WHO SHOULD ROMNEY PICK AS HIS VEEP?
I prefer Bobby Jindal.
Here’s why:
He’s southern and will help in the south.
He’s ethnic – and will help with ethnics and blacks.
He’s a healthcare expert who ran the Dept of helth and Hospitals in Louisiana and earned his masters at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in health policy.
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He an energy expert in oil and natural gas and will highlight Obama’s dismal performance during thre BP oil spill.
He is a devout Christian and will help with the fundamentalist vote.
He is young and has a young bright wife and kids and this will help with the youth vote.
His parents and he are self-made and as immigrants embody the American Dream.
He is a Governor with great executive experience and a former Congressman with great legislative and DC experience – but not to much DC time to have become tainted as an insider.
And he's been a successful anti-corruption crusader, too!
ROMNEY-JINDAL!
19 comments:
Jindal brings nothing to the table for Mitt except color. He's not been that good of a governor as governors go in this state. Mitts better of with Rubio.
o. sure.
he's sux as guv, but won the biggest reelection in like ... forever.
and he was a perry supporter.
and none of my points - that you ignore - count at all.
sure.
i know Louisiana fairly well.
lived there.
decades ago but have followed politics there ever since. and returned often.
i like rubio - for 2020.
besides, rubio isn't interested and isn't presidential yet.
he hasn't earned a spot on the ticket. if he was a jew them nobody would be talking him up.
he's hispanic so folks like you do.
jindal is a proven leader. an intellect well versed in all the issues.
ready to be potus.
rubio ain't.
You obvious don't follow Louisiana politics.
No one of note ran against Jindel...he didn't even campaign hard. Voter turnout was 28%
He has done NOTHING for Louisiana's economy or high tax situation. He is no more qualified for national office then Obama was.....a backbench congressman.
On this one my friend, we disagree.
GAWD u r dense!
why dint nobody of "note" run against him!?!?
sheesh.
he did more for louisiana than any guv in 100 years.
that might not be saying enough for you but you aint the electorate!
that's a mistake a lot of conservatives make:
we might like palin but she can never be elected.
we have to support the best ELECTABLE conservative pol's.
name 3 better than bobby in LA???
:)
"he did more for Louisiana than any guv in 100 years"
What?
You obviously are cut and pasting from the Washington Post.
I live here and see what he is NOT doing for this state. We have one of the highest state income taxes in the country...
don't get nasty with me boy. i live in nyc and not a single fucking moron in lousiana pays more than me.
FACTS:
LOUISIANA
Sales Taxes
State Sales Tax: 4%; 3.8% for electricity, water utility services and steam; Interstate telecommunication services are taxable at 2%. Political subdivisions also levy their own sales tax that could bring the total to 10.75%. Food, drugs, wheelchairs and prosthetic devices are taxed locally. For more information, click here.
Gasoline Tax: 20 cents/gallon
Diesel Fuel Tax: 20 cents/gallon
Cigarette Tax: 36 cents/pack of 20
Personal Income Taxes
Tax Rate Range: Low – 2%; High – 6%
Income Brackets: * Lowest – $12,500; Highest – $50,000
Number of Brackets: 3
Personal Exemptions:** Single – $4,500; Married – $9,000; Dependents – $1,000; 65 and older – $1,000
Standard Deduction: Included in personal exemptions
Medical/Dental Deduction: Federal amount
Federal Income Tax Deduction: Full
Retirement Income Taxes: Persons 65 years or older may exclude up to $6,000 of annual retirement income from their taxable income. Taxpayers that are married filing jointly and are both age 65 or older can each exclude up to $6,000 of annual retirement income. If only one spouse has retirement income, the exclusion is limited to $6,000. Federal retirement benefits received by federal retirees, both military and nonmilitary, may be excluded from Louisiana taxable income. Individuals receiving benefits from certain retirement systems (shown when you click the link) are allowed to exclude those benefits from their Louisiana tax-table income. In addition, deferred income from the municipal and state police employee’s retirement is exempt from state income tax. Click for details.
Retired Military Pay: Not taxed.
Military Disability Retired Pay: Retirees who entered the military before Sept. 24, 1975, and members receiving disability retirements based on combat injuries or who could receive disability payments from the VA are covered by laws giving disability broad exemption from federal income tax. Most military retired pay based on service-related disabilities also is free from federal income tax, but there is no guarantee of total protection.
VA Disability Dependency and Indemnity Compensation: VA benefits are not taxable because they generally are for disabilities and are not subject to federal or state taxes.
Military SBP/SSBP/RCSBP/RSFPP: Generally subject to state taxes for those states with income tax. Check with state department of revenue office.
NEW YORK
Sales Taxes
State Sales Tax: 4.0% (food, prescription and non-prescription drugs exempt); Other taxing entities (cities and counties) may add up to 5.00% in additional sales tax.
Gasoline Tax: 49.0 cents/gallon
Diesel Fuel Tax: 49.5 cents/gallon
Cigarette Tax: $4.35/pack of 20; New York City adds an additional $1.50.
