Are there no workhouses for the poor? Motherjones’ David Corn reports: When he doesn't know a
camera's rolling, the GOP candidate shows his disdain for half of America.
During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors
what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He
dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume
responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of
them. Fielding a question from a donor about how he could triumph in November,
Romney replied:
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
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…These are people who pay no income tax.
Romney went on: "[M]y job is is not to worry about
those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility
and care for their lives."
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