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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on August 30, 2012, 08:31:18 AM
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sorefeet (72 posts)
I'm arguing with a winger and he claims
that Romney gave away all of his inherited wealth and started out pennyless. He has aquired all of his wealth by himself. We are just jealous. He said it is well know and has been on the news. Anyone??
Got to talking jobs, he said my biggest mistake in life was I was union. Only to find out after he slipped that him and his wife worked Boeing for 20 plus years. But he claims he gets zero pension,retirement or any compensation for paying 55 bucks a month for his dues.
I see this guy almost everyday at my buddies motorcycle shop, he is a customer. I told him after I opened his eyes that he would vote Obama.
JustAnotherGen (4,197 posts)
1. Next time
Tell him he is a bold faced liar. I point blank tell Republicans who want to spout off this kind of bullshit that they are liars and walk away.
I don't care if it makes them uncomfortable or embarasses the people around me.
I'm 39 years old. I've been listening to their twisted and insane version of reality and lies since 1980 - when they began their assault on America. So I'm not going to be a person of the lie anymore.
He lied. He wants to believe that 'lie' - then he can. But you have free speech and the right to say one word - "Liar." Then walk away.
Jeff In Milwaukee (10,372 posts)
2. Romney's inherited wealth....
He inherited the Romney name (Dad was a CEO and former Governor of Michigan)
He inherited a Romney education (Private prep school and Harvard)
He inherited Romney family friends (early clients were Dad's chums)
By the time his father died in 1995, Romney had already bilked people out of millions, so he didn't need the money. And beside, Dad was an old-fashioned businessman who didn't feel the need to amass a nine-figure net worth at other peoples' expense.
rfranklin (12,819 posts)
9. "Gave away his interitance"....Romney is talking about a tax dodging scheme...a lie as usual...
Last edited Thu Aug 30, 2012, 09:26 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
With respect to Mitt Romney's inheritance, Mother Jones recently reported an interesting nugget of information. It turns out that in an earlier interview with Reuters, Mitt Romney made an telling remark:
“What I got from my parents when they passed away I gave away to charity and to my kids.â€
Mother Jones points out that just passing on inherited wealth is not quite the same thing as giving it all away or “not inheriting the money at all.â€
The question then arises if perhaps Mitt Romney or his father used a dynasty trust, which is a generation-skipping estate-tax exempting device that the Wall Street Journal points out is used by quite a lot of wealthier individuals.
These trusts usually provide income to the children as well, though they can't use the principal which goes to the grandchildren.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021231641
No one goes to Hell.
Most souls simply lack the ambition to leave.
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I was just reading that post. I liked this exchange;
JustAnotherGen (4,197 posts)
1. Next time
Tell him he is a bold faced liar. I point blank tell Republicans who want to spout off this kind of bullshit that they are liars and walk away.
I don't care if it makes them uncomfortable or embarasses the people around me.
I'm 39 years old. I've been listening to their twisted and insane version of reality and lies since 1980 - when they began their assault on America. So I'm not going to be a person of the lie anymore.
He lied. He wants to believe that 'lie' - then he can. But you have free speech and the right to say one word - "Liar." Then walk away.
bighart (1,130 posts)
10. You were politically aware at age 6?
:lmao:
KC
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I was just reading that post. I liked this exchange;
:lmao:
KC
He/she/it isn't even politically aware now.
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Talk about someone being a bald faced liar...
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Talk about someone being a bald faced liar...
Ah, the irony!
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What would you say to someone who said to you: "When I open your eyes, you are going to vote for Obama."
I would go :mental: then :rotf:
Oh, and calling someone a liar, turning on your heel and walking away isn't really a compelling argument.
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So Mitt's daddy left him a good name...what kind of name is the DUmmie leaving his kids?
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So Mitt's daddy left him a good name...
It's unfair!
Unless your name is Gore or Kennedy...then the rest of America must gaze up at your in reverential awe.