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David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:13 PM Sep 2012

Some of that 47% that Mitt Willard Romney mocks...

Some of those 47% of Americans who don't pay income taxes (who do, by the way, still pay sales taxes, property taxes, gasoline taxes, utility taxes and more) include:

Disabled Americans

Wounded or traumatized veterans of Americans wars

Seniors living on their Social Security checks or pensions

Unemployed American women & men were downsized or whose jobs were outsourced overseas

And a hell of lot of Americans who just weren't born into fabulous wealth like Mitt Romney, a selfish prick who was handed life on a silver fucking plate. Those 47% of our American people, nonetheless, have their dignity and pride...and they get to vote, too.

What an insensitive asswipe the GOP nominee turned out to be. He actually makes George W. Bush look like he had a heart.

Well, now we all clearly know: Mitt Willard Romney get the willies from 50% of the American People, you know, decent Americans like the ones I listed above.

By the way, of the remaining 53% who do pay income taxes, there's one big asshole in that count who doesn't always pay his fucking income taxes either and when he does, it's less than 13%. Who is the that asshole? His name is Mitt Romney.

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Some of that 47% that Mitt Willard Romney mocks... (Original Post) David Zephyr Sep 2012 OP
Yep. Tax returns, please jsr Sep 2012 #1
Yes, this certainly re-opens that whole issue big time. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #2
I was just thinking that aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #5
Absolutely. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #8
you know... mshasta Sep 2012 #3
Well said! David Zephyr Sep 2012 #6
Does Romney even HAVE income? arcane1 Sep 2012 #4
Right! If he disses people that don't pay income tax, he's dissing himself. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #11
And I can't believe any honest American would associate with a Party... kentuck Sep 2012 #7
The have no shame at all, Kentuck. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #15
so if you don't vote for romney, fuck you...that's his message spanone Sep 2012 #9
Once again, I'm reminded of Idiocracy- Gregorian Sep 2012 #17
I consider voting for Obama to be the opposite for victim-hood. for example women voting for reprod Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #10
Wounded veterans of a war Romney supported but hid from in France. Marr Sep 2012 #12
Yep. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #18
i really hope that the breakdown of that 47% starts to get some serious air time tk2kewl Sep 2012 #13
Precisely. This is our opportunity to spell out who exactly he is demeaning. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #20
It includes most of the military Marrah_G Sep 2012 #14
He's really on his high rocking horse, isn't he? David Zephyr Sep 2012 #21
And what about children? They don't pay either. They are part of the 47% too. Kablooie Sep 2012 #16
It tells me that wages are far too low for 47% of earners. Iterate Sep 2012 #19
Let's not forget that some of those 47% who pay no income tax... Mister Ed Sep 2012 #22
And, like Romney, have no actual JOB! arcane1 Sep 2012 #23
And a large portion of them are REPUBLICANS ecstatic Sep 2012 #24

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
2. Yes, this certainly re-opens that whole issue big time.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:16 PM
Sep 2012

What is the name of that asshole? Mitt Romney.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
5. I was just thinking that
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:17 PM
Sep 2012

Romney says half of America consists of leeches and moochers? Mitt has reopened the issue as to whether he's doing his fair share or using tax avoiding scams.

mshasta

(2,108 posts)
3. you know...
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:17 PM
Sep 2012

how insulting it is for the waiters to be serving these people and still have to put up with humiliating nonsense....

kentuck

(111,069 posts)
7. And I can't believe any honest American would associate with a Party...
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:17 PM
Sep 2012

...that is doing its best to prevent people from voting? Do they support that??

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
15. The have no shame at all, Kentuck.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:28 PM
Sep 2012

That video is very disturbing the way he mocks half the nation.

We all know families with kids who are autistic, parents with Alzheimer's, siblings in wheel chairs and folks who just got swallowed up in the financial collapse that his cronies caused.

No wonder, as you say, the have no shame in blatantly suppressing the vote. They despise half the people in this country.

This is the best the GOP to hand to the American People? Someone who mocks them?

 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
10. I consider voting for Obama to be the opposite for victim-hood. for example women voting for reprod
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:22 PM
Sep 2012

rights or folks voting to preserve civil rights.

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
18. Yep.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:34 PM
Sep 2012

Like my brother who has Parkinson's and is a Vietnam veteran who was DRAFTED into that war away from his teaching job while Mitt was eating baguettes.

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
21. He's really on his high rocking horse, isn't he?
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:47 PM
Sep 2012

Even the Bushes know better than to talk like this. And that's saying a lot.

Kablooie

(18,619 posts)
16. And what about children? They don't pay either. They are part of the 47% too.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:28 PM
Sep 2012

and their parents pay anyway.

Iterate

(3,020 posts)
19. It tells me that wages are far too low for 47% of earners.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:41 PM
Sep 2012

Does this mean that the republicans are accidentally proposing a wage increase to a saving wage for that 47%? Probably not. But that is what should happen; triple the minimum wage, and triple energy costs (through taxes) while you're at it.

Then they could have their economy where no one working would need support. Surely they aren't suggesting that the 47% starve and go homeless. Well actually, yes they are.

Mister Ed

(5,927 posts)
22. Let's not forget that some of those 47% who pay no income tax...
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:48 PM
Sep 2012

...are filthy rich, and have very good tax attorneys. And yes, they do have a smug sense of entitlement - to all that they have, and all that you have.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
23. And, like Romney, have no actual JOB!
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:32 PM
Sep 2012

I'm sure he pays taxes on money he makes from stocks, etc, but that's more capital gains tax than income tax.

I could be wrong, but without an actual employer, he pays $0 in "income" taxes because he had $0 income.

ecstatic

(32,673 posts)
24. And a large portion of them are REPUBLICANS
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:37 PM
Sep 2012

voting against their best interests due to racism, misguided social beliefs, etc. On the other hand, I personally know several democrats who fall in the top 2% of income earners. Mitt's understanding of America is simply wrong.

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