Sunday, September 30, 2012

Mitt's True Colors!



“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 upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that 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. … 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. And 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 not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” (Connie Schultz, the National Memo, 20 September, 2012).
       The only time Mitt Romney tells the truth about what he believes is when he is behind closed doors where the only poor people allowed to be around him are the servers and the wait staff who work hard serving them and have to endure their insults, arrogance, and utter contempt. Mitt's "47% of the people" speech shows exactly what he really believes as he explains how "those people" (middle-class Americans) will vote against him because he is rich.

       Mitt claims that those who "vote for the president no matter what" are dependent on government to support them. According to the 2010 Census Report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other independent government statistics, the majority of those 47% of the people voted republican and show that Anglo/Caucasian are on welfare more than African American and Hispanics combined. They now make up the new poor generated from the Bush economic policies and deregulations that almost bankrupt America.

       "Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn’t connect". Mitt's statement alone shows how he is not just out of touch, but completely in a different galaxy far, far away! According to Mitt's own 2011 tax return and tax "summaries", he still paid less in taxes (13%) than all middle-class Americans (35%). Economists and professional accountants have discovered that Mitt's "summaries" are actually inflated to show he paid more in taxes and have calculated that Mitt may have actually paid less that 9% in taxes. However, Mitt's "message" of "low taxes" is clear: If you're rich ($200,000 or more), you will get a big tax break, and if you make less that $200,000, you will pay more in taxes.

       In an interview on CBS, Mitt Romney considers middle-class as those who make $200,000 to $250,000 a year. According to IRS records, only 4% of Americans (not including the top 1%) earn that much. Still, there is Mitt's problem with the 47% of Americans who do not earn as much and, as he believes, "do not pay taxes"! NEWS FLASH for Romney: ALL 99% of Americans pay a variety of taxes in local, state, and federal levels from property taxes, payroll taxes, social security, medicare/medicaid, federal withholding, federal OASDI, state taxes (where applicable), sales taxes, utility bill taxes, taxes incurred on pension, 401K, and benefits to retirees or when said savings plans reach a specified amount. But, according to Mitt, such people are "moochers who prefer handouts from the BIG BAD government" and should be written off  for daring to use such funds Americans put in through taxes.

       "And so my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” Again, Mitt Romney's true colors comes out as he says he will not "worry about those people" Exactly who are "those people" Mitt is referring to? In a room full of rich people, it is clear Mitt is talking about you and me and he'll never "convince" us to "take personal responsibility and care for our lives". We, the REAL American people, have always taken personal responsibility to care for our live and will demonstrate that by not voting for the plutocrat who emphatically told us to "eat cake" because we're jealous. If, according to Mitt Romney, we are jealous of his wealth, then why are Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet highly regarded by the middle-class and actually scorned by Republican-leaning rich people? Because they began their lives as we did: middle-class.

       Mitt Romney's message is clearly based on lies and hyperbole meant to stir anger among the less educated middle-class and poor Republican voter. Unknown to Mitt, his message based on his recent "47%" speech only reaffirms his war on the middle-class and working poor. Mitt only understands wealth, privilege, and aristocracy in the belief that only the rich should rule the world. Mitts private "47%" speech was only one of many only meant to be heard by wealthy donors and was held privately not to be heard by the multitude of Americans he views as "the little people" needed to vote for him.

       As more information is being fact-checked and witnesses coming forth to give testimony, the Republicans only recourse is to overtly lie, cheat, and steal to win another election. Mitt will hold more "private" fund-raising tours, but only in affluent areas where his viewed "47%" can never enter unless they're "the help". After all, Mitt has already written off half the nation as freeloaders and moochers and clearly noted that he does not need their vote. However, Mitt Romney has proven to the world that even obnoxious, ideologically motivated plutocrats can be losers, too!

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