I needed hugs

I posted that my elderly mother is 47% but she worked since she was 17 until she was retired.....

I have a hard time believing that anyone could mock you for posting what you did. If they do, however, at least you'll know which people aren't worth your time any more.

But the silence on my facebook is deafening Lol. I think I might have made some (even the liberals) uncomfortable.

Your post speaks to exactly what it means to be a liberal.

Great job! Keep doing what you do. Take care of your family and yourself and try to wake some people up.

it's because we're unhappy about the amount of help your getting-it should be larger!

retired and on Medicare. During my lifetime I've paid every kind of tax you can name and certainly more than Rmoney has paid. Do I feel like a moocher - Hell no. Do I feel like a victim - Hell no. Don't take any bullshit from them til they've walked in your shoes, and I bet a lot of them are right now. If they mock you they are nothing more than assholes. Hang in there and never give up. And welcome to DU - we need you here.

I have never allowed myself to appear a victim. I'm not except to fate. My kids only see that I work hard and we have the basics and more love than should be legal! They know we are blessed to have what we do.

If anyone is uncomfortable with your situation, that is their issue not yours.

People need to hear about real life situations and circumstances that pull us under at times like a tide. Some we can foresee and try to offset, some we cannot. Life is not a magical land for most of us. We do what we have to do. Nobody should be judged on how they provide for their family.

You need not worry about what others think. You know who you are and what shoes you need to fill, and most importantly you are doing it gallantly.

Godspeed to you, friend

And welcome to DU!

You are very welcome Yes, I am new to DU and so far I am still trying to navigate my way around the website, but having a great time!

I live in the DEEEPPPP South and I HAMMER my FB friends with stuff about Romney. I mean, HAMMER. I think we ALL should.

I think we should bombard people everywhere they look with what a complete douchebag this guy is. And I talk about how poor we are right now because of the economy and how I cannot afford for any more wealth to migrate up from the middle class to the upper class.

and I finally got sick & tired of sitting back and taking it! The other side sure as hell doesn't have any problem ramming their bigoted, selfish, and ignorant opinions down our throats - it's time we hit back. Believe it or not, since I started posting stuff on FB supporting our side, others I know have started doing the same (people who in the past would have kept their mouths shut), and I've definitely brought some people over to our side. Once you finally start sticking up for your convictions, it's actually quite liberating.

I have had several people send me private messages saying that they are not going to vote for Romney this time around. I have gotten several new friends since I started beating the shit out of Romney on my wall and lost no old friends.

I've not changed any minds yet I don't think, but all of a sudden they are demanding no more political posts! lol I think it's due to the video, and they fact that they don't have any answers.

One friend posted about the 4,000 millionaires who aren't paying taxes - and someone posted back that there was only 4,000 millionaires in the country! omg.... they are dumb.... anyway corrected the mistake and he kept insisting only 4,000 total... Apparently he had read a header about the 47& and the 4,000. omg

If they're gonna run their mouth I see no problem with us running ours.

Seeing as they get pissed off when you fact check their lunacy, there's no point trying to avoid pissing them off. It's going to happen anyway.

It is people like Romney would should be ashamed and I hope the good people of America stand up to him and elect Obama by a landslide.

Hate survives when people can keep it at arms length, away from themselves. You made this news personal, because it is. You showed people who the REAL 47% is. You did the right thing.

The woman on Martin Bashir just told a story about her mother being on unemployment and selling t-shirts in the streets to feed her family. She was PROUD of her mother for working so hard to support her family.

People fall on hard times. It happens. People need help sometimes. It happens. The only people who would need to feel ashamed would be the ones who changed how they felt about you because of a post like that.

Facts don't do much for most republicans. But an impassioned statement by someone they love and/or care about might make a difference.

I really hope your situation gets better.

And you are right on in your post. If I were on Facebook I would have to leave the country for what I would say about Mittwit, Lyan Ryan and the entire GOP and their supporters. I would have to hide like Rushdie.

