Wait, you don't know who Bastiat is? Damn girl, Google "The Law"

Could be worth a look. Misguided views on socialism aside, there are some virtues to that sort of viewpoint.

Hahaha, love the sapphi reference !

He does not care for only 47%. But he cares for the 53% that will vote for him. It appears very clear Romney only cares about Romney. He really does not care for anyone who is not in the top 1% of society. The top 1% have the wealth and power and contribute heavily towards political campaign funding.

He also cares about his tan when he's speaking to latinos.

@ nightdragon83 - That's a product of trickle down econonmics failing...that system is irrelevant...its does help some, but it improverishes more.

@ Mr. Kahn - "They" are the middle class...jobs don't exist becuase consumers have to consume in smaller quantities...the middle class as the largest percentage of consumers and was built that way by design...without consumers, there is no demand...without demand, there are no jobs...

The entire campaign is now focused on Romney.  Romney can make a case for why he needs to replace Obama, and need to do it.  The 47% is a big part of this campaign, and he pretty much said he is writing off half the American population with it, those who don't paytaxes.  Call it a carrying on of the Swiftboat strategy of 2004, and it is.  The issue is over how people are doing economically, and the focus is on Romney.  That is where it is now, and Romney needs to capitalize.  The GOP actually needs to find this also.

When a swiftboat comes into play, then it is about the challenger and FULLY about the challenger, as it is now.

And when looked at further, it doesn't do much to work politically.  Look at who doesn't pay taxes.  Secondarily, look at why more people on the lower end don't pay taxes.  Do you seriously think the average person is going to vote for tax cuts on the top end, when they themselves don't get any?  So, end result was that Republican administrations pased stuff like the Earned Income Tax Credit that took working lower classes of the income tax payroll, so the upper end could get tax cuts.

I have seen how you post on here, and I can say honestly you would LOVE to cut taxes more on the upper end, and also you don't like the fact the lower end doesn't pay any taxes.  So, do feel free to go ahead and argue for how you want the taxes cut even further for the upper end, and raised on these lower end "moochers".  Go ahead and do it.  I will also ignore sales taxes, taxes for social security, medicare, uneploymnent insurance, and sales taxes also, and just say the only taxes paid are income taxes.  So, go ahead and argue this point.   You are free to talk about more taxes on the upper end as "punishing success" to, while on the lower end speak of it as "putting skin into the game".

In this case, one might argue that.  But, the parallels here are that a Mass. flip-flopper is running against a sitting president that is not having things going well, and Romney is facing swiftboating.  This election does have overtones connected to the 2004 race actually.

There are the two sides to the Nelson quote worth noting.  First, people are blind to how much they are connected to what having the government does, and as seen with that quote, miss it.  The second side is the government really doesn't do anything to help people up.  Unless you find your own inspiration, develop your own drive, take risks, the government won't do it for you.  You would be lucky to find anyone along the way who actually will.  I am a person who has actually seen both sides of this and understand both of these.