Romney caught on hidden cam saying messed up $hit

[Lumberg]

Like 47% of Americans don't even pay taxes.

 

[ceo]

but that's pretty much true.

 

[Lumberg]

but that's pretty much true.

Only half of Americans pay taxes?

 

[Fitguy308]

Only the ones with jobs pay taxes

 

[dallasboy]

It's actually 51% pay no federal taxes. And 50% are on some sort of guberment assistance (playoffs for votes) NOT including SS or Medicare.

Now, what kind of liberal socialists society have we become?? This has been the dems plan since Woodrow Wilsion and they have finally done it.

 

[musclemom]

Actually, what he said was even shittier: Romney derides Obama supporters in hidden camera speech - southbendtribune.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney dismissed supporters of President Barack Obama - almost half of U.S. voters - as people who live off government handouts and do not "care for their lives," in a potentially damaging video.

"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," Romney said in a hidden-camera video of his remarks at a private fundraiser earlier this year posted on Monday on the left-wing Mother Jones magazine's website.

"My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. What I have to do is convince the 5 to 10 percent in the center that are independents," he said in remarks convincing donors to write checks for his campaign.

The tape was released in the middle of a difficult time for Romney, as his campaign team on Monday fought off a report of disarray in his inner circle. The former private-equity executive promised to retool his message with more specifics on policies.

Democrats leaped to try to take advantage of Romney's comments. "It's hard to serve as president for all Americans when you've disdainfully written off half the nation," Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager, said in a statement.

Romney's campaign said the Republican is concerned about Americans who are poor and unemployed. "Mitt Romney wants to help all Americans struggling in the Obama economy," Gail Gitcho, Romney's campaign communications director, said in a statement issued in response to a request for comment.

Mother Jones did not say when or where the video was taken, to protect the identity of the person who recorded it. It did say Romney's remarks had been made at some point after he clinched the Republican presidential nomination in April.

Romney also used his remarks to discuss with the donors his strategy for appealing to undecided or independent voters by stressing disappointment with Obama's policies.

"Those people that we have to get, they want to believe they did the right thing, but he just wasn't up to the task. They love the phrase that he's 'over his head,'" Romney said in the video.

The Democratic National Committee also distributed separately a clip from the video in which Romney jokes that he would fare better in the election if he were Latino. Romney's father was born inMexico.

"Had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot of winning this," Romney said in the video tape.

Y'know how I take that? That the 47% of the voters who support Obama take no responsibility for their own lives. I'm not a 1%er and yeah, I'd like a few decent breaks and we do live paycheck to paycheck, but we're also never late on a bill, pay our taxes, donate time to our community, blah, blah, blah.

The man's elitism is not attractive and the Latino comment smacks of bigotry and is more than a little patronizing to boot.

 

[musclemom]

It's actually 51% pay no federal taxes. And 50% are on some sort of guberment assistance (playoffs for votes) NOT including SS or Medicare.

Now, what kind of liberal socialists society have we become?? This has been the dems plan since Woodrow Wilsion and they have finally done it.

HowStuffWorks "Is it true that only 53 percent of Americans pay income tax?"

As with any statement of this nature, there are some qualifiers and distinctions to be made. First of all, these numbers refer to Federal income taxes, not all income taxes and withholdings. Most workers have money withheld from each paycheck as mandatory contributions to the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. If you're self-employed, you pay 15.3 percent of your gross earnings in so-called payroll taxes. If you're employed by someone else, you pay 7.65 percent and your employer pays the same amount [source: Social Security Administration]. Many workers are also subject to state and local income taxes, property taxes and sales taxes, in addition to Federal income taxes [source: Khimm].

That said, why don't 49 percent of Americans owe any federal income tax on April 15th? There are two main reasons: income level and tax benefits. The tax system in the United States is designed to be progressive, meaning that higher incomes are asked to pay a larger percentage in taxes. If your income level is relatively low, standard deductions and exemptions can quickly lower your tax burden to zero. According to the Tax Policy Center, a non-partisan research center, a family of four earning $26,400 a year will pay no taxes because the $11,600 standard deduction plus four exemptions of $3,700 each will lower their taxable income to zero [source: Williams].

Roughly half of Americans who pay no Federal income tax do so because they simply don't earn enough money. The other half doesn't pay taxes because of special provisions in the tax code that benefit certain taxpayers, notably the elderly and working families with children. For example, the tax code excludes a portion of Social Security income and gives larger standard deductions and tax credits to the elderly. And many working families with children qualify for both the child credit and the earned income tax credit. Together, the elderly and working families with children account for 74 percent of all nontaxable households that aren't excluded by income level alone [source: Williams].

So who are the 49 percent of Americans who don't pay income taxes? The vast majority are the lowest income households, the elderly and young working families with children.

 

[RottenWillow]

Actually, what he said was even shittier: Romney derides Obama supporters in hidden camera speech - southbendtribune.com



Y'know how I take that? That the 47% of the voters who support Obama take no responsibility for their own lives. I'm not a 1%er and yeah, I'd like a few decent breaks and we do live paycheck to paycheck, but we're also never late on a bill, pay our taxes, donate time to our community, blah, blah, blah.

The man's elitism is not attractive and the Latino comment smacks of bigotry and is more than a little patronizing to boot.

well possibly I suppose. I was born in Mexico to Mexican parents and I can't say I found that line offensive at all. There's some cynicism in that statement, and I guess maybe some bigotry, but most of us endorse some racial/cultural/ethnic prejudices.

 

[SpyWizard]

UNBELIEVABLE OBAMA GAFFES, Mistakes, Lies, and Confusion - YouTube

 

[youpissmeoff]

Only half of Americans pay taxes?

Man landed on the moon.