Really? Forty-seven percent of the country is irresponsible? You do realize this is about 150,000,000 people, right? You also realize that tax cuts promoted by your own party are why so many people pay so little income tax, right? But most importantly, you have to realize this number includes some of your own voters, right?
No?
Oops. Mitt happens.
Of this “dependent” 47% who “don’t pay income taxes,” 61% do pay payroll taxes (the middle-class and blue-collar workers about which you claim to care so deeply), and 22% who are elderly (who you also claim as part of your base), receive Social Security payments that are possibly also taxed.
My late parents were Medicare and Social Security beneficiaries and extremely responsible, Mitt. They worked their asses off for decades (as so many do), paid FICA and payroll and income taxes (as so many do), and were lucky enough to have meager pensions to boot. But they were nothing like “victims.” In fact, my dad voted for George Bush --- twice --- and probably would have wanted to vote for you too had he lived. (My mom? Not so much.)
But the point is, Mitt, my dad was not unique. The US has plenty of Harry O’Briens in its 47%; however, by speaking “inelegantly” to your base at a fundraiser, you have managed to alienate guys just like my dad, one of the most elegant, most responsible, hardest working men you would ever want to know.
So if this latest nonsense of yours is part of your campaign’s “reset,” then you might want to rethink it, because shooting yourself in the foot and then stepping on your own d!@k with that same foot will not inspire confidence in folks like my dad, and you definitely need all the Harry O’Briens you can muster.
Sincerely…
Harry’s son
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