Those less fortunate.... for instance, the ones getting tattoos with EBT cards? Or the ones getting big screen TV's with same EBT card? or having children to scam the system? are those the less fortunate you speak of?

Linda, Romney was just speaking of the reality that he will not win the votes of people in those categories no matter what he does. All you have to do is watch the mass media and their one-sided representation of everything, and you know how this is all playing out. If you had watched the Republican National Convention and done a little studying about Romney, you would find he isn't the person you think he is. Obama and the Democrats are accomplishing exactly what they want to by continuing to make you think that Romney doesn't understand just because his circumstances growing up were different...and by the way, where does is state that someone that grew up the same way as you or I can fix the problems the country faces? That has NOTHING to do with the skills that are needed and the hard decisions that will have to be made. The Obama creed is divide and conquer.

Until Obama releases his college transcripts no one should ask for Romney 's tax returns.

Mitt should STAND up and say EVERYONE PAYS TAXES . . . when they eat out, fill up the car with gas or pay rent, a % is diverted to the TAX COLLECTOR! What Mitt should say is "I'm sorry, it might be 37% or more if one pays NO TAX but gets a REFUND!" Food Stamp recipients should not have doubled or tripled in the past 3.5years. PERIOD. One thing is for certain - if BHO (or is it BHS) is reELECTED America will NEVER maintain her former greatness as BO manages her fall from the top while Mitt will provide EVERYONE the opportunity to own and operate the bus rather then sit in the front of the government owned bus! OMG! Obama Must Go!

He most certainly included the disabled, the elderly,and the veterans, he included half the population. I bet those freeloaders collected 1000.00 a month on Social Security! Many may have worked their whole lives, never earning but a mere survival check, and yes relying on government for some sort of help. Tell me how do you stretch that kind of income in this day and age?

Well said Jon. I see the scumbags every day, hanging out smoking cigs and watching the world go by! I for one am glad he said what he said!

For every person who "abuses the system" there are just as many "rich people" who abuse the system by cheating on their taxes. Greedy people will be greedy. Why punish those who really need the support to survive? That support will hopefully help them to better themselves with education and good nutrition/health so that some day they can get a better job to fully support themselves. This idea that "poor people are lazy" is a terrible blanket statement.

Brenda, that statement you made about wealthy people being selfish is a blanket statement and it is a terrible thing to say.

I am certainly not a Mitt supporter and am doing everything I can to asure that President Obama has another 4 year term to finish his task of bringing America back to where it was prior to Bush over extending the budget. BUT, the fact that Mitt is a Morman has nothing to do with being such a, for lack of a better term, Douch! He would be the same uncaring person regardless of his religion.

Brandt, it is interesting that you so viciously attack Romney for his religious beliefs but give Obama a free ride regarding his...you are no different than the mass media continuing to give this president a free ride and say nothing about how badly he has hurt our country. If you are going to be fair, lets see Obama's college transcripts to verify he has actually done what he says he's done. So much to do about Romney's tax returns and nothing for Obama...yup, that fair.

Us9ng the writer's own figures....Where did that $10.6 trillion debt come from? When Clinton (not my favorite person)., left office there was a surplus. So in 8 years Bush lost MORE than $10.6 trillion. And Obama, in half that time lost less than half. I'd call that a draw.

Jerdah
$4.00 gas, QE 1,2,3. lowest number of Americans in the working pool since WWII, unemployment over 8% for 43 months, bowing to the muslims, real good policies. How is that working for you?

Jerdah,
We already know that Obama's policies haven't stood up for the past 3+ years. Why would you vote for 4 more years of THAT! You go Ray!

FYI, Mark YOUR figures are most WRONG! The Democrats took control of Congress @ Bushes 2yr. mark of his second term! So your suggestion of DRAW is FUZZ Math 101. Democrats controlled budgets for the past SIX (6) years! And on the Local scene, Elizabeth talks "EDUCATION" while 50% of graduates cannot find work and must create more debt securing advanced degrees LEADING to MORE NO WORK AVAILABLE resulting in 2 resumes! One professional the other dumbed down so Starbucks will hire you! OMG! = Obama Must Go!

"Mark Golden
Us9ng the writer's own figures....Where did that $10.6 trillion debt come from? When Clinton (not my favorite person)., left office there was a surplus. So in 8 years Bush lost MORE than $10.6 trillion. And Obama, in half that time lost less than half. I'd call that a draw."

