So, DO YOU PAY FEDERAL TAXES?
Or are you part of the 47% You Freeloader who doesn't assume responsibility!
(Please answer the Poll and let's take an unofficial count on our site today?)
By now you have probably heard about Mitt Romney clearly defining his base, or more accurately WHO IS NOT HIS BASE:
During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them. Fielding a question from a donor about how he could triumph in November, Romney replied:
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 the 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…These are people who pay no income tax.
Romney went on: "[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
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LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK at Romney's definition of his base. He is clearly defining his base using the criterion of 'not paying taxes?' A second look may cause Mitt to do a 'flip flop.' What about the 'Freeloader' Corporations who do not pay taxes? Are they part of the 47%? Does Mitt consider them 'freeloaders'? Does Romney dismiss them as well? Or are THEY HIS REAL BASE?
All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them,
Why is it virtuous for corporations not to pay taxes and be dependent on the government yet the average Joe/Jill is considered a leech? Obviously it has to do with something other than what taxes are actually paid or if they are paid.
One problem with the Republican theory is that many big corporations actually pay little, if any, federal income tax. For example, The New York Times has reported that General Electric, the sixth-largest corporation in the United States, earned $14.2 billion in 2010, but disclosed in federal filings that it had no federal tax liability.
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When poor people pay no federal income taxes and get a government refund because of such programs as the earned-income tax credit, Republicans are incensed, implying that if only the poor paid their fair share that the deficit would disappear. They never suggest that corporations like G.E. pay their fair share, even though the G.E. example is far from unique, according to Citizens for Tax Justice.
from NYT: Some Big Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Either
To put it mildly, what is good for the goose is not good for the gander.
Short form: Romney wants to cook our goose.
Shorter response: Let's do the same for him first.
Please take the Poll and see how many people in 2011 paid Federal Income Taxes?