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Paul Ryan the way to a prosperous future?

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    The Marks Group owner Gene Marks on VP candidate

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On -- right now President Obama is wheels up to New Hampshire and when he arrives he rolls into New Hampshire in our next hour so he will be greeted by this society -- not so friendly reminder from the Romney campaign.

That is -- about small businesses is still sticking point with many small business owners across America.

One of them is gene marks -- founder and owner of the -- group he joins us right now.

Good to see Jane they've dug a real.

Well thank you tell me what you would -- that speech you just heard.

A half first of all I would think it sums up completely -- I'm I'm actually very enthusiastic about Romney's forget Ryan.

You remind himself is all about the economy -- all about -- you know balancing the budget.

And the very fact that he goes -- -- the largest senior living facility in the country.

To really talk about his plan for Medicare I mean that he's you know he's really attacking entitlements.

They're from the -- -- a small business owner.

That's exactly the kind of thing that we want to hear from our guys are -- -- government how they gonna drive the budget deficit down how to get a reduced the national debt.

Following an attack entitlements that are out there.

I'm I think you're choosing -- as a running mate really focuses the debate on the economy.

That's exactly what small that is -- like me wanna hear.

You don't want to move onto your your own small business you wrote a piece in ink dot com not long ago within which you expressed the frustration of a lot of a small business owners in a very kind of a down home way I'll read a little bit about.

My kids don't want to hear what I have to say unless it involves giving them money.

My customers continually abuse their payment terms my vendors frequently missed delivery dates.

I weighed on hold for thirty minutes while an airline makes a minor change to my ticket.

And then charges me a 150 bucks then -- realized that -- -- could get back and then you ended with this is my life.

Just a small part of the frustration that small business owners across America are feeling these days.

Yeah it it really is you know Doug you should be aware eighth 2008.

I voted for Obama -- and I want you also they know that.

I like President Obama in fact I'd -- I think some of the stuff he's done has been good but.

On the economy itself as particularly is a small business and I just have a fundamental disagreement with how he's handled things.

The fact in my life has been that over the past four years this has been president.

My company although we've been profitable we haven't grown at all.

-- -- I'm gonna have to wrap you up there because get a heart break right around -- -- thank you so much for joining us -- -- sticking around we appreciate.