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To: Alighieri who wrote (674485)	9/19/2012 6:27:32 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1584550

>> Nah...he just called them self described victims and freeloaders... They are what they are. Look, he was making a good point, which is there are huge numbers of people who have elected the easy way out of taking taxpayer dollars instead of working harder. My son told me of running into a guy he knew in high school a couple weeks ago, and he asked, "What are you doing these days?" The guy told him, "Right now I'm on unemployment. Hell, it is $400 a week for doing nothing. I'm gonna get it as long as I can." As I previously pointed out, the number of people on Disability has skyrocketed under Obama. You think all these people were just suddenly "disabled"? Of course not. They're gaming a system which is a sitting target. So, whether it is the same 47% that supports Obama, no, of course, there are some who aren't the same. But it is fair to say that when you have 10s of millions on foodstamps, are adding 16 million on taxpayer-funded health care, unemployeds can have free money for two years, there simply isn't the proper incentive for actually working for a living. Those people are going to vote for Obama, period. And the more you get doing this, the harder it is to get people off the dole. Romney's point, whatever you call it, is pretty much spot-on. You can argue the numbers aren't that high, but anyone who supports Obama -- around 47% -- is someone who is either not understanding the policy implications, or who is taking advantage of it.