A Small-Business Owner Bird-Dogs the Republican Candidates
One undeniable benefit of holding an early primary (or caucus) in a small state like New Hampshire is that any citizen has a chance to meet the candidates for president individually and interrogate them on the issues — even if the citizen is not, technically, a resident of that early voting state. And so Mark Dunau, a New York farmer and gadfly for the self-employed (through his Web site, dontsubmit.org ), headed up to the Granite State to “bird dog” the Republican candidates in the week before the New Hampshire primary.
Mr. Dunau’s issue is the tax burden on the self-employed — both that the payroll tax obligation for self-employed people is 15. 3 percent because they pay both the employer and employee share of the tax (for employees, the payroll tax is 7.65 percent of income) and that the self-employed are not able to deduct the cost of their health insurance the way employers can deduct their share of employee premiums. In exchanges now posted on YouTube with four of the six candidates then in the race — he did not see Texas Governor Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich did not take his question — he discovered these concerns were not top of mind among those who would be president.
It was Mitt Romney , the eventual primary winner, whose answer most surprised Mr. Dunau. When Mr. Dunau asked Mr. Romney, “what else will you do for the self-employed,” the former Massachusetts governor responded first by promising to lower corporate taxes, to ease the regulatory burden, and to lower energy costs. Mr. Romney won the farmer’s approval when he then said he backed making health care expenses tax deductible for the self-employed. But the approval quickly faded when the candidate concluded his answer by conceding unfamiliarity with Mr. Dunau’s other concern. “And with regards to the payroll tax, I’ll take a look at that,” he said. “I didn’t realize you’re paying that additional — that double taxation — and that’s worth taking a look.
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Mr. Romney won the farmer's approval when he then said he backed making health care expenses tax deductible for the self-employed. But the approval quickly faded when the candidate concluded his answer by conceding unfamiliarity with Mr. Dunau's other
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