Who has the better fiscal plan?

of the two choices but Rand Paul's is the best plan out there.

Not quite, but since the Demoncrats have no fiscal plan at all, anything has to be better!

Clearly someone didn't read the OP.

Really!? Then what is the Demoncrat fiscal plan?

Between these two lousy choices, Romney is the only correct answer.

However, I will be voting for Virgil Goode in November.

Didn't know he was running. Thanks for that info. I"ll look him up. Probably won't be a fan but oh well. However I only gave two choices because The Economist article was a comparison of the two main candidates. So I waned to ask which was better not which was best.

Absolutely. If you want a constitutional republic then he is a good guy to vote for. If you enjoy the mess we have had for the last century then by all means vote for either of the two progressive parties; Republicans or Democrats.

Obama will bankrupt the country, destroy the dollar and we will be worse off than Greece

Actually Romney's plan as it stands as significantly more to the debt than Obama's. Also, Romney supports the Federal Reserve as it is.

Romney backs the Ryan plan. In January of 2010, Governor Romney stated that he supported the reappointment of Ben Bernanke to the head of the Federal Reserve. He stated that although the Federal Reserve had some blame for the housing crisis and economic problems, Ben Bernanke was the most skilled and capable person to get the country through the economic mess.

In September of 2011, Governor Romney stated in a debate that he would not reappoint Ben Bernanke if he were elected President. He noted his opposition to recent tactics, such as the quantitative easing steps.

In another debate, Governor Romney agreed with the need for greater transparency at the Federal Reserve. He stated that he would not agree with ending the Federal Reserve and he did not trust Congress with managing the responsibilities of the Fed. Romney and Ron Paul are allies. Ron's boy will benefit from a Romney Presidency.

The Ryan plan adds to the debt though. Anyway, so you quoted Romney making contradictory statements about Bernanke. However, he would be no ally to Ron Paul. He even says so that he likes the Fed and doesn't think Congress should have control over monetary policy. He even says it in your own statement. "Governor Romney agreed with the need for greater transparency at the Federal Reserve. He stated that he would not agree with ending the Federal Reserve and he did not trust Congress with managing the responsibilities of the Fed".

Ron and Mitt never laid a glove on each other during the debates. In fact Paul attacked everyone but Romney. How long has Paul been in Congress? Romney is not a Washington insider. How many Ron Paul bills have become law? Why if he is such a great leader he never became more popular than a nobody Representative from Texas? Why can't he win a primary? He only wins caucuses because Paulbots run roughshod over the proceedings. If you have to cheat to win you are no better than Obama. Romney flip flops? At least he admits when he's wrong and is willing to change. Do you think Congress should act as a Central Bank? You think the FED is bad give Barney Frank your checkbook. The Fed makes profits the government never profits. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease besides I don't think the President could repeal something like the FED anyway. Personally I agree with Paul's economic policies but I can't agree with his foreign policies. I don't think the President can do a damn thing without Congress.

Mitt has the right background to tackle the econ issues America is facing today...

as independent.... this year I'm yellow dog republican...bark

Don't policies matter more?

Country is headed in the wrong direction... guess we have the wrong policies too..
bark

GMAFB 175T

Romney's plan actually adds more to the debt than Obama's debt.

Do you feel better now

No real Option here.
Obama's budget has yet to be presented and all he has done is go on a shopping spree paid for by the tax payer. Quite frankly, Paul Ryan's plan looks better then either one of those presented on this post.

Like I said before, Romney hasn't a clue what it is like not to be rich. So his kind is all he's concerned about.

Romney hasn't got a chance.

I'm voting with Warren Buffet. He has more economic knowledge in his little finger than the rest of us have combined.

He says Obama is the best choice for our economic future. And Obama's plan has the added bonus of not playing hatchet man with the american way of life to finance people richer than I am.

The industrialists have been taking the people's money away to drive their profits since the civil war.

We lost the first struggle.

Financial and Economic are not the same though. Related yes, but being good on Wall Street doesn't get one the noble prize in economics.

Oh...

Well then what's your excuse for Romney? Take that away from him, and he's just a stiff mormon.

And by the way, a financial genius is good at balancing the check book.

An economic genius builds one of the single most valuable companies with a few family donations.

You go look at Berkshire Hathaway's balance sheet, and tell me how that's not tied directly into the economy of the country.

OMG...It's a SH poll with mostly smart people*!! Amaaaaaazing!!!

* (as of 5/5/12 11pm. 18 for Obama; only 4 for Romney. Subject to change should the righties swarm - as they normally do on SH.)

A google search Didn't show me a plan from Romney,.. I just got a lot of what he wants to do,.. most of it reversing anyand everything that Obama even breathed on.

Socialism for the rich, the transfer of wealth from the middle class to the rich, will crash the economy just like it did when GW was president.

Romney is a bigger joke! Another George Bush in the makings.. That's what got this country in the mess that it's currently in....

Not enough choices ! Obama's lies compared to Romney's lies !

NEITHER... RP is the ONLY one.

Sigh....... I'll be glad when all of this is over and Obama can settle in to his second term, continue doing a kick ass job and getting us out of the Republican economic nightmare we went through.

I am praying far a ballot with None Of The Above as a choice.
Obama is already a disaster.
Romney looks like a disaster in the making.

I see an economy that is on the rebound, a stock market that is doing well, I see companies hiring again....where is the disaster?

We had eight years of a disaster, and his name was not Obama.

i am not sure where you are looking but, as an accountant, I see businesses struggling to stay open with no plan or hope of growing, businesses closing, bills far in arears for most businesses. The only businesses starting are people desperate for jobs who think starting their own business is their only option.

I have seen companies hiring again compared to what it was like in 2008 when there were NO jobs at all....and we were losing 750,000 jobs a month.

BTW a degree in accounting doesn't make you an expert on job growth ...or the economy at large.

I did not claim to be an expert. I stated my occupation to indicate that I had more direct knowledge than many other people.

Since unemployment is still above 8%, what is your claim to expertise?

There is no expertise. The job market is improving... slowly but surely.

We don't need any more republicans bleeding the country blind

Neither. The only candidate that offered a plan that would not raise the debt is Paul.