{"id":28388,"date":"2012-09-01T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=28388"},"modified":"2012-09-01T07:01:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T12:01:23","slug":"latta-serves-shakes-politics-at-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/09\/01\/latta-serves-shakes-politics-at-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta serves up milkshakes, politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

U.S. Representative Bob Latta was in town Friday to make some milkshakes at the Farm Bureau food stand at the Van Wert County Fair, while also dispensing a large dollop of Republican politics in his spare moments.<\/p>\n

Latta, fresh off a trip to Tampa for the Republican national convention, was upbeat about the chances of GOP\u2019s presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to unseat President Barack Obama in November.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Representative Bob Latta pours a chocolate milkshake while working at the Van Wert County Farm Bureau food stand at the fair on Friday. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The incumbent Fifth District Republican congressman, was following his Democrat challenger, Angela Zimmann, who visited the county on Thursday, appeared pumped up after his trip to the GOP national convention.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have someone (Romney) who knows how business is run, a great businessman, and a guy like Paul Ryan who knows the federal budget better than anyone,\u201d Latta said, noting that he feels that\u2019s a winning combination.<\/p>\n

The congressman said he had toured 74 Fifth District businesses and farms in August and found four things people were complaining most about: federal regulations, taxes, Obamacare and energy prices.<\/p>\n

Latta said energy prices were particularly troubling, stating that gasoline prices had doubled while the president was in office.<\/p>\n

\u201cObama hasn\u2019t done anything (to lower gas prices),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Latta also talked about Congress\u2019 legislative agenda after it returns from its summer break, noting that the farm bill needs to be passed, along with a balanced budget amendment.<\/p>\n

The congressman said it was imperative the farm bill be passed, but said he was afraid that Congress might have to approve another one-year extension of the existing bill if Republicans and Democrats can\u2019t come to a compromise over the legislation.<\/p>\n

Latta again touted a balanced budget amendment — something Republicans have tried to pass several times in the past few years — noting that it\u2019s time for the federal government to end deficit spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be paying $225 billion in interest on the national debt this year,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the worst-case scenario, in 10 years we could be paying a trillion dollars in interest on the debt if something isn\u2019t done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Latta said a balanced budget would make the federal government operate under the same restrictions as state and local governments \u2013 and the nation\u2019s citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time we make the federal government live within its means, like the rest of us,\u201d Latta said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor U.S. Representative Bob Latta was in town Friday to make some milkshakes at the Farm Bureau food stand at the Van Wert County Fair, while also dispensing a large dollop of Republican politics in his spare moments. Latta, fresh off a trip to Tampa for the Republican national convention, was upbeat about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 14:57:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}