If the free market really worked like they say it will, we would not need these programs. Capitalism as it is being practiced now is a failure for a decent society.

Stand tall.

I really needed the reality check and the love!

-Laelth

You are to business working on everyday living. Now I want to see this man's income tax. We have a right to know. I am now getting social security and Jan I will be getting medicare. I receive through my husband Tricare. We both worked very hard for the things we paid into. Don't ever be ashamed the money you get. My husband alway said he never backs out of a room picking up his pay check. He is right. The government doesn't give us anything that we didn't earn.

I am on SSD and Medicare because I have a disablity. Sometimes when I hear things that not just the politicians but some of my RePuke friends and family say about people living off the government, it really hurts deep down inside.

I just have to keep reminding myself that I paid into the SS & Medicare System for many years and I earned it. Plus I didn't ask to get sick.

ask them if you didn't have these programs for people like you then who do you expect them to take care of people like you? They're families? Really? Well why do you think these programs were started in the first place. Then ask them if any of them get government assistance? All else fails unfriend them because they really aren't your friends.

We get treated like we don't deserve a voice. And Romney has made it clear that he believes that!

In all kinds of ways.

My husband died 4 years ago, leaving me a half-built house(he was putting on an addition) and three kids. I almost have the house done one board at a time. Even if I could sell it in this market, my kids won't let me cause "dad built it"

Because they are held by trusts or corporations that have held them since 1978 when Prop 13 went into effect and has kept their taxable value at a fraction of current market value.

The Republicans got Prop 13 passed by claiming it would help the elderly stay in their homes. Instead, it has been a windfall for the rich and big business, while starving schools and local governments.

I don't know what state you live in, but many have a property tax rebate on a sliding scale dependent on income (the lower the income, the larger the rebate).

In Minnesota I know someone that has a house assessed at $230,000 and prop taxes are nominally about $3800, but about half is rebated.

I could tell you about my crappy condo worth $68,000 at the last assessment, but I'm sure that's nowhere near your situation.

You'll have to sell it or lose it. It probably isn't going to be easy to sell right now anyway, but if you're going to lose it, then what is the point of that?

That $7000 is what struck me too. Sometimes you've just got to downsize.

We lived in a small 3/1 home when I was a kid, and my father was also engaged in building a garage, spare room out back when he had a heart-attack and died. He wasn't very far along, so instead of finishing it, we just took up the form boards. With us, there wasn't much to downsize to, save outside.

at the family business. I've never needed a safety net, but I certainly don't begrudge those that do.

Most of the people who need social safety nets have the children that Republicans say should be born, but then want to deny even food in their mouths. If a five year old needs food in their mouth, a roof over their head, and *gasp* healthcare, you are a heartless person for claiming that their parents are greedy for doing everything to help their children have all three.

I pay my taxes. I don't mind when they go to feed a hungry child. I do mind when I hear a Republican claim that all single mothers usually have a boyfriend on the couch that is a drug dealer on the side. I do mind when I hear public workers get disparaged because they have a pension and can afford to retire. I do mind when I hear that kids who depend on school lunches shouldn't get fed.

I give a damn about having a civil society, and I feel put upon by no one, since I helped finance it. It's the price I pay for not having seniors, the disabled, and children dying in the street.

ass-kicking today ? *smile*

Can I exchange this for an ass-kicking I'll probably earn tomorrow, Skittles?

I KNOW YOUR TYPE!!!

to deliver an ass-kicking

Note: I'm a one-woman lesbian.

EDIT: And a "one party as of right now that gives a damn about people" Democrat.

YEE HAW!!!

Yee Haw indeed, my friend

Romney's policies will hurt people, and the people who will be hurt need to stand up and be heard and maybe the not-evil-just-ignorant Repugs will realize that they're supporting a person who will cause harm to the people they love! Pax!

I am overwhelmed by the kindness of this (my) community! Couldn't the world be a little more like this?

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I totally understand your frustration, and there's no need to apologize for it.

