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Romney's Secret 47% Tape (2012) w/ David Corn

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Romney's 'Makers and Takers'

Romney was playing to the crowd. This was, i idon't think we called it this at the time, but there were makers and takers that sotheyt they called it. They wanted all these social programs made, meti care, medicate, social security. The the're taking from the people who are making. And so what romney was trying to do when he was talking to this private dinner party of very wealthy people in florida,. He was trying to rift on that conservative theme which basically means making poor people pay more taxes. Don't psychoanalyze you ponite supporters; don't do lit off about them yet.

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