Join the Revolution......... Ron Paul for President

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In his 2008 presidential campaign, Paul has stated that he would like to "reinstate the Constitution and restore the Republic." He believes in maintaining and restoring civil liberties.

His voting record is consistent in rejection of a welfare state role for the federal government and advocacy of hard currency and a non-interventionist foreign policy.
Ron Paul cites the 9/11 commission report as evidence of "blowback" resulting from US foreign policy, in May 2007
Ron Paul cites the 9/11 commission report as evidence of "blowback" resulting from US foreign policy, in May 2007

In the May 3, 2007, GOP Debate, Paul stated that as President, he would immediately seek the abolition of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the abolition of the income tax. He has said that he knows change on federal taxation and the gold standard would have to be gradual, with a switch to a federal sales tax rather than income tax and eventual smaller government with not as much tax needed, coupled with a gradual return of gold-backed currency.

As Congressman, he has long fought for the prohibition of direct taxes by repeal of the 16th Amendment which authorized the income tax. Paul has been called a "Taxpayer's Friend" by the National Taxpayers Union every year since he returned to Congress, scoring 100% each year since then, indicating a fiscal conservative voting record on spending of taxpayer dollars.

Paul is the only 2008 Republican presidential candidate to have voted against the Iraq War Resolution in 2002.

Paul believes in a strong national defense and voted for the attack on Afghanistan in 2001, but suggested alternatives including giving the President authority to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, which would allow war to be carried out against individuals rather than foreign countries and allow local bounty hunters familiar with the Afghanistani terrain to be hired to capture Osama bin Laden and his co-conspirators. Paul stated that the bill "would allow Congress to authorize the President to specifically target Bin Laden and his associates using non-government armed forces. Since it is nearly impossible for U.S. intelligence teams to get close to Bin Laden, the marque and reprisal approach creates an incentive for people in Afghanistan or elsewhere to turn him over to the U.S."
Paul would also allow armed commercial airline pilots to prevent future attacks on airplanes.

Paul's desire to secure U.S. borders remains a key topic in his 2008 presidential campaign. He opposes the North American Union proposition and its proposed integration of Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada. Paul voted "yes" on the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which authorizes the construction of an additional 700 miles of double-layered fencing between the U.S and Mexico. Paul opposes illegal immigration as well as amnesty for illegal immigrants. He also introduced legislation that would amend the Constitution to stop giving automatic citizenship to babies who are born in the United States to non-citizen parents, which has been in effect since the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.

Ron Paul links his pro-life position closely to his libertarian views. Paul supports allowing individual states to decide on the legality of abortion citing that it is not an enumerated power of the federal government. Accordingly, he has challenged Roe v. Wade for its unconstitutionality.

He supports the U.S. converting to a free market healthcare system, saying in an interview on New Hampshire NPR that the present system is akin to a "corporatist-fascist" system which keeps prices high. He says that in industries with freer markets, prices go down due to technological innovation, but because of the corporatist system, this is prevented from happening in healthcare. He opposes the socialized healthcare alternative offered by Democrats as being harmful as well.

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[Kramer]

both parties like Ron Paul --he is weird!

[FAH1223]

I made a thread on him already

my only prob with him is some of his domestic issues actually... like healthcare, and him thinking the private sector is the answer... but hes a Libertarian so its meh

foreign policy is what matters to me though and he is STYLIN' on all the republicans, especially that facist cunt Guiliani