I rarely use FB, but lately I've been posting more political things on it--sort of expecting to get some pushback from my Republican friends. That didn't happen (deafening silence, like you).

Instead, I've been getting 'Likes' from people I never expected would agree with Liberal views--in addition to the 'Usual (Liberal) Suspects', lol. On one post, I had a 'Like' within 30 seconds.

You have nothing to be ashamed about, and I'm proud of you for taking a stand--and for expressing yourself so well! Are we getting pissed off yet? You bet we are!

"BRING IT ON!"


Best of luck to you...

Love & Peace,
pinboy3niner

you are one heck of a woman...Glad you have your kids behind you.

Nothing for you to be ashamed about.

I'm usually pretty calm (even when talking politics) so they may just be wondering how to respond.

I can't believe my niece will probably vote for him. She is definitely in the 47% and is getting food stamps. She doesn't understand that mitt doesn't give two dead flies about her or anyone like her, which is most of her friends. I have a feeling it's because of her Mom and her religion. Sad because she is willing to vote against her own best interest.

I think I've pissed her off with some of the stuff I've posted about supporting the GLBT community and abortion. In fact, her father (my brother) and I refuse to support any organization or business that comes out and supports discrimination of any type. Apparently, she thinks it's okay for business to do that and supports Chik-fil-A. My brother and I said screw that.

Is she still a supporter after listening to that clip of him dissing half the country?

Well, then you really know who your true friends are and which ones are not.

Today my daughter in law's mother posted on FB her disappointment in Romney. She had planned to vote for this man and because of what was released on the video she says she is not "for him anymore". I could have cheered aloud and DID! I could not comment on her FB posting, however, because I've had to stop posting on FB as it was causing issues with my son and his wife. (mostly his wife) They are big Romney (and especially Ryan) supporters. I tried everything I knew to get them to understand that if they voted for RR that they were voting AGAINST their best interests. But I got nowhere and so had to stop putting political comments on FB. With her mom's comments today, I am hoping against hope that they will see that and investigate and read more and change their minds, too.

So you never know what good you will have done by posting what you did. Even if one person understands the situation better and sees why a vote for RR is a bad thing, you will have done a good thing for the rest of us!

Thanks for your bravery. And if you get flamed, just wear your asbestos underwear and don't give it another thought!

Noticed your avatar! My sis and husband are ultra conservative and support Romney. First time ever she hasn't responded to a post of mine!

You are working and trying your hardest with the hand you were dealt. There is absolutely NO shame in that at all.

I had to get off of Facebook because of the political lies being posted around. What you posted on Facebook was true. You did good!

That is why I rarely post there anymore. By the way- welcome to DU!

What you did was very brave.

People need to be reminded that is not just some nameless faceless others that depend on government services but our family, our friends, our neighbors, ourselves.

It won't matter to die hard Republicans but it should matter to those who still have a heart, a soul, and a brain left.

this stupid myth that the bad guys have been pushing since the God-forsaken reagan years.

I think people need to see the "47%," if you will, for the genuine living breathing human beings they are. Not just some millionaires-talking-to-each-other-a-the-country-club-about-the-great-unwashed (who MAY be lucky enough to have been hired to wait tables or clean the men's room at that country club).

Most of the 47% will pay it forward to help others if they are able to make it past the lean years and hard times.

People like RMoney only pay it forward when they know they'll Lise it in estate taxes anyway.

More people should read about what a vile piece of trash Rmoney truly is.

DU is an wonderful, safe place filled with the most awesome people on the planet. It's my fervent hope that all those teabilly haters out there discover some goddamn compassion, but I am not holding my breath. It's ok, though, we might squabble occasionally, but I have never been around a finer group of people than folks on DU.

DU keeps me sane LOL

You have nothing to feel ashamed about!
The R's meme is totally inaccurate. They embrace a picture of low income people in a stereotype that is not rooted in reality. You live in reality where wages are lower, businesses hire part-time to avoid paying much in benefits and the cost of living is going up. You have a lot of company.

rMoney and his friends are getting what they want - lower tax rates and more loopholes. The breaks for low income, that are fashioned by the GOP by the way, are to keep people from rioting in the streets while the 1% walks away.

