If you’re running for president of the United States, it’s advisable not to dismiss 47% of the electorate as scroungers who will never vote for you, especially if you’re a multi-millionaire who paid just 13.9% in tax in 2010. But that’s exactly what Mitt Romney has done. Mother Jones has just released a secretely recorded video in which the Republican candidate is shown telling a private donor dinner that 47% of US voters are “dependent upon government” and will vote for Obama “no matter what”.
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