Are we *sure* that 47% of Americans are not victims?

Mitt Romney and Bain friends (before they became victims that probably don't pay federal income taxes).

vic'tim
noun ˈvik-t'm\

• a living being sacrificed to a deity or in the performance of a religious rite
• one that is acted on and usually adversely affected by a force or agent (the schools are victims of the social system): as in

     (1): one that is injured, destroyed, or sacrificed under any of various conditions (a victim of cancer) (a victim of the auto crash) (a murder victim)

     (2): one that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment (a frequent victim of political attacks)
  

• one that is tricked or duped (a con man's victim)

(Merriam Webster Online Dictionary)

• a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action: victims of domestic violence, earthquake victims
• a person who is tricked or duped: the victim of a hoax
• a person who has come to feel helpless and passive in the face of misfortune or ill-treatment: I saw myself as a victim [as modifier]: a victim mentality
• a living creature killed as a religious sacrifice: sacrificial victims for the ritual festivals

(Oxford English Online Dictionary)

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