We all do the best we can.

To fight the Empathy in them with Apathy so they to can Lie, Steal and Exploit all in the name of " Personal Responsibility " . Have the people that are well off were endowed by the same misanthropes that ripped off our ancestors, perfect example http://rense.com/general26/dutch.htm And I was raised by people just like you, And couldn't be happier or love them more, we love you.

Born with Turners Syndrome and had 3 open heart surgeries. I had to go on welfare as I could not work and had to get medicaid for her to live. I could not work becuase she took alot of my time. She is 26 now and works hard pays taxes and we are all well. I've been there too. Most of us are not Ann Romney!

Tell it like it is. People who struggle don't deserve Mitt's insults.

93rd rec!

"I didn't pay (owe) any federal income tax last year." That's the key! You didn't pay because you didn't owe. And because of that, YOU are owed. Hope that helps.

I am feeling so much stronger! Thanks you all!

Thanks for sharing Your "light" with us!
It is incredible that Rmoney is even running for president! He just "isn't right"---I mean he doesn't seem human to me!

I play games, so I have lots of strangers as friends (well, my dog does, but that is another story.
I seemed to have been friended by a group of military families in Louisiana who are very right wing, but I am kind and generous to their children in the game, so they keep me on.

I posted that I was retired an one of the 47% but I paid a greater percent of my modest income in taxes than Romney. I linked the Salon article about Romney hating half of America. I got on go with your bad self from a liberal friend and one like from one of the the military families. I think the rest just block my status and only read games. I have to add it to my games posts next.

I get so sick of these rich asshats reducing all of us to statics on a spread sheet. Your voice is way important than theirs, unfortunately people like you and I have been shamed into being quite. being told that being poor is YOUR fault, is bullshyt. We live in country where over the last 30 years our government has allowed good paying jobs to be sent to other countries. BECAUSE OF THAT ALONE, OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE!!!!

Never be ashamed about living an honest life
Thank you for your post!

God bless you and your family. Keep going. That's your best revenge on Romney the Spoiled Brat!

Here, you're preaching to the converted. On FB, maybe you can change minds.

NOT YOU.

Look at their beliefs. They say they are Christians (his followers) but they HATE the poor and don't want anyone to have food? Food stamps pay for hungry children! Who should be ashamed? THEY SHOULD.

You are obviously a hard working person who got hit by hard times, but you are holding your family together and honoring your husband's love labor in your home.

You are family values.

Hold your head up high, because you are everything they pretend to be. I don't believe in Jesus like they do, but I do believe in his message, and if anyone is walking that talk it's you and the people who stand up for the vulnerable in our society.

As a side note, I have noticed that abusive people refer to the people they are abusing as "victims". Then the "victim" is supposed to be ashamed of being a victim, instead of noticing that they are being abused. Romney's comments are abusive, disrespectful and unfit for a leader.

also, Paccar, PG&E corp, Computer Sciences, Nisource, CenterPoint Energy. These people not only did not pay taxes, they received welfare in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Ohhhhh....that brings to mind another person who most likely hasn't payed any taxes, Mitt Romney where the hell are your tax returns.



il_lilac; You have no reason to feel guilty or ashamed because of the help you have received, hold your head high.

Truth is always the right thing to spread.

Rec

@ il_lilac no it wasnt . your post was spot on .

then your children will take care of you in your old age. I also hope medicare for all is just around the corner too.

I managed to raise my daughter to go through college (pell grants) and now she'll be there for me when I need her. For now I know I'll likely never retire fully. I'm too used to working 2 or 3 jobs at a time, that now working 2 days only seems odd. But this IS my retirement and it's a long time coming.

