The conservative Republican Congressman pens an op-ed: "Our public treasury cannot sustain further 'largesse.' Our national debt
has ballooned to more than $16 trillion. The top 25 percent of wage
earners contribute 87 percent of all tax revenue and it is numerically
impossible to tax them sufficiently to pay for this expansion of federal
government – let alone pay down our debt."
Rep. West continues his commentary: "Many of the 47% to which Gov. Romney referred (actually closer to
48.6%) must understand it is the liberal progressive policies of
President Obama that have forced them into dependency. Their path to
prosperity lies with economic freedom and an unfettered market, not more
government and bureaucracy. In this election, Americans must wake up to the facts, and more
importantly, to the reality of what lies ahead if we do not reform our
mandatory spending programs, reduce the regulatory red tape strangling
our small businesses, institute sound fiscal and tax policies, and slow
down the growth of the welfare nanny-state."
Rep. Allen West: "Mitt Romney's Comments Are On The Right Track. The Republic Cannot Survive So Much Dependency"
