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Don’t fault Mitt for being honest

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We appreciate your frankness in this matter.

I don’t know why everybody’s being so hard on Mitt Romney. All the man did was say exactly what he thinks — which, when you think about it, is more than anybody else does during an election season. If all candidates would just lay their cards on the table like he did — maybe without relying on a secret video to spread the good news — we could dispense without about 94 percent of the bullshit political ads.

At no other point in his campaign has Romney so clearly articulated what he stands for: He will work for the 53 percent of Americans who pay income taxes. He will not work for the 47 percent who don’t. Because they are parasites.

It doesn’t matter that about two-thirds of the parasites have jobs and therefore pay payroll taxes, or that their income-tax liability decreased as a result of the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. It doesn’t matter that the rest are on Social Security, or unemployed as the result of an epic economic collapse in the closing days of the Bush presidency. If you pay income taxes, you’re in. If not, well … on Planet Romney, “takers” can take a hike.

Fortunately for Romney, it happens that those who pay income tax still outnumber those who don’t. So his philosophy would seem to dovetail nicely with his need for more votes than his opponent. If there’s a downside, it’s probably that naysayers like Jon Stewart are always pointing out that guys like Romney tend to pay a far lower percentage of their income than working stiffs. And that if you’re talking about “makers” vs. “takers,” what exactly is that Wall Street millionaires make, exactly?

No matter. Here at Boca Knadlero, I think we’re still paying income tax, plus a little extra. We’re part of the few, the proud — the 53 percent. So naturally, it’s Romney all the way.

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  1. John H. says

    I found it interesting that Mr. Romney echoed the sentiments of George W., who also said (if I recall correctly) that he represents only the people who voted for him.

  2. Paula says

    There is video on line of Romney’s mother, as first lady of MI, talking about how George Romney had to have welfare when he first immigrated from Mexico.
    Paul Ryan had social security survivor’s benefits after his father died. The only private sector job he had was working for his family’s construction firm, whose largest customer was the federal government. They helped build the interstate highway system.
    These people are a real piece of work. After they or their families get what they need, they rail against anyone else having anything.
    Worse, they consider social security and veterans’ benefit recipients part of the 47%, as if they were on welfare, despite paying their dues, and likely paying a higher tax rate than Ronmey when they were working. A pox on them!