Why the "takers will re-elect Obama" meme is wrong in one picture

[FourScore]

Mon Nov 05, 2012 at 05:09 AM PST
Why the "takers will re-elect Obama" meme is wrong in one picture
by bradams

This probably doesn't count as a diary but I am starting to hear from my conservative friends that the only reason President Obama will win re-election (and he will win re-election) is because people who are dependent on the government (aka "takers&quot outnumber the people willing to work to provide for themselves (aka "makers&quot . That's BS so I put together this image to prove it. Thought some of you might like to use it with your own misguided friends.

Let me make it absolutely clear that I reject the "makers" and "takers" labels. I know people who don't earn enough to pay federal income taxes pay other taxes. I also know that in many instances they contribute more to our country than most millionaires and billionaires. I know Mitt Romney's "47%" is comprised of people like senior citizens who paid taxes all their lives and soldiers who are risking their lives on our behalf.




http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/05/1155798/-Why-the-takers-will-re-elect-Obama-meme-is-wrong-in-one-picture

[JoePhilly]

1. Paint the top 15 red (not just the top 10) and the maps are almost identical.

[SDjack]

2. The unfairness of the distribution of federal tax dollars back to the States

leaps out at the viewer. Maybe there should be a "non-redistribution of wealth" tax, which requires the Moocher States to pay back excess that they mooched. The Donor States are fools for allowing this mooching by ingrates.