I don't like the guy at all, but it sounds like he was just being realistic:
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the President no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what...These are people who pay no income tax ...
(Actually he was wrong, 46% of people do not pay Federal income tax, they FILE taxes, but they get it all back, except for SS and medicare payments. There you go. He said 47%, not 46%. I don't like him at all, and I won't vote for him, but what he said is the truth.).
Obviously there is not a direct correlation, but yes, I would say that almost half of the the people in the US now feel that they must look to the government to create jobs for them, take care of their retirement for them, give them their healthcare, etc..... That is the case for somewhere approaching half the people in the country now. They are entitled to their view, but I think that they would always vote for someone that promises that the government will provide for them in some way.
Sounds like a politically honest statement about the way things are.
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