Awesome. I never get tired of this. Watch Mittens get destroyed by a normal guy like us over the reality of life in the 99%. Watch Willard haplessly defend "corporations are people, my friend!" and the wealthiest 1%.
The fist question was by an Occupier, and he really let Willard have it.
“It seems that the U.S. is a great place to be a corporation,’’ the man said, “but increasingly a desperate place to live and work.’’
“Where do you think corporations’ profits go?’’ Romney asked.
“It goes to the 1 percent of Americans who own the 90 percent of stocks,’’ the man responded and continued to press him.
That's how it's done, ladies and gentlemen. Willard then pathetically replied,
“You’ve had your turn,’’ Romney said. “Now it’s my turn. . . . Corporations are made up of people and the money goes to people either to hire people or to pay shareholders. They’re made up of people. So somehow thinking that there’s something else out there that we could grab money from and get taxes from and everything would be better . . . why, they’re still people.’’
Hat tip to CrooksandLiars.com
Good luck with that, Willard. Let's make the slogan "Corporations are people too, my friend." the un-official slogan of the Mitt Romney 2012 campaign. Mitt doesn't care about people unless they are corporate personhoods who make huge contributions to his Presidential Campaign. It's like "compassionate conservativism" as long as you accept that fact that if you have less than a million dollars, Mitt doesn't care whether you live or die.
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Expect to see more of this, much more. Occupy activists are going to keep harassing and embarrassing corporate stooges like Mittens throughout New Hampshire, South Carolina and on. Wherever corporate shills sell a 1%ers dream agenda, Occupiers will be there.
And as for the facts, The Occupy Activist in the video nails it. Wealth isn't "trickling down". Trickle down DOES NOT WORK. And as for corporations being people, let's admit that if corporations are people then they are abusive, sociopathic people who have no sense of patriotism or empathy. Got a pre-existing condition? Then "Don't get sick, and if you do, die quickly." Banks make a profit, they keep it, if the banks make a loss, then socialize the loss and let the public bail the banks out and pay the bill. The reality is that corporatist like Mitt Romney don't care about 99% of the American people, as long as the corporate welfare gravy train keeps on rolling and funding the corrupt election campaigns of the Mitt Romney's of the world us peasants could starve for all they care. .
Because the reality is, if "Corporations are people, my friend" then Corporations are the kind of people who would steal your girlfriend, pawn all your possessions and then sell you out to the highest bidder. With friends like that, who needs oppressive undemocratic special interests?
I leave the floor to you
Peace and love to all
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