https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/03/16/is-capitalism-moral/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:19:41 -0400<![CDATA[Republicans tried to make “We built it” a central theme of the 2012 campaign, capitalizing on President Obama’s awkwardly-put argument that it takes public infrastructure to create successful businesses. But that message was soon drowned out by the controversy over Mitt Romney’s videotaped complaint about the 47 percent of Americans who, by paying no taxes and relying on government handouts, have become wards of the welfare state. Americans recoiled at the elitism and lack of empathy in the candid remarks to wealthy donors, and even Romney recently admitted to Fox News that the comments “did real damage to my campaign.”]]>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:25:53 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/03/16/is-capitalism-moral-n100911