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Still smarter than Bush AND Obama.AHadley wrote:And this guy is running for president?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/2 ... ref=travel
Yes, as I understand it about 2/3s of that 47% does in fact pay payrole tax, rather than income tax. Not that it makes any difference to the taxpayer what you call it, just to the meaning of the soundbite.Sometimes they downright lie about context. like with the latest 47% thing.
That is entirely irrelevant to the quote. What he was saying was that those 47% would not vote for him given the goal of lower taxes since they don't pay any (of that type). He was talking to donors and it was strategy type stuff.MrTwosheds wrote:Yes, as I understand it about 2/3s of that 47% does in fact pay payrole tax, rather than income tax. Not that it makes any difference to the taxpayer what you call it, just to the meaning of the soundbite.Sometimes they downright lie about context. like with the latest 47% thing.
Two words, selective media. Flat out, it never gets reported. Meanwhile, one little verbal stumble for someone else and its all over the news.AHadley wrote:I must admit, I've never heard Obama say anything anywhere near that mind-numbingly ignorant. Bush perhaps, but I didn't hear him say all that much anyway.
That's not a verbal stumble. A stumble wouldn't have left him looking like an idiot. Again.Nielk1 wrote: Two words, selective media. Flat out, it never gets reported. Meanwhile, one little verbal stumble for someone else and its all over the news.