Personal Income Taxes
Tax Rate Range: Low – 4.0%; High - 8.97%. The state has enacted two new temporary income tax rates in its 2010 budget levied on the highest-income filers. For households with taxable income above $500,000, regardless of filing status, the tax rate rises to 8.97 percent from 6.85 percent; for those with taxable income below $500,000 but above $200,000 for single individuals, $250,000 for heads of households, and $300,000 for married couples filing joint returns, the rate increases to 7.85 percent from 6.85 percent. You are entitled to a household credit if you are single and have an adjusted gross income of $28,000 or less, or married with AGI of $32,000 or less.
Income Brackets: * Lowest – $8,000; Highest – $500,000
Number of Brackets: 5
Personal Exemptions: Single – $0; Married – $0; Dependents – $1,000
Standard Deduction: Single – $7,500; Married filing jointly – $15,000; Dependents – $3,000
Medical/Dental Deduction: Federal amount
Federal Income Tax Deduction: None
Retirement Income Taxes: Social Security, military, civil service, New York state/local government pensions are exempt. Also, up to $20,000 of qualified private pensions for those 59½ and older. Out-of-state government pensions can be deducted as part of the $20,000 exemption. For more information on senior citizen and retiree benefits, click here.
Retired Military Pay: Exempt from taxes.
Military Disability Retired Pay: Disability Portion – Length of Service Pay: Member on September 24, 1975 — No tax; Not Member on September 24, 1975 — Taxed, unless combat incurred. Retired Pay – Based solely on disability. member on September 24, 1975 — No tax. Not Member on September 24, 1975 — Taxed, unless all pay based on disability, and disability resulted from armed conflict, extra-hazardous service, simulated war, or an instrumentality of war. For information on taxes for military personnel in New York State, click here and here.
VA Disability Dependency and Indemnity Compensation: VA benefits are not taxable because they generally are for disabilities and are not subject to federal or state taxes.
Military SBP/SSBP/RCSBP/RSFPP: Generally subject to state taxes for those states with income tax. Check with state department of revenue office.
wake up and smell the reality!
http://www.wafb.com/story/17283799/senate-education-committee-debates-education-reform
http://www.bobbyjindal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47
On June 27, 2008, Louisiana's Secretary of State confirmed that a recall petition had been filed against Governor Jindal in response to Jindal's refusal to veto a bill that would more than double the current state legislative pay. During his campaign for Governor, Jindal had pledged to prevent legislative pay raises that would take effect during the current term.[30][31] Jindal responded by saying that he is opposed to the pay increase but that he had pledged to let the legislature govern themselves.[32] On June 30, 2008, Governor Jindal reversed his earlier position by vetoing the pay raise legislation, stating that he made a mistake by staying out of the pay raise issue. In response, the petitioners dropped their recall effort.[33]
The Standard and Poor's raised Louisiana's bond rating and credit outlook from stable to positive in 2009. In announcing this change, the organization gave credit to the state’s strong management and “commitment to streamlining its government functions.”[34]
He has brought in some jobs, and the unemployment rate (despite the moratorium in the Gulf after the BP oil spill) is below the national average. He was just re-elected with 66% of the vote
and you have failed to name 3 Louisiana pol's who would be better.
wake up or fuck off you snide nasty little prick.
diogenes;
you strike me one of those self-identifying "very conservative" pricks who probably supported that idiot cain and his moronic 999 plan and then newt or tricky ricky.
and you probably hate mitt.
wake up.
political elections ain't about idealism; they're about nominating the best we can who will defeat the dem/left.
no candidate is really perfect.
not mitt not bobby.
even reagan was flawed.
don't make the perfect the enemy of the good.
Take a deep breath dude. I thought we were having a gentlemanly political discussion here.
I guess the old adage "Your reputation proceeds you" is true in your case.
Dans les mots de la baise française Vous aussi!
LISTEN UP DIOGENES:
YOU GOT SNARKY AND RUDE WITH ME FIRST.
I MERELY RETALIATED.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN LOOK IN THE FUCKING MIRROR YOU TWIRP.
MY RULE IS:
IF YOU BRING KNIVES THEN I BRING HOWITZERS.
SO GO FUCK YOURSELF.
AND READ SOME OF THE LINKS IF YOU WANNA WISE UP YOU SCHMUCK.
DIOGJAKNEES;
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF YOUR ATTACK AGAINST ME:
You obviously are cut and pasting from the Washington Post.
SNIDE SNARKY BULLSHIT.
A PERSONAL ATTACK THAT ADDRESSED NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE.
THAT'S WHY YOU ARE A PIECE OF GREASY SHIT.
RECENT RANKINGS SHOW LOUISIANA RANKS 42 IN STATE INCOME TAXES, SO YOUR INFO THAT LOUISIANA RANKS AT THE TOP IS WRONG.
IDJIT
LAST THING:
I WILL GO BALLISTIC ON ANYONE WHO ATTACKS ME.
I DON'T GIVE A SHIT IF THEY ARE CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL.
IF YOU ATTACK ME - AND NOT MY ARGUMENTS - THEN YOU ARE GONNA FACE A TIRADE OF RELENTLESS SHIT.
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