The 47%

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“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. 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.” – Mitt Romney

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you an overprivileged millionaire plutocrat calling half of America a bunch of lazy parasites. How’s that sittin’ with ya?

6 thoughts on “The 47%”

  1. It’s even more than that Scott – it’s the most clear indication of how big a fraud Romney and Ryan (and the GOP at large) really are. They refuse to turn the mirror onto themselves and their own sacred cows. So much legislation is written to give tax subsidies to corporations. Notice how he doesn’t describe those companies as believing “government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to” profits without sales.

    And for him to call all 47% of non-income tax payers a bunch of freeloaders is also telling. In reality a much smaller percentage of those people are actual shitbag loser freeloaders. The rest are normal people who are simply taking advantage of a convoluted tax code and scheme of government programs that makes it legal for them to have a negative tax obligation. Kind of companies (profit and non-profit alike) who do the same fucking thing: legally weave their way through a tax code and scheme of government programs that allows them to operate their businesses with a negative tax obligation.

    This should (but sadly won’t) convince conservatives that a load of horse shit is coming out of the mouths of Romney and Ryan every time they talk about fiscal responsibility and making government smaller. They’re lying. Just like with Bush, it will be a blank check with these guys. But instead of the blank check going to the “47%” like it does under Democrats, it will swing in favor of shitbag loser companies who can’t hack it in the real world competitive landscape and need government to care for them.

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  5. A prime example of not so bright political retorhic and how the media and the people run with it, avoiding the true issue, which is the deficits. Government will always spend all their money, because of course, it is their job to do so. What is not their job, is spending money they do not have. Running a deficit is effectively a tax increase, just on a future generation. Democrat politicians tend to sell their public on giving money we dont have to lower income people because it spurs growth and Rebuplican politicians sell that tax breaks to companies spur growth. Both are true and false, as I am also split on wether we should have some assistance to either group or not. But again, those arguments are not the true problem of how will we pay for any of them? This is the issue that all of Washington, the majority of the media and the majority of the people avoid like the plague. I find this behavior cowardice and immoral. I think it is wrong to expect my child who is in kindergarden to pay tommorrow for the problems we refuse to solve today. All of the other political BS that everyone spouts is just that, BS.

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  6. the true issue, which is the deficits.

    Sigh. I really couldn’t agree less. With respect, I find your position above to be highly ideological and not very helpful with regard to the actual problems and their likely solutions, Merritt. The deficit is something we need to figure out for the long term. The most important issue right now by far is employment, housing and consumer spending. Balancing the budget right now would be disastrous. Right now we have more people on food stamps and unemployment, paying less taxes–so we have greater outlays and lower intake of funds to run government. Reducing spending to match revenue would throw millions out of work and further depress the economy. Period. The biggest thing we can do right now to close the deficit is to increase employment, get people off safety net programs and back into paying taxes–raise revenues to meet expenses, in other words. After we’ve figured this out, then would be a great time to cut some spending. We could afford to throw a few thousand defense contractors out of work, as an example.

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