 years of Obama when he made that open mike promise to the Russians about having a lot more freedom of action after he is re-elected. Do you remember that one?
I remember, and my take from that comment was that he has things in mind, that he'd like to do, but they would anger the people, so if he is reelected, he can anger us all he wants, because he is home free, and the sky is the limit. Look what he has already done, without repercussions, he started a secret war with Libya, recess appointed people without senate consent while the senate was in session, and has rewritten laws, and refused to enforce other laws, and we sat on our hands. So, Kattie bar the door if he is reelected.
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