Article after article calls it about getting a government check.
Not owing income tax in a given year has nothing to do with how you vote.
The elderly, GIs, young marrieds, good ol boy right wingers, even rich people, many people don’t taxes every year, but they aren’t scum or receiving welfare or anything, they just don’t owe any taxes.
The income tax explanation is lame, so is the government check claim.
The statement was incredibly ignorant, clumsy, and clearly he hasn’t thought this through.
Article after article says that, because they are trying to put words in Romney’s mouth. Why do you think they are doing that?
There are multiple copies of the video. There are also complete transcripts. Listen or read the entire thing, and not just the excerpts others want you to hear.
Romney was talking about the culture of dependency on government: people that expected everything for free. It is his detractors that are trying to add in other groups that are not freeloading.