I'd love to see the day when life is really made easier for the lower and lower-middle class. I don't see why we can't have education (Including college) and health care provided for all. Both have a lot to do with National Security and the richness of the nation. And the provision of both would certainly make life easier and happier.

Don't let him and the GOP have power over you.

You've nothing to be ashamed of. The best Americans are more than willing to pay their fair share so that those less fortunate, for whatever the reason, have a safety net. It's the ugly Americans who want to shred that.

It's long past time that the Horatio Alger story that anyone willing to work hard enough can be rich. Rich is happenstance, usually based on whose womb we came out of. We should all have the basics, food, clothing, health care and education. That ought to be the birthright of every human being. That it isn't, is shameful, not what you've written.

That was from the heart and there is nothing stronger than that.

Hold your head high and do as you are doing. We do not have control over situations in our lives. You are working with tools that are available to you, and you are keeping a better life in your focus, along with caring and loving your children.

No, you are not wrong in the least. You are a good person, good parent, and very bright and compassionate.

My blessings to you and your children..they are blessed to have you as a parent

I left for an hour and am humbled by your kind words, love , and support. Still not a single comment on FB post, but maybe I did get someone over there to think. Thanks to all of you I am once more walking with my head up!

just like you, we pay a ton of property tax (texas is very high) and of course pay the social security and such. but...

i didn't pay federal taxes this year because i was deployed for another year away from my wonderful wife. and, we sacrificed quite a bit to get through this deployment together. we're separated again right now, as a matter of fact, for mandatory training. after a year away, a couple months later i'm gone for another six weeks.

well, i saw romney as a privileged bully anyway. but now he's really putting his attitude about the 47% of us he'll never reach out there.

i guess it's fair to say, maybe he will never reach us... with his attitudes.

in my early 20's I was working a full-time job without health benefits. While playing co-ed softball, a big guy slid into me, cleats up, breaking my leg in 4 places and requiring surgery to repair the break. I was in a cast for 7 months (it was taking a long time for my bones to mend). I couldn't work during that time because I worked in a production environment that required I be on my feet for 8 hours a day. In order to pay my hospital bills and other bills, the hospital got me hooked up with welfare. I was on welfare for 7 months (including food stamps).

The reason I don't feel ashamed about relating this story is because I pay taxes. I pay into a system that is there to help people when they are in need. I know the reality that there are some people that could do better for themselves but simply choose to stay on welfare instead but there are many more people like me (and possibly you) who need a hand UP, not a hand out. Once I was able to go back to work (fortunately the company I'd been working at held my position), I started contributing to the system again (I also had to promise the state of Pennsylvania if I ever won the lottery, I'd pay back what the state gave me). Anyway, this is what these programs are there for and screw anyone who doesn't like it. For all the talk of how great America is by Republicans, one of the things that make's America great is its willingness to help people who need the help.

You are in a rigged system. The wealth of the people, both the 47% and the 99% has been redistributed--upward to the 1%.

You've been used, underpaid, and if you feel ashamed that's how the 1% want you to feel. His remark is designed to produce just that feeling.

Keep fighting. Your kids are the future and you are a good citizen.

a lot of people in Arkansas don't make that much. Where do you live?

I liked the post, but really hope this person accidently added an extra zero. If $7,000 is correct, I have a good idea where some money can be found.

suburb of chicago

Please don't be ashamed. I don't pay income taxes right now either, although I do pay property taxes. I lost my job in finance two years ago and went back to school. I've got one more year to finish for my Masters degree and start a new career. So far I've spent every penny I had in savings, cashed out my meager 401K and pension, taken out $40K in loans, and my unemployment has run out. Now I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to make it through this next year. My parents are deceased, so that makes it a little hard to borrow money from them. (sarcasm)

When I had my $50K a year salary, I honestly didn't mind paying my taxes. I remembered when I was a single mom and on public assistance and always felt that by paying my taxes that maybe I was helping another struggling single mom. I regularly donated to the thrift stores that I had shopped in to clothe my daughter as a way of giving back. I never even asked for a receipt for my taxes. For me that wasn't the point.