What about those millionaires who pay less in taxes than you and I. Ready to see more of those if Mitt gets elected! More corporations sucking us all dry while they walk away with Hugh bonuses and salaries, while raising premiums for health care and everything else

Linda, Obama and the people that truly understand economics have you right where they want you. It is completely unfair to compare federal taxation from WAGES vs federal taxation from INVESTMENTS. The unfair comparison allows Obama and the mass media the opportunity in keeping us divided and arguing like children...BTW, the is Obama's specialty and he has an awesome skillset for doing that. Investment Income has NEVER been taxed at the same rate as WAGES because it was put in place to spur investment in business and provide working capital for things businesses need to expand, grow, and hire more people. If you attack investments, you will reduce the money that can be put into business, which prevents business from doing those things. Romney and SO MANY OTHERS INCLUDING OBAMA, PELOSI, REID invest their money into the economy. So you might want to ask yourself why Obama and his buddies that do the same things as Romney want you to believe they are so different...they're not different, but Romney just staes the obvious and the others hide it. Romney spoke the truth about what is happening...just because the Democrats want to hide from it doesn't make it go away, it just gets worse, hence we have the last 4 years.

Linda, I have some questions for you...
Where is the evidence that a wealthy person is taking money away from you?
What money are you supposed to have that you don't have was taken by that wealthy person?
What should be done to give you that money that you claim belongs to you or someone else that the wealthy person has?
Who is to take the money from the wealthy and give it to the poor, if that is your argument? Government? The same people that Scott Brown (Republican) had to get a law written for because they were trading on "insider information" in the stock market?
The fact is that wealthy people take no money from anyone else and YOU are the only obstacle to earning more money than you have...this isn't a "zero sum" game as Obama wants you to believe.
There isn't a limited amount of money that is divided between us all as Obama wants you to believe, and the concept of redistributing wealth is a ploy that politicians use to bride voters for their votes.

It has not been going on for years--- The tax cut for the rich was brought back by George W and it is the Republican Housse and Senate that will not allow the doing away with the loop holes. I am much more concerned with the multi millionaire Romney paying a smaller percentage of taxes than most of the middle class. He was a pathetic Gov of the state who knew he would nto get re-elected and that is why he did not run---he is a horrible candidate for the Republican party and they knew it and know it

The taxes Linda talks about are the second set of taxes paid on capital gains. Corporate taxes and income tax is paid then once you have the money you pay again. How many time do you want to tax the same dollar Linda?

Marie, Romney stated some facts that people want to ignore. If as a politician, you feel it is appropriate to give tax incentives to people, how will you give it to people not paying FEDERAL INCOME TAXES? When Romney and others talk about taxes, they're not talking about ALL taxes, they are talking about Federal Income Taxes which are the taxes that go into the general fund and provide funding for the government. If the upper 50% of wage earners and investors pay (for the most part) all of the taxes, OF COURSE any tax incentives to reduce taxation would have to go to them...that is a simple math problem. The issue is that politicians, especially Obama, use that knowledge to divide us and make people angry so we argue with each other. Obama's strategy is to "divide and conquer" and it is working. he used it is 2008, and he is using it again now. He has no answers for fixing our problems because he doesn't have the skills to fix it...he has a skillset for creating division and he is very good at it...with the help of the mass media, he will continue done the same road as the last 4 years, a divided country in HUGE amounts of DEBT, foreign policy making our allies angry, and a path of no return.
Romney says the truth, and just because people ignore it, doesn't make it false.

Earnhardt, forget not that Obama so loved the poor that
he labored long and hard to create millions more!

*see below you with IQ's equal to the number of teeth in your head!
*(We should al try to remember that government doesn't create wealth
it COLLECTS it and SPENDS it as fast as it can!)

John- as brought up by Warren Buffet and Mitt Romney himself, the tax code is what you make of it. Although in theory the top 5% should be taxed at a higher rate, in practice they do not as they can take their income in forms of capital gains and take massive deductions which ultimately whittle their share lower than most middle class Americans.

As for government assistance, Mitt's "47% statement" has lumped everyone together: the war veteran is just the same as Earnhardt's example of a welfare case buying cigarettes with his EBT card. If you genuinely believe two people are the same, then maybe this isn't the country for you.

