“In leaked comments from a private fundraiser that have caused quite the stir over the past 18 hours, Mitt Romney perpetuates the popular conservative meme that 47 percent of Americans do not pay any income tax,” as Business Insider reports.
Here’s what Romney said in the footage published Monday by the liberal magazine Mother Jones:
“All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe 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’s an entitlement. And that government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what…These are people who pay no income tax.”
The surprising thing about Romney’s statement, though, is where the non-income tax filers live. They come from a surprisingly red base.
The rest of the article is here.
The “Geography of the 47 percent” makes a similar case. “MPI’s Charlotta Mellander ran correlates between non-taxpayers and a range of political, economic, and demographic variables. As we always note, correlation does not equal causation. Still, her findings support the notion that states with more nonpayers trend conservative.”
It is here.
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Like Bush, born with a silver foot in his mouth.
Like Most Southerners, they are so pathetic they vote against their own best interest most of the time.
Throw in a dash of color and perhaps Romney knew this stat and knew it made no difference to his good ‘ole boy thinking base.
Nah, just stupid, rich white guy.
They (republican elite) are throwing the election, no question about it now. They want to make it look as though they tried, but they want the public to have four more years to get used to the The New Feudal America, and then they will come in in 2016 and “save” the day, but the damage to the American psyche by abusive corporations will continue at least until then. Boycott Koch, and that is most of the paper aisle. Do a search for the 20 or so brand names, google “boycott koch” for details.
Romney’s not stupid, just willing to lie about anything to achieve his goals. Classic Robert J. Ringer Type Two, knows he lies, plans it, even..
I just hope there is not a fire in the halls of Congress on January 20th blamed on a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus leading to an emergency decree giving power to the new Leader of the House of Representatives.
Another interesting map of contradiction-
“Of the 32 states which receive more Federal Dollars than they contribute, 27 states (84%) are REPUBLICAN (and that includes the entire South). Of the 18 states which contribute more than they receive, 14 states (78%) are DEMOCRATIC.”- from PolitiFact-
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jan/26/blog-posting/red-state-socialism-graphic-says-gop-leaning-state/
Clearly there are those who believe that no American President ever won an election ‘mis-underestimating’ [sick] the intelligence of the electorate!
Steve, If the fire happens, and Curtis Lemay were alive, he’d be the perfect stand in for Goering, and an NRA evangelical Enabling Act would soon ensue, even before repeal of ACA.
Ah…I love a man who understand my ceaseless attempt to end run Goodwin’s Law!
Funny thing is I had no clue what Godwin’s Law is as this is my 1st blog experience, but I know some history and know a me me is what a right-winger says when a hungry group is asked, “Who wants the last piece of bread?”
As Shogun is on cable–so many righties dishonor themselves and should watch; see how sepuku is performed under Bushido, and learn the craft allowing Tokugowa Ieayasu, to outwit his stronger lords and opponents, defeat them piecemeal and turn the Samurai to writing poetry, making tea, anything but constantly fighting over nothing all the time. But if they wrote w/o facts like some tea bloggers, then a short sword to the belly by their own two hands. That’s honor.
Rove has Goebbels role covered and the shirts have shifted from brown to red.
You got that right, in SPADES, The mastery of lying by Rove and company is pathetic, yet the sheeple follow, If Hitler was alive he would try to sue most every current rethuglican for theft of intellectual property.
Rove wouldn’t go down with the ship, murdering his six children as the T-34′s closed in, for Dubya, but he probably would gladly dispose of some takers; cancer victims, those over 85 (only Democrats), wounded Iraqi, Afghani and Nam vets, and anybody he could grab to save his won worthless butt. He’s a Romney man who take our country back. GO GETEM, CHICKENHAWK!
Check out Alaska….want to bet that that is because of the state rebate on oil revenue…you know a TAX on corporate production!
The top 10 (with the exception of NM) are all south of the Mason-Dixon line, and all (with the exception of NM and FL) regularly Republican, and all have amongst the lowest educational achievement level in the country.
What’s The Matter With Kansas? Well. William Allen White meant something else, but Thomas Frank had it right; they are just too funking stupid to realize WTF is going on.
Stupid is as stupid does……
Wow, I am loving the Curtis Lemay reference. That sure dredged up some memories. As someone who fought vociferously against the war in Vietnam, and protested the coming illegal war against Iraq as early as the spring of 2002, I think I have the bonafides to spot a$$holes who want to keep the military industrial complex (MIC) lining their pockets.
Speaking of which, there are lots of places in the south that are completely hooked on the MIC drug and they will never be able to kick it. This is why I have felt for a long time that we should let the south go their own way–be a separate country–rather than continue to subsidize their dysfunction. It’s time for them to end their endless couch-surfing and get a job!
My favorite Curtis quote: “We should bomb Vietnam back into the stone age.” In the Old West, this miscreant would have been hanging from a tree 2 days after his unfortunate arrival. And no proper burial.
Michael, it was no accident I chose Curtis. But for the virtue of being born here, I think he would have been a smooth and comfortable fit for the Luftwaffe, Soviet Air Force–once it was rebuilt after the first days of Barbarossa, maybe he would even pushed Slim Pickens aside for a little atomic surfing.
This is for you Ed.
Well, Michael, on my 65th B-Day, after many years of slim piickings, nothing like OD’ing on a big mushroom. A present radiating the current WTF attitude by all the deniers of the world. BTW, don’t think I saw the whole movie, but sure remember the ending.