Lately I've been feeling really low for not working. I feel guilty about it, at times on the verge of giving up. Reading your post helped with that. Thank you for telling your story. It helps to know that neither of us are alone in our struggles. We've just got to stick together and keep on keeping on.

Take care.

you need public assistance. That's the story here. Most of the time, however, it is people with children, not single people that need help.

I'd as soon take a tax break over taking food out of a child's mouth as I would run Paul Ryan's 2:45 mile.

You can lie your way to the top, but you can't lie your way out of reality - like hungry children that are here, whether you are anti-abortion or not, and still need to be fed.

Own it. Most people on Facebook just like to show off. You chose to be real. Good choice.

That's what counts. Besides, you pay taxes like the rest of the 99% if it really matters. We are all struggling and I am happy to know that some of the money I make goes to help people who are doing their best. And everyone's best is different. Peace to you!

Hope things get better for you soon!

... the libertarian meme that you are a useless victim if you don't pay income tax is laughable.

Plenty of billionaires don't pay income tax.

The 47% statistic is intentionally misleading in that it includes children, the elderly, military personnel, the disabled and others who would not reasonably be expected to pay income tax.

People who buy into this mindset better think long and hard about how hypocritical they will feel some day.

The country is dependant on people who make up the bottom tier of the labor force and work part time jobs. More importantly devoted mothers who bust their ass to give their kids as much of a leg up as they can are what we need.

I pay income tax and I'm glad that at least some of it goes to helping my fellow human beings. I'd rather it go to you - someone who is busting their butt to scrape by - than some BS military expenditure or some war that we don't need.

Maybe this is my socialist ideology poking its head out, but I hate how our society pisses all over the people who work in the lower income jobs. As much as we need doctors and scientist, we also need store clerks and low-wage assemly line workers. The people who make up the "bottom" need to be valued by society just as much as engineers, doctors, and scientist are.

Don't ever feel ashamed for what you wrote or where you are in life.

I came from a lower-tier family. My father worked as a fry-cook and my mother was a waitress. At this point in their lives (they are nearly 60) they don't have a retirement fund because they gave everything to me and my brother. My parents stressed education and gave my brother and me everything they could to get us into and through college. If I wouldn't have had parents who gave a damn - the type of parent that you sound like - then I wouldn't be where I am in life today.

Keep on keeping on and hold your head up high!

and my work is almost totally dependent on the government. Without NIH funding, there would be very few advances in health care.

I'm a chemist for the federal government (I work for Department of Treasury). I love the work I do, but I don't feel comfortable getting into it on a public forum. Working for the government gives me an awesome sense of fulfillment and I love making a positive contribution to our society.

Also, as far as government handouts go, if it wasn't for veterans highering preference there is no way that I would have gotten my foot in the door at the organization I work at. I had no prior experience working in a lab setting and the government really threw me a bone on this. As a result, they have an absolutely devoted employee.

That is about 600000 to 700000 in real estate you are sitting on if that is the case. That is more than most folks will ever come close to in their lives of having.

I live an hour north of NYC and property tax in my area is out of control. For a $250,000 house (this would get you 2-3 bedrooms and 1,300-1,500 SQFT on a 1/4 acre - a typical smallish house) you can expect to pay about $6-7,000 a year in property tax.

A coworker of mine lives in another town near mine and she pays close to $13,000 a year in property tax for a $300,000 home (3 bedrooms, 1,900 SQFT on a 1/2 acre)

If they don't want to hear it, they can "unfriend" me. It's my page, I'll put on it what I want, without apologies.

How many of Romney's supporters paid $0.00 in income taxes?
I would bet more than one imagines and they don't worry about putting food on the table.

That IS a lot of property tax...

I live in Illinois (suburb of Chicago) and yes my property taxes are over $7000. My home was appraised @300,000 but I would be lucky to get 250,000. Gratefully, unlike many I do not owe more than it is worth. I have filed every paper for every exemption and my taxes still went up 20% this year. Not sure what else I can do?

