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PlumberKhan · 09-18-2012, 08:07 AM

Romney is wrong here.

Out of the 47% of people who receive income tax refunds at the end of the fiscal year, 95% of those people receive no welfare benefits, food stamps or rent assistance. Those people do not feel like "victims". They work very hard to make ends meet and struggle to do so.

I agree with him that people who receive handouts act like victims. But just because a family makes 45k a year and has 2 or 3 children and gets a refund does NOT make them lazy and unproductive.

09-18-2012, 08:07 AM	#3
PlumberKhan BRACE YOURSELVES FOR 12... Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Van down by the river Posts: 21,015	Romney is wrong here. Out of the 47% of people who receive income tax refunds at the end of the fiscal year, 95% of those people receive no welfare benefits, food stamps or rent assistance. Those people do not feel like "victims". They work very hard to make ends meet and struggle to do so. I agree with him that people who receive handouts act like victims. But just because a family makes 45k a year and has 2 or 3 children and gets a refund does NOT make them lazy and unproductive.