- Jun 19, 2009
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immie, you can't get to ''47 PERCENT'' without counting those on unemployment....all the articles on the ''takers'' included those receiving unemployment and all of those not paying income taxes because they didn't earn enough income to owe any.....like the seniors living off of the SS....YOU DO REALIZE that the both of you....Immie and Willow, are part of that 47% of the people that Romney calls ''takers''....you with your unemployment, probably food stamps (but not certain?)as well during that unemployed period and willow with her SS and certainly with her 'medicare' that she receives that costs more than she put in to it, DON'T YOU?
THAT 47% number, spewed all over the right wing media net machine, INCLUDED the 2 of you.....the unemployed and those receiving medicare, in order to reach that 47% number of ''takers''....
so, it's kind of amusing to see the 2 of YOU speaking about these people as if they are the ''other guy''!!!
Care
Excuse me, I paid into the unemployment system through my employer for my entire life and no... never took a dime of welfare. In fact, the government took damn near as much away from my savings as it gave me during the two and a half years of unemployment because I had to pay penalties on using my retirement savings just to stay alive.
Also, Romney was not talking so much about people who received government benefits but rather those who took and... here is the kicker... who refused to do anything to better themselves and expected the goverment (aka Democrats) to supply it for them... those who would not get off their asses and at least try to find work.
He was talking about those who would only vote for Obama because, well, here let me let them do their talking for them...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI"]Obama Is Going To Pay For My Gas And Mortgage!!! - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio"]Original Obamaphone Lady: Obama Voter Says Vote for Obama because he gives a free Phone - YouTube[/ame]
"47% of the people will vote for Obama", "They believe they are entitled", "They believe they are victims".
Sorry, I did not vote for Obama. Sorry, I do not believe I am entitled. Sorry, I am only a victim of the drunk driver that rear ended my car and destroyed my back.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvqHERTcytI"]Mitt Romney in video: 47 percent of Americans 'Believe they are Victims' and feel 'Entitled' - YouTube[/ame]
I am not part of the 47%, but neither am I part of the 1%.
Immie
I don't happen to agree with Romney's sentiment on those ''47 PERCENT'' as takers, BUT you are indeed COUNTED in that 47 PERCENT figure.....you were one of those people that he labeled as a ''taker'' if you were ''unemployed''.....that's a fact. not even 10% of adults in this country are ON TANF WELFARE.....the 47% included YOU, the unemployed, who worked their whole lives but were unfortunate enough to be laid off....
if romney 'didn't mean YOU, then he shouldn't have used the 47 PERCENT as his figure on 'takers'.....
The Democrats defined the 47%....Romney did Not....that's what made it so interesting and quite telling.