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Perry Campaign goes Flat – Proposes 20 Percent Flat Tax
Steve Forbes is back, but now he has a southern draw. Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry unveiled a sweeping economic agenda Monday highlighted by a plan to level a voluntary 20 percent “flat tax” on all taxpayers who will accept it in place of what they’re paying now. The plan, outlined in a Wall Street Journal op-ed column a day before the Texas governor was set to unveil it in South Carolina, also calls for capping federal spending at 18 percent of the country’s GDP while allowing younger earners to privatize their Social Security accounts. Taxpayers who don’t want to pay a 20 percent flat income tax, he said, can keep their current rate. Perry offers several proposals that appear designed to sweeten the offer – and to counter criticism that the flat tax is [...]
Perry to Proposes a National Flat Tax "So simple that even Timothy Geithner can file his taxes on time"
A revised version of this article appears here. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas said Wednesday that he would propose a flat tax next week as part of a tax overhaul program, signaling a new effort to separate himself from Mitt Romney and the rest of the Republican field. Mr. Perry signaled his intent in a speech to Republicans on Wednesday morning after Tuesday night’s brawl of a Republican debate. He has in the past suggested support for some form of a flat tax, but has backed off from endorsing one. Mr. Perry recently recruited as an adviser Steve Forbes, who ran for president in 1996 on a pledge of implementing a single flat tax on income, without any deductions. Mr. Perry did not offer details of how his plan would work. He said he wanted to scrap “the three million words of the [...]
CNN GOP Presidential Debate – Heat Turned Up on Romney and Cain
By Karl Gotthardt Unlike previous debates, last nights GOP Presidential debate turned feisty. Herman Cain was first to feel the heat on his 9-9-9 plan and immigration policy. A report, released prior to the debate, indicated that the Cain plan would boost the rich, but have a negative impact on the middle class and poor. Cain deflected the criticism by referring the audience to his website and determine for themselves. Romney was the subject of a personal attack by Rick Perry for hiring illegal immigrants. Perry asserted that Romney was part of the problem. “There is a magnet of people that will hire illegals, and you are number one on that list, sir,” he said The debate, moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper, had a great format, however it never left enough time (one [...]
Romney Leads Perry in latest Florida Poll
Following a debate performance that many dubbed disastrous, Rick Perry has ceded the position of frontrunner in Florida to Mitt Romney, according to a Public Policy Polling poll released Wednesday. The poll found that 30 percent of Florida Republican primary voters would vote for Mitt Romney, while 24 percent would vote for Rick Perry. Newt Gingrich, the only other candidate to break double digits, is in third with 10 percent. Michele Bachmann has fallen to 6th place, with 6 percent, behind Ron Paul and Herman Cain, who recently won the Florida Five strawpoll. If the race boiled down to just Romney and Perry, Romney beats out the Lone Star governor 45 percent to 36 percent, though a full 19 percent of Republican voters remain unsure. Perry’s troubles seem to stem in large part from [...]
CNN Opinion Research Poll – September 23-25, 2011 Obama Approval and GOP Presidential Candidate Field Analysis
CNN Opinion Research Poll - September 23-25, 2011 Obama Approval and GOP Presidential Candidate Field Analysis By Albert N. Milliron, Managing Editor, Iron Mill Interactive Media The latest CNN poll was conducted by telephonic interviews with 1,010 adults. The poll was conducted by ORC International between September 23-25, 2011. The margin of error (MOE) was +/- 3 percentage points. 917 of those interview were registered voters. Despite what people think, over 200 of the interviews were by cell phone contacts. Our review will look at this poll and the previous poll from the same organization. This way, we one can be assured that comparisons are closely related to methodology and error margins. President Obama President Obama's approval rating is currently 45% up 2 [...]
Zogby Poll: Herman Cain Leads by 10 percentage points, Perry 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 11%
UTICA, NY--Rick Perry has tumbled by more than 20 percentage points over the past month among Republican presidential primary voters and is now second to Herman Cain, who leads the field with 28%. Mitt Romney received little benefit from Perrys fall, garnering 17% of the vote for third place. As for President Barack Obama, both his job approval (42%) and the percentage who believe he deserves re-election (37%) are little changed from recent polls, but he does seem to be winning back some supporters who have been disappointed in his job performance. These results are from an IBOPE Zogby interactive poll conducted Sept. 23-26 of all likely voters and of likely Republican primary voters. Announced GOP Candidates (GOP primary voters) If the Republican primary for President were held [...]
Herman Cain wins – Presidency 5 Republican Straw Poll Election Results Orlando Florida – Live
Florida Straw Poll Results AND THE WINNER IS… Today at the Republican Party of Florida’s Presidency 5, 2,657 delegates cast their votes in the Party’s straw poll. The results of that straw poll are in and are as follows: Herman Cain, 37.1% Rick Perry, 15.4% Mitt Romney, 14.0% Rick Santorum, 10.9% Ron Paul, 10.4% Newt Gingrich, 8.4% Jon Huntsman, 2.3% Michele Bachmann, 1.5% by Albert N. Milliron (Orlando)-- Florida will hold it's straw poll today, September 24, 2011 at 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. The results are to be announced close to 6:00 p.m. after the votes are certified. There are many straw polls held throughout America but the organizers state that Florida has some significant differences. Unlike the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa, those who vote in this straw poll are actual [...]
Bobby Jindal endorses Perry, Pawlenty endorses Romney
Two Endorsements ahead of the CNN Tea Party Debate I wonder how long this has been in the works. Was the plan always to roll it out tonight before the debate or did Perry and Jindal speed things up to match T-Paw’s Romney endorsement? Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is backing Rick Perry for president, a major endorsement for the Texas governor as the campaign for the Republican nomination enters the crucial fall stretch of the primary calendar, a source tells CNN. Jindal is on his way to Florida and will be Perry’s guest at Monday night’s “Tea Party Republican Debate” broadcast on CNN from Tampa, the source said. Jindal is expected to formally make the announcement prior to the debate. Neither endorsement breaks either guy out of their niche. Romney’s running as the safe, [...]
NBC Republican Debate pushes Perry against Romney
We think that Texas Governor Rick Perry may have disappointed as high expectations prevailed. Romney, the polished politician and business man has yet to make a debate gaff. Ron Paul actually drew fire from Perry after Paul pout out an ad that called Perry Al Gores cheer leader. Bachmann faltering in the polls was pushed aside this time round. Rick Santorum usually known as the social conservative has become the most defense conservative in the field as others have strong social conservative credentials. Jon Huntsman spends a good deal of his time distancing himself from his former boss, President Obama. His also sets himself as the intellectual man in the room calling others non-scientific as he touts his views on Climate Change and Evolution. Newt Gingrich came away [...]
