KhorTose Posted August 11, 2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Good news, Romney shows how out of touch he is with America in his choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate. Paul (okay he does get an "A" from the NRA) is another big supporter of taxing the poor while reducing taxes on the rich. He has twice came up with plans that lower the tax on the rich, gut medicare and social security, and advocates for a federal value added tax of 8.5%, all of which would put the majority of the tax burden on poorer Americans. Oddly enough one plan even failed to make it out of committee, and the other was voted down with 38 republicans joining to defeat it. He is young and smart, but a total right wing tickle down republican. Obama has been attacking Romney as only being for the rich, not paying any taxes, farming jobs overseas, etc. and doing so with good effect on the American public. So instead of picking a more liberal candidate he is picking his clone. I will bet right now that this choice will hurt him, and further predict that he will even lose Ryan's state of Wisconsin come November. Quote
