For a while I thought that Ron Paul fit my beliefs for a presidential cantidate and started following his campaign. In the past few days with the SC primary in full swing I have been bombarded with phone calls, ads and surveys. :barf: Recently I saw one for Ron Paul that upset me and I wanted to be sure what he was saying so I went to his website. There are a lot of things I like about him but two that turned me off so until I can no longer support him unless it comes down to the lesser of two evils. (vs. a democrat)
I know these will cause controversy here but I cannot go along with his idea of doing away with birthright citizenship nor can I go along with doing away with excluding tips when reporting taxes.
I have at least four different ancestors who fought in the revolutionary war and my Great-Grandmother was Cherokee so it is not like I'm involved in immigration but a person born on US soil is a citizen. That is the way it has been since the founding of the country and should remain.
I despise tips, wish they could be declared illegal and those that depend on them be paid wages rather than having to depend on tips but why should someone who deals in cash be given an advantage over those who are paid by check. I know plenty of people that don't report cash transactions but I don't think we should say if you get paid in cash to forget about taxes. Whether or not we should be taxed is a different story but if I have to pay them you should to. The standard wage earner already pays more than his fair share from his salary so why make it worse.
I am no longer a Ron Paul supporter.
I know these will cause controversy here but I cannot go along with his idea of doing away with birthright citizenship nor can I go along with doing away with excluding tips when reporting taxes.
I have at least four different ancestors who fought in the revolutionary war and my Great-Grandmother was Cherokee so it is not like I'm involved in immigration but a person born on US soil is a citizen. That is the way it has been since the founding of the country and should remain.
I despise tips, wish they could be declared illegal and those that depend on them be paid wages rather than having to depend on tips but why should someone who deals in cash be given an advantage over those who are paid by check. I know plenty of people that don't report cash transactions but I don't think we should say if you get paid in cash to forget about taxes. Whether or not we should be taxed is a different story but if I have to pay them you should to. The standard wage earner already pays more than his fair share from his salary so why make it worse.
I am no longer a Ron Paul supporter.