Don’t yell Democrats are worse at me; I don’t want to hear it. Deciding which Party is worse is like asking me into which eye I want your thumb inserted.
South Carolina’s Winthrop University in Rock Hill does regular political polling. Their latest involved 589 self identified local state Republicans who are registered voters.
The title of this post was almost “Bring on the Death Panels and Soylent Green” because American seniors – including 69% of SC Republican seniors – don’t want to pay their own way. I refrained because despite the consistent poll results, I still don’t believe it.
Most important issue facing U.S.?
Economy/financial crisis – 33 percent
Budget deficit or debt – 32 percent
Would you be willing to have your current Social Security or Medicare benefits reduced in order to address national budget concerns?
Yes – 23.3 percent
No – 69 percent
Can you believe these people? These polls should all ask an additional question:
Would you be willing to have your current Social Security or Medicare benefits reduced in order to avoid passing enormous debt to your grandchildren?
I believe seniors will not only support sacrifice, they are getting fed up with the lack of national leadership.
Here’s another question I’d like to see on these polls:
If you are one of the 43% of American workers that pay no income tax, would you be willing to pay a few dollars a week in order to avoid passing enormous debt to your grandchildren?
There’s more sad news from the poll:
Whom would you vote for to be the GOP nominee for president?
Mike Huckabee – 17.8 percent
Not sure – 16.9 percent
Mitt Romney – 16.1 percent
Donald Trump – 9.9 percent
First we pick Mike Huckabee, the tax and spend, religion on his sleeve, George W Bush wannabe, former Republican governor of Arkansas who is almost certainly not running.
We still like Mitt Romneycare?
One modestly redeeming result was Not Sure. They should have provided a Not in this Lifetime option for each candidate and a None of the Above option for the bunch. That might have produced more reassuring numbers.
If we want to stretch for good news, Trump only got 10% from us while other polls had him leading nationally.
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