"Fix" For Medicare Costing Willard Votes

Paul Ryan and Willard Mitt Romney have a plan that they say will fix all the problems of Medicare. They want to abolish it, and then replace it with a voucher system. They say that seniors currently on Medicare won't be affected at all, and that the voucher system will be better for people in the future. Those are both outrageous lies! Americans of all ages will be financially affected by the Republican plan, and will have to pay thousands more dollars out of their own pockets. Ryan and Romney are rich, so they don't care. But most Americans are not rich, and they can't afford the heavy costs of the GOP plan. Abolishing Medicare is more than a bad idea -- it's insane!

And it's starting to look like the American people are beginning to realize just how ridiculous the Ryan/Romney plan is, especially in the very important swing states (which will decide the winner of this year's election). A new Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation Poll, conducted between September 19th and 23rd, shows that 51% of the voters in three large swing states (Ohio, Florida, and Virginia) rate Medicare as an extremely important issue in the campaign -- and a majority of voters want to keep the current Medicare system. Here are some of the poll numbers:

WHAT SHOULD MEDICARE LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE?

Maintain the current system
Florida...............65%
Ohio...............59%
Virginia...............56%

Go to a voucher system
Florida...............29%
Ohio...............33%
Virginia...............35%

As you can see, there is very little support for the Ryan/Romney voucher system. People are starting to realize that while it may be good for the rich, it is a very bad deal for all other Americans. This does not mean that people don't realize the current system has some problems -- they do. About 71% in Florida and 76% in Ohio and Virginia say that some changes must be made to the current system to keep it viable for future generations. But they're not ready to scrap the system -- and they don't want any reduction in Medicare spending (even to reduce the deficit).

PERCENT SAYING DEFICIT CAN BE REDUCED W/O REDUCING MEDICARE SPENDING.

Florida...............74%
Ohio...............78%
Virginia...............73%

It looks like Willard Mitt Romney (aka Wall Street Willie) made a critical mistake in picking Paul Ryan to be his running mate. It has tied him to Ryan's insane scheme to destroy Medicare, and it is costing him votes. The states above are critical for Willard's chances of winning this election. If he loses one of these states, he must carry all of the other swing states to get enough electoral votes to win. And if he loses two, or all three (as it now seems likely), he has no chance at all of winning.