Drifting wrote:There are many Mormons among the 47 percent Mitt Romney said take advantage of government assistance. But, they say, they are not irresponsible or lazy.
Indeed, Brigham Young University graduate students who marry young and start their families before they have much of an income believe they are following their faith’s advice to "bear children." So they turn to government-funded poverty programs such as Medicaid.
Who is in charge of his mouth...?
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaith ... n.html.csp
Her article kinda affirms the truth of what Romney stated (which is not controversial...no more than Obama's "they cling to their bibles and guns" remark)
Students that have children without being able to provide for them are not exactly following the
complete counsel from their faith.
Honestly, the only people "upset" are those who are likely a part of that 47%, the truth of the matter is that many people do not like the truth of the matter and that is one of the issues our country is currently struggling with. Reconciling our appreciation and loyalty to Independence is something we do not take lightly.
Audience member: For the last three years, all everybody's been told is, "Don't worry, we'll take care of you." How are you going to do it, in two months before the elections, to convince everybody you've got to take care of yourself?
Romney: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that 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. And I mean, the president starts off with 48, 49, 48—he starts off with a huge number. These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn't connect. And he'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. I mean that's what they sell every four years. And so my job is not to worry about those people—I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. What I have to do is convince the 5 to 10 percent in the center that are independents that are thoughtful, that look at voting one way or the other depending upon in some cases emotion, whether they like the guy or not, what it looks like. I mean, when you ask those people…we do all these polls—I find it amazing—we poll all these people, see where you stand on the polls, but 45 percent of the people will go with a Republican, and 48 or 4…
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