# Obama Ad: Meet the 47% **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ad-meet-the-47/635183 "2012-09-19T15:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ad-meet-the-47/635183/21 "2012-09-20T01:29:51Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > There is a reason why 46-47% of tax units pay no federal income tax. > > Many are covered under tax benefits for the elderly. That would include the extra standard deduction for senior citizens and the exclusion of some social security benefits from taxation. > > Benefits for the working poor and children (The Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Credit and Child and Dependent Care Credit). > > Then there are itemized deductions, education credits and tax exempt interest. You know, I think we all understand that. That’s rather the point of this thread. So do you think that for ALL these people, almost half the nation, the elected president should (in Romney’s own words) “not worry about those people”? What do you think of Romney’s words? Do you think that for ALL of the people you mentioned, (the elderly, the working poor, those who work with enough exemptions to not pay federal income tax) - do you think that they are ALL (in Romney’s own words) “dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them”? ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ad-meet-the-47/635183/22 "2012-09-20T02:35:39Z")
The truth that Romney has already made clear, was the poor have a safety net and dont need to be worried about, he is now making the statement that there are 47% that he will not have to work for, So if this keeps up then the only person Romney will be working for is by my understanding himself. This is a worry for me, a psycopath in office. Not just someone frome the tea party but a real psycopath. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ad-meet-the-47/635183/23 "2012-09-20T02:37:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Do you think that for ALL of the people you mentioned, (the elderly, the working poor, those who work with enough exemptions to not pay federal income tax) - do you think that they are ALL (in Romney’s own words) “dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them”? …And that Romney can “never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” (That’s the great thing about the Romney quote: Some quotes, like the Obama quote about clinging to guns and religion or the redistribution quote lose much of their punch once you quote enough to get the context. But, the Romney quote just keeps on giving…The more you quote, the better it gets! 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ad-meet-the-47/635183/24 "2012-09-20T07:15:35Z")
Since the theme is Americans who pay little taxes, perhaps you can squeeze in room for “Hello, I’m Milton Ramnee. I make oodles of megabucks taking over companies and stripping them down. Because of loopholes I pay almost no income taxes. That makes me part of the 47% too [del]but I hate the other 46%[/del] and I’m proud of it.” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ad-meet-the-47/635183/25 "2012-09-20T14:26:34Z")
With Romney’s push for “I’m for the 100%”, the ads write themselves… \*Here’s Mitt Romney talking for the cameras about the poor and middle class… “I’m for the 100%” And here he is when talking to his friends in private… “…they feel they’re entitled to food, housing, healthcare… …I’ll never convince them to take personal responsibility… …my job is not to worry about those people…” Shouldn’t we have a president who cares about ALL of America?\* Alternately… \*“I’m for the 100%…” Really? Remember when you said… “I’m not concerned about the very poor.” And told your friends in private that… “…they feel they’re entitled to food, housing, healthcare… …I’ll never convince them to take personal responsibility… …my job is not to worry about those people…” Shouldn’t we have a president who cares about ALL of America?\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-ad-meet-the-47/635183.md?page=1)