But I live in Connecticut where property taxes are about that high. Mine is over 5000 but my house is worth less. We have mill rates.

Nobody can gets through life without help of some kind from someone. It maybe money or it maybe emotional support but at one time or another we all need a hand! If you think that you never will you are a fool

Nope, no mistake. I've literally worked since I was 11 years old. Not complaining, just a fact. You sound extremely responsible about caring for yourself and your children 47percenter...no matter what the 1 percenter says. You have my respect. Worked for 50+ years. retired and part of the 47percenters and proud of it. You pay your fair share unlike most of the 1percenters. Keep your head high and vision forward. Peace, backatcha!

shame since they haven't paid federal income taxes in years? Do you think any of the billionaires who game the system and pay very little in tax feel any shame? Romney certainly doesn't feel any shame. Trillions of corporate dollars remain offshore in order to evade taxes and you can bet your butt they brag about it amongst themselves...no shame there.

You should feel anger that our government has been so taken over by corporations and big money it does very little to help real people....I owed taxes in 2011, I'm retired and receive a one half of my former husband's pension check and a small Social Security check. I know I am fortunate to have an income that covers all of my needs and my usually modest wants, but I still become furious when I think of how little the corporations and the rich do to support this country they claim to love.

I hope your situation improves soon....Hold your head high you are neither a moocher nor a taker but a hardworking citizen who could use some well deserved help.

I have been causing the right kind of hell on my facebook page and those who are thinking we will have Sharia law any time are biting at the bit. One told me this morning I needed to get my head out of the sand. They now know they should not have done that. I love DU it gives me so many facts that I can use in my tactful answers to these brainwashed lot.

You posted a great comment on your facebook and many might just change their minds because of your post xo.

Still no replies on FB (one like by a liberal friend) but my daughter said she was soooo proud of me She wishes I could give Romney a "good talking to!" and "send him away to think about it"

I am like you. I'm in the 47% and those Romney comments made me feel really bad. But what has been worse is listening to various republican's claim that Romney is right and that this is a big political question that needs to be discussed.

I once paid huge amounts of taxes, I have a very fragile child who requires lots of support, so I too cut back on work that pays very much so that I can take care of her needs.

We are not alone. There are many of us.

But we SHOULD NOT FEEL BAD!!!!!!!!!!

They win when we do.

I am proud that you posted what you did on Facebook. I am considering posting something similar.

As someone said above this is what abusers do- they call the people being picked on victims and thus shame us- typical bully tactics.

Hugs and keep doing what you are doing!

But Mitt will be at the voting booths! Let's stand together- hugs to you and yours

When that contract is disrespected, we have a patriotic DUTY to speak with one another, anyone and everyone, about that.

We have that solemn duty, because, if the contract is not honored, THERE IS NO NATION.

all of the individual members of the group, who CHOOSE to abide by the agreed upon connections that make the group the group that it is, . . . that is, government, as the agent of our group, OWES all of the individual members of the group REAL VALUE compensation for their individual free assents to be members of the group.

Failing that social contract negates the obligations of the lesser empowered party to the contract.

More simply put, this Golden Rule radical suggests that all of us apply the Golden Rule to everything and, then, consider: If what you have to offer is disrespected and/or rejected, why doesn't the Golden Rule justify the way you're being treated as a model for how you may (freely choose, I hope) to treat those who have established that modality as the principle of your relationship?

If you're being used, without regard for your own humanity, USING becomes the "law of the land."

Using others, without regard for their humanity, this is what Republicans are promoting in the Romney/Ryan candidacy. THAT's what he was promoting to his bundlers about the 47%

THANK YOU!!! It is a powerful statement and i hope your friends sit up and take notice of what this election means to them and the future of this country.

I have a friend who pays no taxes because she cheats. Yep, she is a Republican.

There are those who are wealthy in this country, by pure dumb luck, are NOT in your shoes.

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