I Am the 47 Percent

    (Mitt) The Huckster was so slick, he shined on national TV.   A lot of numbers were thrown out by  the Huckster, but there is one he failed to mention on national TV and that is 47.  He reserves that number to say in private meetings with his fellow one percent. 
 
  "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.  There are 47 percent who are with him, who depend on government, who believe they are victims, who belive the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe they are entitled to health care, to housing, you-name-it - that that's entitlement.  And the goverment should give it to them.  And they will vote for this president no  matter what.  ..These are the people who pay no income tax...My job is not to worry about those people.  I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

  Well, I collect social security, and I don't make enough on that and a little pension to pay federal taxes anymore.  So I am one of the 47 percent.  I get medicare and I want to keep it.  I spent a good portion paying into the system and I want to use it.  I am old and yes, the government should give it to me and in my old age, I want to be sure I am taken care of.  Medicare helps ensure me that I will be.   I am one of the 47 percent. 
      I don't pay any federal income tax, but I pay taxes.  I pay taxes on my property.  I pay taxes when I buy the government subidized gasoline.  I pay taxes on my telephone, my clothes on my back and my toilet paper.   I am one of the 47 percent.  But I ain't no victim.  I raised my children, buried my husband, worked all my life, encouraged my grandchildren to watch sesame street and educational programs that would not be on television if it where up to The Huckster and his like.  They'd be able to watch informercials or dumb cartoons. 

    So, don't let The Huckster fool you.  Mitt ain't even his real name.  It's Willard.  Wasn't that the name of an old movie about rats? Hmm....

  

Applause for Joe the Janitor from Sandy Creek, NY

     After the announcement that the supreme court had upheld the Affordable Health Care Act, the talk shows were abuzz with expert opinion.  On  NPR's Talk of the Nation yesterday, host Neal Conan asked a 27 year old caller if he intended to buy health insurance, or if he would take the penalty imposed by the IRS.  The caller, Joe from Sandy Creek, NY said he was a part-time janitor,(and therefore didn't make a lot of money), but that of course he would buy health insurance as it was his duty as an American.  He would pay into the system now, even though he was young and healthy, and expected he would need to use it later as he got older.  The change in the system has "got to start somewhere," he said.
    His response drew applause from the distinguished panel and guests on the NPR show being broadcast from the Ideas conference in Aspen, Colorado.
    Joe the Janitor,  that other Joe ( the Plumber) could learn a few things from you.  Thanks!

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