John, perfectly said!! I get so angry when I see so many people being controlled and brainwashed by the mass media and Obama about how things are supposed to work. We are seeing a pivitol change in many of the thoughts regarding people and the role of government, and as you stated, too many people have come to beleive that government is supposed to take care of them. I would rather see government focus of "leveling the playing field" AKA "teach a man to fish" than "redistributing income" AKA "giving them a fish". Obama OPENLY believes in government control over its people...is that the America we want??

And Continue to volunteer, When has Mitt pandered to religious groups? did I miss something? As for holding his wealth against him. I thought America was the land of opportunity? So the guy is a multi millionaire! so what? he made it? he earned it! some he inherited! Big deal! and why is it wrong for the guy to want to get people working? get the deadbeats spending OUR money off the taxpayers backs and get them earning a living like the rest of us? Come up with real arguments about why we should not vote for him. Until then stop with the religious/ rich argumnet

Saved the Olympics: no pay
Mass. Governor: no pay
Ran his fathers campaign: no pay
Donates millions of dollars,
Sounds like a greedy guy to me. If all people were like you we would have no problem, unfortunately we have people that are cheating the system and don't pay into the sytem, hence we borrow 40 cents of every dollar.

GE did not pay taxes either, tell the whole truth.

"Re: Raymond Hanna 9:19 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
GE did not pay taxes either, tell the whole truth!"

NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY! (TRUTH)
And Barry made the GE CEO one of his Czars! All the Wall St. criminals (instead of prison) were given jobs by BHO!

To add to that. The United States has lost almost 50,000 manufacturing jobs per month for almost 2.000.000 jobs under Obama.We still have 8% unemployment, and actually there are more unemployed Americans right now than there are working in manufacturing. China is the number one supplier of critical parts for our defense industry and we owe them 1 trillion (as of now) in debt! After 4 years Obama has not improved our economy, he has made it even worse. You cannot blame the Bush administration for that! It is time for a change. At that rate it will not be long before China owns all of us. Think about it!

And let's not forget those whose children are receiving thousands of dollars in financial aid and federally-backed student loans so they can attend college.

How do you know Romney is blackhearted when did you become a know-it-all. This guy gives more money to charity then you will make in a life time. He never once stated that he didn't care. He only stated that those dependent on the government teet will not vote for him.

Alice, it really is quite ingenuine to disect the categories in order to skew your point in the direction you would like, but lets take your information a little further..shall we?
The 28% that pay payroll taxes but no federal income taxes are corporations, and the reason is a corporation doesn't earn income, it earns profits. It is WELL KNOWN by anyone that has studied economics, that if YOU OWN THE CORPORATION, YOU will pay DOUBLE TAXATION. Once for your profits and a second time for your income. 10.3% Elderly pay no taxes, but you didn't quantify how many households that is...my guess would be many more than 4,000 households 6.9% income under 20,000 pay no taxes..that is 6.9% of ALL HOUSEHOLDS...I'm pretty certain that is quite a bit more than 4,000 households. So the fact that you point out that 4,000 households out of ALL households in the United States pay no income taxes, but provide no information why that is makes the information suspect to me.
I can give you example upon example upon example of these "black-hearted" people that donate HUGE SUMS OF THE MONEY to people in need...doesn't look black-hearted to me.

Do you consider taking over the running of a scandal-ridden and bankrupt Olympics and dedicating every minute of his existance to turning it around into a successful venture not working? Or wasn't it a "real" job simply because he believed in the cause so much that he donated his salary back to the organization?

When did Romney steel their pride, their will power and more...their dignity. He is not in office yet. The Ten Poorest U.S. Cities:
City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level
1. Detroit, MI 32.5%
2. Buffalo, NY 29.9%
3. Cincinnati, OH 27.8%
4. Cleveland, OH 27.0%
5. Miami, FL 26.9%
6. St. Louis, MO 26.8%
7. El Paso, TX 26.4%
8. Milwaukee, WI 26.2%
9. Philadelphia, PA 25.1%
10. Newark, NJ 24.2%
What do the top ten cities(over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
Detroit, MI (1st on the list) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1961.
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1954.
Cincinnati, OH (3rd) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1984.
Cleveland, OH (4th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1989.
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor.
St. Louis, MO (6th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1949.
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor.
Milwaukee, WI (8th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1908.
Philadelphia, PA (9th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1952.
Newark, NJ (10th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1907.
Democrats have no place in the seats of government (at any level) making decisions for "all Americans". the responsibilities here are far reaching and their vision does not include any Americans, as we've just found out.

