"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 on government, who believe that, that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them. Who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing."
Romney continues by saying:
"they will vote for this president no matter whatÂ…These are people who pay no income tax. My job is is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
Read more: Romney's closed door comments caught on tape (Includes interview)
Listen to the tape at the link.
Is this any surprise coming from Mitt "I'm not concerned about the very poor" Romney?
Talking about taking a speech out of context.
He's not concerned with getting their votes. He knows they're already being taken care of. The only people that this plays well with is minorities or drug addicts or the homeless or the layabouts that don't want to work anymore. Anyone who feels they want to kick back and live off of the rest of us taxpayers are already in Obama's corner.
Which is a more compelling statement:
"You didn't build that, you need help from the government in everything you do....."
.....or "almost half of you want free shit?"
I think anyone with any self-respect will reject Obama's arguments.
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