[Twotone]

He could be honest & simply say, “47% of the country is receiving some kind of government benefit. The democrats have spent a considerable amount of time demonizing Republicans & convincing these people that I will take away their benefits if elected. That, of course, is a lie. But as a matter of political reality, I probably won’t be able to correct this lie, given how our current media support Obama, & have to put my case before those I can realistically reach.”

[arrogantsob]

Very good except the 47% is not “receiving some kind of government benefit” it merely does not pay federal income taxes. It still pays sales taxes, social security taxes, state income taxes perhaps, property taxes, taxes on taxes, etc.

[Talisker]

He could be honest & simply say, “47% of the country is receiving some kind of government benefit. The democrats have spent a considerable amount of time demonizing Republicans & convincing these people that I will take away their benefits if elected. That, of course, is a lie. But as a matter of political reality, I probably won’t be able to correct this lie, given how our current media support Obama, & have to put my case before those I can realistically reach.”

Yes.

Of course, having a politician speak the plain truth to the country will also shatter the time/space boundary of this sector of the galaxy, and let in trillions of ETs from the multiverse who have been locked out because of the wall of stupid lies that has surrounded our planet for millenium.

So there's that, too.

[muawiyah]

And he would be wrong. That's a third thing that's frequently confounded with the other two mis-beliefs. Someone did a study and determined that a large percentage of Americans have someone in their household who receives government cash benefits.

Gee whiz, taking care of your own elderly will do that to you if Grandma gets Social Security after working 50 years at a Holland Milling Machine and breaking her back to put you through graduate school.

Right?

That hardly turns your family into welfare recipients.

Avoid propaganda in this discussion of who is or is not part of the dependent class (which, to me, are mostly elected politicians ~ they are totally dependent).