47 pecent of Americans are takers.
that is the lie that lost robmoney the election
lie?
NBC and CBS felt compelled Tuesday night to fact check Mitt Romneys assertion 47 percent of Americans pay no income tax and both had to acknowledge his accuracy, but then tried to undermine Romneys point. Noting the statistic had become Tea Party mantra, NBCs Andrea Mitchell allowed its true that approximately 47 percent of Americans do not pay federal income taxes, as Mitt Romney said, but, she quickly added, not because they are living off of the 53 percent.
Over on CBS, Anthony Mason relayed how Roberton Williams with the non-partisan Tax Policy Center says, to be precise, 46.4 percent of Americans pay no federal tax. But, Mason insisted, its more complicated than that.
Read more: Yes, But: NBC and CBS Try to Undermine Romney?s Accurate Observation 47% Escape Income Tax | NewsBusters
But Romney was wrong in saying that he wasn't going to get the votes of those people. He insulted a good chunk of the Republican base with the 47% comment. How have you guys excusing that remark 6+ months later not realized that?
It was a dumb comment made in a private meeting. Just happens to be true, but it did hurt him when the media jumped on it.
kinda like when the media jumped on obama for saying that he wants to redistribute the wealth-------oh, forgot, they ignored that comment from their messiah.