Posted by
Tinsldr2 on Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:38:22 PM
Reasons not to vote for Ron Paul. Besides the obvious that he can’t win here are a list of positions:
Against fighting in Iraq. Well it is a no brainer for me. Weakness in the culture of these fanatics is surrender. Give them an inch they want a mile. And they will kill to get that mile.
Ron Paul is against the patriot and Defend America Act. These acts allow us to listen in on calls from Islamic terrorists to America. Wouldn’t that have been nice to be able to do to catch the 9/11 Hijackers? We need this ability. My family makes calls to and from Europe frequently, at least twice a week. If they listen about my aunts visit or my mother in-laws health problems it does not bother me. Where is the issue? Even if they listen to a call from me to my wife its not like they become public knowledge. If me and my wife plot to blow up a building then we should be stopped. If it saves the lives of Americans it is worth it. Even if they hear a crime like Tax evasion they don’t act only to protect lives and get terrorists.
Rep Paul wants to Eliminate the FED and Gold Standard. This is crazy given today’s 13 trillion dollar GDP. If you go to a dollar as small as 1/20th an ounce that’s over 600,000,000,000 ounces of gold. That’s 600 billion ounces. Ten ounces to the cubic inch. That converts to more gold then we have. What happens when Bill gates demands gold for his Dollar? Or the Chinese?
Money is valuable because of what YOU will give me for it. IF you trade a loaf of bread for a dollar that loaf is worth a dollar. If you sell a house in GA for $275,000 that house is worth $275000. If the value of the house goes up or down that is a market cycle.
Currently we are about to go in to a slow market Cycle. So what? We have had unemployment under 4% and growing median Incomes. Economy is not in bad shape and will recover from any down market period. We had plenty of down Market periods when we didn’t have a FED and the FED helps smooth the market out. We had Depressions in the 1890s and were on the gold standard then so its not a cure for financial cycles.
Ron Paul supports the we the People ACT that would eliminate the ability of Federal courts to hear cases reference some civil rights such as marriage etc. This means that a persons civil freedom when denied by the state can’t be heard by the Fed Gov. In 2005, Paul introduced the We the People Act, which would have removed from the jurisdiction of federal courts "any claim based upon the right of privacy,
He wants to eliminate the IRS. Ok I WANT to eliminate the IRS HOWEVER the fed GOV needs money. In 1790s they could get all the money they needed off excise taxes and other small tax sources. Today we get over 55% of our revenue from personal and corporate income taxes and over 35% from social security. Where will the money come from for our Gov? Gov Huckabee wants to eliminate the IRS but he is reasonable enough to propose a replacement.
I want Small Gov not No GOV.
He wants to cu or eliminate the FBI or CIA? Some say they are unconstitutional but the courts and the CONSTITUTION say otherwise. The bottom line in 2007 is they are NEEDED.
Ron Paul is not the only constitutional based candidate. He is the candidate most like the Amish. His platform is “Amish-like” in that if it wasn’t here in 1790 he is against it. This is similar to the Amish driving horse and Buggy because cars aren’t in the bible.
The fact is life is unimaginably different then it was 1790s. We need to maintain our liberty our freedom and our constitution. We do not need to roll the clock back. We do need to cut the budget and keep taxes low, maintain defense, keep our rights, and close our border. I will vote for people that can best do that and it is NOT Ron Paul