return, 14% of his income. that s a lot less than upper middle class people, lawyers, accountants, doctors pay. because the government favors capital over labor. does that make capital dependent on government? i hope he s asked about it. and i think that this is how it s going to play on the right wing, i believe. that the blogosphere has started praising his remarks. romney was on message according to some. in some strange way, could this help romney with his base? i don t know. i think the folks who are going to respond positively to this were already voting against president obama. few people will turn out. but i just don t see how this statement helps him. there s so many people he is putting in that dependent category who think of themselves as hardworking republicans. so i don t see how this helps. social security, medicare, i don t think he was talking about that. i think he was talking about
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government is dependent and a victim. by the way, i did the math. romney has set a daunting standard for himself. if he s right, that 47% is ruled out for him, that means he needs 94.5% of that 53% to win the election. so it s a very odd standard. but let s analyze, who is he talking about here? seniors on medicare and social security, well they depend upon the government. are they part of that class? what about people on veterans benefits? what about students who want to work hard in their lives and get student loans to go to college. what about low-income people who get help for their children? are all these people lazy? no. all of those things you re mentioning, this is an endorsement of the ryan plan. this sound byte that we have gotten from mitt romney behind closed doors is a full throttle
to be on medicare and want to be poor, want to be disabled, want to have assistance? is that really the path that he thinks that americans want to take? and most americans i believe tonight, especially liberals, will be offended by the comment. personal responsibility. personal responsibility. those of you in nursing homes, those in wheelchairs, those who depend on assistance by the government because we re a government of compassion, we have always been a country of compassion. but the republicans are putting up a candidate who wants to wipe away that because we want to privatize everything. the obama campaign has also responded. it s shocking that a candidate for president of the united states would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half the american people view themselves as victims entitled to handouts
by the way, i did the math. romney has set a daunting standard for himself. if he s right, that 47% is ruled out for him, that means he needs 94.5% of that 53% to win the election. so it s a very odd standard. but let s analyze, who is he talking about here? seniors on medicare and social security, well they depend upon the government. are they part of that class? what about people on veterans benefits? what about students who want to work hard in their lives and get student loans to go to college. what about low-income people who get help for their children? are all these people lazy? no. all of those things you re mentioning, this is an endorsement of the ryan plan. this sound byte that we have gotten from mitt romney behind closed doors is a full throttle endorsement of the ryan plan.