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To: Alighieri who wrote (708873)	4/12/2013 5:52:08 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572098

>> That's your version of his point. What he said, according to the transcript, was: "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 that 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. And I mean, the president starts off with 48, 49, 48—he starts off with a huge number." Now, you can argue about it from now on, but there are, in fact, 47% or more who are dependent on government and they do, largely, believe they're victims. Those on disability believe they're victims (even though a substantial portion of them are there fraudulently). Those on SS believe they're victims, because they believe they actually paid in more than they're getting, which is 180 degrees from the truth. Medicare is precisely the same, except the average deficit is higher. 1/6 are getting food stamps, victims of society. And god knows how many are getting unemployment benefits or state medicaid benefits. It is absurd. So, you can argue about whether it is 45% or 50%. You can argue about whether some of them voted for Romney, or about any number of facts. But the essence of his statement was absolutely factual -- these people think they're entitled, or that they're victims or that society owes them something, and they damn well are going to vote for the guy who says he'll give it to them, even if there isn't enough money because they're too ignorant not to realize the larger meaning of it. It sounded bad -- and Romney admitted as much when he realized it would cost him the election. But no truer statement was ever told. If Obama had had an honest bone in his body he would have come clean and said, "You know, that 47% is in the ballpark."