Well, at least these cities all have one thing going for them!

Alice H
Why would you fail to see that the inner cities run by dems have failed the people with failed policies. Take your head out of the sand and look at the disasters around you, see who is in charge and fire them. No excuses.

Better than stuffing $90,000 in your freezer (jefferson) or your bra (wlikerson) and on and on. Now thats real work.

All Mitts Income was Earned - and was from the private sector!
Was a $1 a year man as governor and Olympic organizer!
I suggest that BHO (or is it BHS) unSEAL all his SEALED documents
so America gets to know exactly who her president is!
SOB sides with The Muslam Brotherhood and ignores Israel just like
he did with the Murder of our Lybian Ambasador . . . said a few words,
attacked Mitt strongly and then dashed off and went FUND RAISING
IN VEGAS. What a great leader and patriot? Obama so loved the poor
that he labors to create millions more!

The dodge is in saying it not real work. I think you and I would have failed miserably if we tried to fix the Utha Olympics. For you to belittle the work he did is the dodge.

I am glad you saw the clip, more of your ilk should. Time to get your head out of the sand. If he was white you would have laghed at his work experience and called him unqualified for dog catcher.

Unions are killing the free market. They make cars less expensive in the south because of right to work laws. Look what happened in Chicago with the teachers union. Highest paid teachers in the country and they want more. Obama turned Chrysler over to the union thugs and GM wants the government off their back. Did you know that GM still went through bankruptcy under Obama. Media won't tell you that. You and I paid 50 Billion to save GM their stock was worth roughly $50 a share now they are worth $22 bucks a share and they still haven't paid back all the money they received. Public unions are killing you and me. They turned things around in Wisconson.

Way to go J Parker!

You are right this is not Mr. Smith goes to Washington. Term Limits, Term Limits, Term Limits. No one should be anything for life.

Sorry Sonny, but Mara is almost correct. I lived in Mississippi for a few years. Local governments kept industry out if it would raise the income of families ad decrease the federal funding they received.. There were no compulsory education laws because then they would have to see that all black children actually attended school. An expense that the local tax payers did not want to pay. All this was during the 1960's I have been back on several occasions to visit and the world of Mississippi has changed. You still have your rednecks, but mostly they are hardworking people who pay taxes and hope for better for their children. Mara, if you haven't already, read "The Help". That is what Mississippi was like when I was living there. I am not from MIssissippi, but will not stand by while you slander hard working people.

Sonny, I've never been to the moon. I guess I was lucky, my husband worked for the Airlines and we moved quite often, not to mention being able to travel. Best places I lived "Watertown MA and Buffalo NY. Worst place I lived "Houston, TX(people are great, heat unbearable). I did not go to college, but my education came from elsewhere. I've seen and heard a lot about this country from the people not the politicians. Can you say the same? I have a request, do not call me widow Stringfellow. We know longer live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Women are no longer property of the men they marry. I am an individual and will remain such. If you have to call me widow, use it when you are really perturbed not being sarcastic Hope your day is a good one.

No chapters. Just moving. American Airlines after he graduated form GT. I only lived in Mississippi for 3 years. Graduated from High School there. Then on to Atlanta( 4yrs) To NYC (American Airlines), Buffalo, Chicago, back to Boston, Dallas, and Houston. Took 19 years. Finally settled in Georgia when my husband left the Airlines and went to work for Pratt Whitney and finally went to work for Oracle as a software consultant. Life has been good and I have been blessed. Wouldn't have changed a thing, except to have my husband here with me and a cure for he illness that took his life. Sorry my life wasn't more exciting for you, but I do have many stories and many friends that I met along the way.

Mara, oh yes, I paid plenty of taxes over my lifetime. I worked from the age of 16 and grew to own a small business. Now, I'm retired and saved enough to skimp by on my SSI, which btw gets taxed. Gov. Romney was talking about those that use the system having never paid into it and those that think they should.

Dr. Paul,
60 years of this socialist experiment must come to a halt for the sake of this nation. As a first generation immigrant I truly believe in this country's dreams as I have lived them. The 70 year communist experiment in the USSR came crashing down and the the whole union with it. Only the poor got hurt even more. For our sake I hope we don't wait another 10 years and have the same thing happen to us.