I have been watching the fallout from mitt’s latest regarding 47% of America being welfare king/queens; that these individuals don’t want to work or live independently or be responsible for their lives.

As far as not paying taxes goes there are a number of things in the tax code that allow for exemptions and tax breaks.  Those are the same tax breaks that republicans and the wealthy benefit from so that they pay little to nothing in taxes. 

My question is where are these insanely lazy people?  I don’t see them around me.  In college I got a student loan for my last two years of college so I could finish school.  I went to school full-time and had two part-time jobs.  I didn’t pay income taxes because I didn’t make enough money to.  Does that make me lazy?

I was a victim of the recession.  When I lost my job I was unemployed for almost a year and received unemployment.  My job while unemployed became finding a job and finishing school.  I took freelance writing gigs whenever I could and put in applications into any jobs that I thought I was qualified for.  When I finally got a job I had put in more than 300 applications. 

I don’t know what world Mitt Romney lives in but you can’t live fat on the hog on unemployment.  I hated my unemployment check because it was a painful reminder that I lost my job, of how I had failed somehow despite doing what they tell you you’re supposed to as part of the American Dream.  Go to school get good grades, go to college so you can get a good job, buy a home, etc. I know my job loss wasn’t my fault, that a lot of people were in the same place as me, but it was still really hard for me to cope with and continue to stay positive while trying to find another job.

 I was never lazy; I have always worked hard, even when I was in college and didn’t make enough to be in a tax bracket.  And I’m not alone.  There are people who get assistance because they work at places like Wal-Mart that don’t pay a living wage.  Yeah, you can pay bills but you can’t buy groceries and you’d be surprised how common that is in this country.

There are people who take advantage of the system but not as many as the republicans would like you to believe, certainly not 47% of the country. Most people have already grasped how out of touch with the everyday person Mitt Romney is but this latest just adds a new and disturbing angle to his contempt for Americans who aren’t like him.