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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 01:12 PM
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VIDEO: Romney Angrily Confronted Over His Desire To Cut Entitlements While Protecting The Rich
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/08/11/293807/video-romney-angrily-confronted-over-his-desire-to-cut-entitlements-while-protecting-the-rich/
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 01:17 PM
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1. He's not gonna go very far if he accuses PrezO of attacking people!
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 01:18 PM
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2. Romney and his response
The first questioner asked Romney if he would raise the cap on payroll taxes, so that the rich pay more into the system. Romney — who has a net worth of more than $200 million — said that raising the payroll tax cap for Social Security was tantamount to “attacking people because of their success”:

You know, there was a time in this country when we didn’t celebrate attacking people based on their success and when we didn’t go after people because they were successful.

A second questioner asked Romney “what are you going to do to strengthen Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare without cutting benefits.” Romney’s response, after briefly sho


http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/08/11/293807/video-romney-angrily-confronted-over-his-desire-to-cut-entitlements-while-protecting-the-rich/
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LonePirate Donating Member (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 01:28 PM
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3. We need to start asking why those who make over $108K deserve a 6% tax cut the rest of don't receive
We need to frame it as a matter of fairness. We need to counter this nonsense of attacking the successful that Romney and the Rethugs spew.
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:50 PM
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12. Not only that
but why the rest of us should just have to accept benefit cuts to entitlement programs THAT WE PAY INTO just so that the taxes on the poor, oppressed rich (er...."job creators") will not be raised (or cut even more)?

:wtf:
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 01:30 PM
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4. The media coverage of that confrontation was disGUSTing..
"See how people are backing away from that heckler? People sure don't want confrontation..."
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:27 PM
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8. He's also been referred to as an "activist"in the media.
When tea batters were disrupting last summer, it was the anger of a grass roots people speeking out.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:47 PM
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9. He is a citizen..
what in the hell are TEABAGGERS?? Aren't they activists??
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:53 PM
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15. A lot of them..
were teabaggers and some were being informed because they don't know anything they are like "Mikey" they'll eat anything.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 01:53 PM
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5. Raising taxes is "punishing success?"
:rofl:

Yeah, sure Romney. How do you define "success"?

Is someone born into a wealthy family "successful?"
Are bankers and Wall Street brokers "successful?"
Corporations that don't pay taxes; are they "successful?"
Who's making money off the wars? Are they "successful?"

Fuck you, Romney and you're whiny assertion that wealth equals "success."

Time to bring back the :finger: similie...
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Kalidurga Donating Member (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:04 PM
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6. And Rommey is the least crazed among them....
we need posts like this to remind us how bad the opposition really is, even the ones that don't always foam at the mouth are really bad. He again spews the lie that the poor don't pay taxes. This is complete and utter bullshit. Then he later says that he is not going to raise the taxes that poor people don't pay... I mean that is just weird, I am not going to raise payroll taxes, well guess what payroll taxes are income taxes moran.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:49 PM
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11. The republiCONS..
need to keep repeating this,hopefully they all will repeat it over and over again at the debate tonight.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:22 PM
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7. It gets worse "My Friend"
Edited on Thu Aug-11-11 02:23 PM by blogslut
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/08/11/293843/romney-defends-raising-retirement-age-to-protect-corporate-tax-breaks-corporations-are-people/

ROMNEY: There’s various ways of . One is we could raise taxes on people. That’s not the way . . .

AUDIENCE: Corporations! Corporations!

ROMNEY: Corporations are people, my friend.

AUDIENCE: No they’re not.

ROMNEY: Of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people. Where do you think it goes?

AUDIENCE: It goes into your pocket!

ROMNEY: Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People’s pockets. Human beings, my friend.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:48 PM
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10. I'm checking my pockets. Hmmm. Nope, no corporate donations there.
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:53 PM
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13. Channeling McCain? Really?
:rofl:

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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:53 PM
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14. From the link
Romney said:

You know, there was a time in this country when we didn’t celebrate attacking people based on their success and when we didn’t go after people because they were successful.

Yet we promote punishing the poor. :puke: :eyes:
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:55 PM
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16. And he really thinks that.
will work for him. Sounds like the same garbage from his last campaign.
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 01:51 PM
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17. Kick
:kick:
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 02:15 PM
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18. Here's hoping that all politicians are confronted with informed
questions and followups at all of their campaign events.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 03:23 PM
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19. And they when they do ..
they show as much pride in their statements as Romney does. Also hears hoping that many,many,many people confront republiCONS at their offices,townhalls,parties,grocery stores,wherever...
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