Buchanan: Obama a welfare dealer

President Barack Obama is a drug dealer of welfare, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan charged in an interview with Fox Newss Greta Van Susteren Tuesday night.

Barack Obama is a drug dealer of welfare, he said, speaking on On the Record with Greta Van Susteren. He wants permanent dependency, in my judgment, of all these folkssomehow getting benefits, benefits, benefits and paying no taxes.

Buchanans comments came the day after a video surfaced of Mitt Romney, who, speaking at a private fundraiser in May, said 47 percent of Americans, who dont pay income tax, are dependent upon the government. Romney and some Republicans, like Buchanan, didnt back down from those comments when the controversial video came to light, saying instead that the remarks should spark a broader conversation about the role of government in citizens lives, and why the poor economy forces more people to rely on help from the government.

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We used to have FDR talking about relief being a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit, Buchanan said. We got to get off this welfare, is what he said. And in that sense its a narcotic.

Gov. Romney is the complete opposite, Buchanan added. We believe in temporary help for anybody thats in trouble. You should have a floor of decency under every family. Unemployment should be temporary. Unemployment benefits should be temporary. Food stamps should be temporary. What are we doing with 47 million people permanently have to be fed by the government?

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