It might be too blunt for politics but it is a refreshing dose of honesty. Now only if Obama can get caught off record. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/romney-faults-those-dependent-on-government
He is off by about 40% and here is the evidence: You can go check these figures for yourself on the IRS web site 53.6% of current US citizens pay a federal income tax (These are the non-freeloaders according to Romney) 28.3% of current US citizens pay no federal income tax but they do pay the payroll tax. These people have jobs but qualify for enough deductions that their tax liability has been reduced to zero. It is worth noting that the aforementioned deductions were implemented as part of the 2001 & 2003 tax cuts, which Romney claims he favors extending. How can these people be considered free loaders? 10.3% of current US citizens pay no federal income tax because they're retired and elderly. Many retirees are not taxed on their Social Security benefits. Are these people free loaders? 6.9% of current US citizens are non-elderly, have incomes less than $20,000 per year and are not paying the payroll tax. Further, Romney still hasn't proved that he is a tax payer. He continues to hide his tax returns so what else should we assume? Is he a free loader too?
You can play with numbers however you want. “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” Mr. Romney said. “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.” HE IS 100% RIGHT. Obama has 47% of the vote locked up NOT MATTER WHAT!!!! “These are people who pay no income tax,” he added. "I’ll address just that last part in this post." "Mr. Romney is absolutely correct that about half of American households do not pay federal income tax. (He is also tapping into a now long-running vein of conservative anger at those households.) But he is missing some crucial context on why they do not pay federal income tax." "The nonpartisan and highly respected Tax Policy Center derived the 47 percent number – it is actually 46 percent, as of 2011 – and published an excellent analysis of it last summer." http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/the-reasons-behind-the-people-who-pay-no-income-tax/ http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/2011/07/27/why-do-people-pay-no-federal-income-tax-2/
I think Democrats are taking this quote out of context in the same vein Republicans did with the you didn't build that quote.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxtopics/federal-taxes-households.cfm Here you go. Now, let's hear your rebuttal.
