Romney Q&A Devolves Into Shouting Match Over Entitlements

[Emit]

Run time: 03:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg1MnscddCs   Posted on YouTube: August 11, 2011 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress6 Views on YouTube: 302   Posted on DU: August 11, 2011 By DU Member: Emit Views on DU: 1258

 
VIDEO: Romney Angrily Confronted Over His Desire To Cut Entitlements While Protecting The Rich

By Pat Garofalo on Aug 11, 2011 at 12:27 pm


GOP 2012 presidential contender Mitt Romney today spoke at the Iowa state fair, before a key Republican debate tonight and an upcoming Iowa straw poll. At the end of his speech, a Q&A session quickly devolved into a shouting match.

The first questioner asked Romney if he would raise the cap on payroll taxes, so that the rich pay more into the system. Romney — who has a net worth of more than $200 million — said that raising the payroll tax cap for Social Security was tantamount to “attacking people because of their success”...

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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/08/11/293807/video-romney-angrily-confronted-over-his-desire-to-cut-entitlements-while-protecting-the-rich/

[Enrique]

1. those people are my heroes

:toast:

[William769]

2. I love that guy at the end giving Romney hell.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Everyone needs to read those top three stories

romney. boner, and mcconnell

[Skink]

4. Rick Perry needs to face that.

[kimsarah]

5. The only ones

who deserve entitlements are the wealthy. They worked hard to get what they've got. They are entitled to rig the system and keep what they steal from the poor. :grr:

[BigEd7]

6. It's not attacking people for being successful

It's getting those who are successful to acknowledge that they didn't succeed by themeselves.