President Obama and Mitt Romney on bipartisan leadership

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[EscapeNewJersey .]

What does that even mean? Care to back that up with actual detail or are you just a bag of lying hot are like Obama?

[Brian Smith]

People who voted for Bush twice and Romney tend to wear blinders.

[EscapeNewJersey .]

People that voted for Obama tend to do stupid things.

[Brian Smith]

When people say stupid things like you did, they tend to get laughed at.

[Brian Smith]

Maybe 50% of the 47%? But I do think that everybody who has an income should pay the same tax rate to the federal gov't. That would go a long way towards solving the problem. Also cutting welfare and foodstamps by 20% would help. But not all of the 47% are lazy people who want free handouts.....

[EscapeNewJersey .]

So tell me what percent of the of the 47% is dependent on the government dishonestly? Do you realize that disability claims have skyrocketed since Obama has taken office in 2009. Should we believe that this massive increase is due to legitimate claims for abuse of the system?

[Brian Smith]

I never said all of the 47% aren't dependent on the gov't. I was saying that there are people in the 47% who have legitimate reasons for not paying federal income taxes whether it is because they are the elderly or because they are not making enough. 

[EscapeNewJersey .]

If you believe that the 47% are not entitlement addicts then explain to my why the USA is 16.4 trillion is debt.