If you gennuinely think that 50% of your own countrymen need only to be thought of as some kind of evil, and stupid, 'takers' that cannot be reasoned and bargained with, you do not deserve political victory.
And indeed, Romney literally thought this way, and did not deserve political victory, and did not win.
And people like Romney do not deserve to win. It is just sad that Obama was the other candidate.
This is sure enlightening.
Romney didn't "deserve" to win because he somehow painted the "moocher" class as "evil? ? ?"
I don't seem to have a clear memory of Romney calling the moocher, or "taker" class evil. Nor do I recall him saying they couldn't be reasoned with. I have certainly seen examples of these people on YouTube I would guess couldn't be reasoned with, one comes to mind of one lady who thought being required to work to earn a living was "oppressive" or slavery, for example. That is a very unreasonable opinion. A certain other tape of a woman excitedly yapping about her "Obamaphone, another.
But I'm sure that there some who could be reasoned with.
What Romney is worried about is a 16 trillion debt and an entitlement - minded society.
Listening to people criticize Romney for his remark is often either enlightening or annoying. Fox New's liberal "talking head" Bob Beckel got all offended and retorted about how many were retired and receiving social security.
Well, it might be unfair to refer to retired people as "moochers," but does Beckel realize social security is headed into insolvency? It's basically an intergenerational Ponzi Scheme and demographics are going to bring it down. When it started each retired person could be supported by dozens of workers. It's easy to spread out the expense that way and each worker has to
contribute er, be ripped off of only a small amount of $$. But things are changing and there are far more retired people, soaking up much more benefits.
While each retiree does receive back monies he put in, those are gone very quickly and very soon he is actually being supported by the few other workers that are paying into SS. This is been accelerated with our current level of unemployment. Politicians play games with numbers and shift the date SS will collapse around, but it's still out there. Like it or not, it is not really completly unreasonable to refer to retirees on SS as "takers" but I understand how many will see it as harsh.
More clear cases are people who are completly dependant on (often proudly so) the teat of federal government welfare checks.
So Romney didn't "deserve" to win? Does America "deserve" the economic ruin that it is heading into if we can't do something about both the entitlements and the mindset of millions of Americans who actually do believe it is the job of the govt. to support them?
Yes. America does deserve it.
It's just such a shame so many Americans who still maintain the classic moralities of rugged individualism, free enterprise, small (unintrusive) government will also suffer mightily right along with all the rest as the hollowed sow of America collapses and rots from within, those clinging to the teats whining and shrieking in agony as their free meals dry up and blow away in the wind.
But we've made our choice. The mesmerizing community organizer remains in office four more years, triumphing over the droll, boring, unimpressive but evil business tycoon, Mitt Romney.
Pleasant dreams.
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