I really don't think he was talking about a situation like that.
Tom Send a noteboard - 19/09/2012 02:39:15 AM
I really believe (and I could be wrong) that he is talking about the people who game food stamps, and the people who sit on their ass and do nothing and claim disability (the character of Janice on the Sopranos being a sadly too common sort of person these days), and people who abuse the EITC. The problem is that this abuse is spreading.
The alternative Romney is proposing is not to end unemployment insurance, or food stamps, or welfare, or any other program (well, except ObamaCare). What he proposes is to make sure that they're not being abused. There are ways to do it - look at what we did to fix welfare in 1994.
As I said, I think it was a bad statement to make, but I don't think that the intent was to shame Americans who are in need, but rather, to point out that Romney isn't going to get the votes of those who are using the system.
The alternative Romney is proposing is not to end unemployment insurance, or food stamps, or welfare, or any other program (well, except ObamaCare). What he proposes is to make sure that they're not being abused. There are ways to do it - look at what we did to fix welfare in 1994.
As I said, I think it was a bad statement to make, but I don't think that the intent was to shame Americans who are in need, but rather, to point out that Romney isn't going to get the votes of those who are using the system.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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So I guess I'm part of the "47%"?
- 18/09/2012 04:40:11 AM
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Lots of lazy people out there - everyone should work, whether or not it is the.....
- 18/09/2012 04:55:29 AM
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Oh, I love to work when it's available...
- 18/09/2012 05:01:21 AM
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You can't find work as a teacher? *NM*
- 18/09/2012 05:07:04 AM
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Not as crazy as it sounds- a lot depends on where you are, and what you teach. *NM*
- 18/09/2012 05:12:25 AM
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Unemployment is either the fault of people too lazy to work, or Obamas fault.
- 18/09/2012 05:28:26 AM
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That's... actually a cogent point. *NM*
- 18/09/2012 09:11:07 AM
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Happy to oblige.
- 18/09/2012 09:28:48 AM
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Well, that's not exactly the point, and I think you know it.
- 18/09/2012 05:24:48 PM
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In terms of employment, it really is, inescapably.
- 18/09/2012 09:48:28 PM
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Nope.
- 18/09/2012 10:29:50 PM
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Even granting the first part, extending unemployment insurance 6 months=/=4 years of 8% unemployment
- 19/09/2012 12:06:15 AM
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Actually, there was one other Obama "entitlement:" He gave out a lot of small business loans.
- 18/09/2012 10:01:45 PM
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That's not really the point though, is it?
- 18/09/2012 09:41:52 AM
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American politics is a joke. As such, you will see/hear stupid things like this all the time.
- 19/09/2012 05:14:56 PM
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Hold on there. Everyone should work? And conservatives time and time again talk out their asses.
- 19/09/2012 05:04:30 PM
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You are only saying that because he is not latino! 
- 18/09/2012 05:20:14 AM
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- 18/09/2012 05:20:14 AM
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Oh, but do not forget: If you make $200,000-$250,000/year you are also "middle class."
- 18/09/2012 06:10:55 AM
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God, how I despise this attitude of his
- 18/09/2012 09:42:34 AM
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We need a safety net
- 18/09/2012 05:08:43 PM
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You are forgetting that Obama only graduated due to the evils of Affirmative Action
- 18/09/2012 05:16:24 PM
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Lets say I accept that premise of admittance was caused by Affirmative Action
- 18/09/2012 05:33:13 PM
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Just to answer your questions....
- 18/09/2012 05:54:33 PM
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Harvard Law Review
- 18/09/2012 06:53:47 PM
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That first sentence is too long: "If it wasn't due to the safety net George Romney would not lived"
- 18/09/2012 10:00:12 PM
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I don't recall him (or any other Republican) advocating a revocation of assistance.
- 18/09/2012 11:02:08 PM
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It's valid to argue about the number (and everyone is), but Romney's basic point is valid.
- 18/09/2012 10:59:48 PM
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I guess his is perhaps a true "politically incorrect" comment (much as I hate that phrase)? 
- 19/09/2012 12:05:48 AM
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- 19/09/2012 12:05:48 AM
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I really don't think he was talking about a situation like that.
- 19/09/2012 02:39:15 AM
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