Comments by "BaltimoreAndOhioRR" (@BaltimoreAndOhioRR) on "Hillary Clinton Insults a Quarter of the Country Again" video.
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"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Romney said in the video. "All right, 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, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what"
"And I mean the president starts out with 48, 49 percent … he starts off with a huge number," Romney continued. "These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn’t connect. So he’ll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. I mean, that’s what they sell every four years. And so my job is is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives"
What he said is true. In this quote above, every time he says "president", "he", or "him", he's referring to Obama, but generally means ANY Democrat opponent. It's true, Democrats have a lock on about 47% of the population. Gov't. workers, Unions, Ghetto slums, minorities, and most people living on Gov't assistance of some sort will ALWAYS vote Democrat no matter who it is. A Republican can make the best tax plan ever, and those people will STILL say "the rich arent paying enough" (Exhibit A-Trump)... so what Romney was saying is that there was no reason for him to try to convince those types of people or to befriend them. He needs to go after the fence-sitters, plus impress his base enough to motivate them to go out and vote.
EDIT - The "no income tax" part refers to FEDERAL INCOME TAX, not SS, sales tax, property tax, liquor tax, etc...
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