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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1028336" data-attributes="member: 18225">Care to elaborate?Romney&#039;s quote about the &#039;47%&#039;, while good fodder for the $50,000-a-plate fundraiser he was unfortunately recorded at, doesn&#039;t quite square with the math about who pays taxes.Sooooooo...Romney is pretty tone-deaf about the reality on the ground, but that&#039;s just who he is. When asked about the &#039;middle-class&#039;, Romney seems to think the cut-off is around $250,000 US....................................WTF?; what alternate America is he running for President of?...................................(I&#039;ve said it before: I understand the context of the &#039;speech&#039; /47%/ he was giving to the REALLY rich people, and, in that vein, I think the media is giving Romney a slightly unfair-shake on this issue...yet I&#039;m not sure why anyone is surprised by his statements: obviously this is what he believes, etc.)As well, a small percentage of the &#039;47%&#039; who don&#039;t pay taxes (as Mr. Romney just inelegantly pointed out) include a minority of the 1% [America&#039;s richest], who, for tax reasons, have moved their investments overseas to avoid tax liability...are these people &#039;victims&#039; too?)Bottom line:&nbsp;Willard is indeed a businessman, and he&#039;s applying everything he&#039;s learned in the back-breaking world of the corporate-raider-pirate-club to his own campaign.He&#039;ll tell anyone, in any situation, exactly what that particular audience wants to hear.This brouhaha over this &#039;leaked&#039; video is ridiculous:&nbsp; HE WAS JUST BEING MITT R, TRYING TO SEAL THE DEAL TO THE CONSTITUENT OF THE MOMENT.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1028336, member: 18225"] Care to elaborate? Romney's quote about the '47%', while good fodder for the $50,000-a-plate fundraiser he was unfortunately recorded at, doesn't quite square with the math about who pays taxes. Sooooooo...Romney is pretty tone-deaf about the reality on the ground, but that's just who he is. When asked about the 'middle-class', Romney seems to think the cut-off is around $250,000 US. ................................... WTF?; what alternate America is he running for President of? ................................... ([I][U]I've said it before[/U]: [/I][I] I understand the context of the 'speech' /47%/ he was giving to the REALLY rich people, and, in that vein, I think the media is giving Romney a slightly unfair-shake on this issue...yet I'm not sure why anyone is surprised by his statements: obviously this is what he believes, etc.)[/I] As well, a small percentage of the '47%' who don't pay taxes (as Mr. Romney just inelegantly pointed out) include a minority of the 1% [SIZE=1][[B]America's richest[/B]][/SIZE], who, for tax reasons, have moved their investments overseas to avoid tax liability...[B]are these people 'victims' too[/B]?) [B]Bottom line:[/B] Willard is indeed a businessman, and he's applying everything he's learned in the back-breaking world of the corporate-raider-pirate-club to his own campaign. He'll tell anyone, in any situation, exactly what that particular audience wants to hear. This brouhaha over this 'leaked' video is ridiculous: HE WAS JUST BEING MITT R, TRYING TO SEAL THE DEAL TO THE CONSTITUENT OF THE MOMENT. [/QUOTE]

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