A Patch poll conducted Saturday found that Republican respondents are enthusiastic about Mitt Romney’s decision to tap Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate.
Most of those who took part in the nonscientific poll agreed that Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, will ‘galvanize’ support for Romney in the Peach State.
“He is actually presenting America with ideas and a vision,” noted one of the respondents. “Whether you agree with all of those ideas or not, at least he is offering up something for debate.”
Twenty-eight Republican elected officials, candidates and activists completed the survey. Sixty four percent of respondents agreed with the statement “Mitt Romney’s decision to choose Paul Ryan as his VP candidate will galvanize Georgia Republicans.”
Responses were a bit more tempered on whether the selection would help Romney win over undecided voters in Georgia: 39 percent strongly agreed and 36 percent said they somewhat agreed.
Respondents overwhelmingly disagreed with the notion that the Ryan pick would allow Democrats a chance to win the presidential race by running against the Congressman’s budget plans, especially his proposal for Medicare: 54 percent strongly disagreed and 25 percent said they somewhat disagree with that notion.
Reaction was a lot more mixed on whether adding Ryan to the ticket would galvanize Georgia Democrats: 43 percent said they somewhat disagreed or strongly disagreed and 39 percent said they somewhat agreed or strongly agreed.
Here are some excerpts from the respondents' comments:
- “A young, wildly intelligent and articulate conservative. He has already proven himself and shown he can make the tough decisions.”
- “Paul Ryan's strengths balance Romney's weaknesses. Ryan is a smart, issues focused conservative. He compliments Romney's reputation as a liberal conservative. Romney's reputation as a crony capitalist will be balanced by Ryan's free market ideology where no one gets special tax status, not even Bain.”
- “We now have a clear choice from those who want to see us move more to a socialized government and those who believe that government is not the answer.”
Related headlines from Patch sites across the country:
NH Tea Party Founder: Paul Ryan is No Ron Paul
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UNTIL the day when we can get no more, ah but then how do you pay when the demand is made ... With an Oops we didn't think you'd want it back?
Got to keep the loonies on the path ...
Are you sure there is NOT a typo in the following text? "My husband is a small business owner, and he has never felt any pressure from federal or state government in hiring unless you are one of those who thinks you should not screen out illegal aliens for hiring?"
Because the minimum wage is not a living wage and because the Fed has not raised it to match inflation, IRS allows those workers to use the Earned Income Credit to adjust their Federal tax liability. My question is this---Why is it OK for Mitt Romney to use the US Tax Code to pay no taxes on millions (billions?) of dollars he has in offshore and Swiss bank accounts but it’s somehow an egregious thing for a dishwasher to do the same thing just to survive? And if we're going to debate who paid what taxes, I'd like to see Romney's tax returns prior to 2010. Among other things I'd like to see if he participated in the 2009 Tax Amnesty Program.
Medicare or Social Security is not a handout. I don't even think of it as an entitlement. It's a CONTRACT--one that I had no choice but to participate in. And for the past three decades I've held up my part of the contract and I expect the government to hold up their part of it.
An interesting article this morning... and this was an interesting distinction: On the campaign trail this week, Romney said the Romney-Ryan plan to transform Medicare was "very similar" to Medicare Advantage. But Marsha Gold, a health-care expert at Mathematica Policy Research, said the big difference between the two is this: Medicare Advantage, like Medicare, is a defined benefit -- where the government guarantees a level of coverage -- while the Romney-Ryan plan transforms Medicare into a defined contribution -- where the government decides what it will pay. http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/18/13347755-romney-slams-obama-over-medicare-pledges-more-help-for-poor-and-sick#comments
Couple that with unfavorable trade agreements and a tax code that incentivizes outsourcing and soon there will be no American manufacturing jobs left. Besides the wealthy elite, Romney and his friends, think outsourcing is a good thing. They want to ship as many jobs overseas as absolutely possible.
U.S. corporate taxes that were actually paid (the effective rate) fell to a 40 year low of 12.1 percent in fiscal year 2011, despite corporate profits rebounding to their pre-Great Recession heights. The U.S. both taxes its corporations less and raises less in revenue from corporate taxes than its foreign competitors. And this from that well known "socialist" Warren Buffett: "The interesting thing about the corporate rate is that corporate profits, as a percentage of GDP last year were the highest or just about the highest in the last 50 years. They were ten and a fraction percent of GDP. That’s higher than we’ve seen in 50 years. The corporate taxes as a percentage of GDP were 1.2 percent, $180 billion. That’s just about the lowest we’ve seen. So our corporate tax rate last year, effectively, in terms of taxes paid for the United States, was around 12 percent, which is well below those existing in most of the industrialized countries around the world. So it is a myth that American corporations are paying 35 percent or anything like it…Corporate taxes are not strangling American competitiveness."
Romney is the biggest liar in politics history. Why want Romney show 5 years of his taxes. Ryan medicare plan will hurt seniors. That why the democrat will come out strong for the election.
"Bought into"? No one told me. I had to learn it the hard way by being that refugee. "America is still the place where if you work hard and set your mind to it you can become anything you want. No longer for everyone. "If you have failed maybe it is because YOU did something wrong." How quaint. See what happens to you when you attempt to have your own government bring the MxGov to task for having robbed you. See what happen to you when you file an election complaint of offcials and employees of the MxGov being provided and using still untold numbers of US voter registration forms. Then you tell me what I somehow "bought into." "You sound like Obama 'You did not build it someone else did.' If I sound "like Obama" then its because you are not hearing the message. Your thinking is limited by petty politics. All Americans, be they Democrats, Repuiblicans or Independents need to do get this country on back on track is expel the MxGov (and its sub-governance) from the USA. Until then---yes---America is no longer a refuge for even Americans.
Taxes on wages and self employment are way more punitive than capital gains taxes. The new American dream says if you're born with it, it'll be easier to hang on to it. Neither party is gonna fix THAT, but I would like people making more Han me to at least pay a slightly higher percentage. Obama will fix that. Mitt will make it worse.
Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore.
Romney was caught lying about where he filed his taxes in order to be eligible to run for governor. He had filed in Utah (where he saved LOTS of money) instead of Massachusetts. At first he claimed he didn't know how this had happened. Then he was caught trying to pay taxes in Massachusetts retroactively. There still is no proof that he paid the Massachusetts taxes because throughout every run for office he has refused to release his returns. And why are seeing the returns so important? Transparency in one's financial dealings is important for all candidates, but especially for the President who is the Commander in Chief. I mean a regular worker can't get a basic office job without having a credit check done. Try getting a mortgage without a full and complete vetting of your finances. This man could be the President--he should be MORE forthcoming not less! Also Romney’s personal wealth is historically unprecedented for the POTUS. If elected he is going to be making economic policy, specifically tax policy for ALL of us. How he pays his own taxes is linked to the way he formulates tax policy---how much would he personally benefit from his own tax plan? We have a right to know this before we go to the polls.