[You may have heard this here first, but humility forbids...]
Two things...
1-We are often told that what happens in America comes our way soon enough;they sneeze...we catch the cold etc.
2-The 'wonderful' and 'wondrous' idea of raising the Income Tax Threshold.
Well these very pigeons I spoke of many moons ago are beginning to come home. The Republican Presidential Candidate is currently embroiled in yet another 'snafu'. He was filmed talking at a fund-raising event, behind closed doors and inevitably the film now has hit-the-fan.
He is heard, quite distinctly, dismissing some 47% of the US population as their being a lost cause to one half of the Party Political machine;i.e. The Republicans.
He characterises this portion of the population as spongers, of supposing themselves, of disposing themselves and believing themselves "entitled" to state aid in all matters pertaining to health care, food and housing.
He neatly wraps this parcel up with this 'bow'...
"These are people who pay no income tax."
Hopefully the more obvious flaw in his reasoning you do not need pointed-up to you, but he also fails to consider the Bi££ions in bail-out money that has gone to his big-business supporters.
The second video within the this article is the one...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/18/romney-secret-video-government-dependent