We learned this week, thanks to Mother Jones, that Mitt Romney, speaking at a fundraising event on May 17, 2012, said,
- There are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.
- All right, there are 47% who are with him,
- who are dependent upon government,
- who believe that they are victims,
- who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them,
- who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.
- That that’s an entitlement.
- And the government should give it to them.
- And they will vote for this president no matter what…
- These are people who pay no income tax…
- [M]y job is is not to worry about those people.
- I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.
But who are these 47%?