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July 3, 2014
Conservatives Say the Poor Have It Easy
By Sheila Samples
Colorado Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob Beauprez was, we've just learned, a real pioneer. He is under fire for "47 percent" remarks he gave in a 2010 speech to the Denver Rotary Club--years before Mitt Romney was taped saying essentially the same thing. In the video, which surfaced on Wednesday, Beauprez condemned Americans who don't pay federal income tax as lazy dependents and pawns in a scheme of big government control.
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Colorado Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob Beauprez was, we've just learned, a real pioneer. He is under fire for "47 percent" remarks he gave in a 2010 speech to the Denver Rotary Club--years before Mitt Romney was taped saying essentially the same thing. In the video, which surfaced on Wednesday, Beauprez condemned Americans who don't pay federal income tax as lazy dependents and pawns in a scheme of big government control.Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.