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To: RetiredNow who wrote (129764)	2/4/2017 4:17:00 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219571

Churches and non-profit corporations who make up most of the 47% can't register to vote. — Even the for-profit corporations which did not pay taxes, like General Electric, can't register to vote. Given this background, one wonders what to make of Mitt Romney's claim that "The 47% will always vote for President rather than a Republican so they wouldn't lose their benefits"? Again, most of the 47% not paying taxes are corporations and churches who couldn't register to vote for the President even if their boards wanted them to. What are these benefits they stand to lose? Their tax-exempt status? GE's ability to deduct losses on GE Capital from their taxable income? Or was this nonsense an attack on elderly Americans who pay no taxes on their Medicare benefits, and many of whom pay no taxes on their Social Security income. People who have no regard for the truth end up saying and believing flatly ridiculous statements like this. Much worse. When those fed on this nonsense are elected, they make policy based on their wholly false perception of reality which brings them no closer to their own goals.