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Ron Paul: Education and the Inflation Tax

By on January 26th, 2012

"Returning control of education to parents is the centerpiece of my education agenda." ~ Ron Paul

"The most sinister of all taxes is the inflation tax and it is the most regressive. It hits the poor and the middle class." ~ Ron Paul

What other presidential candidate would dare to say things of this magnitude? Ron Paul is talking about shaking the establishment of the U.S. to its constitutional core. The corporate/government establishment does not Ron Paul becoming President; perhaps this is why Paul is the only candidate who hasn’t received any donations from billionaires, and has received less than $500 from lobbyists (compared to hundreds of thousands of lobbyist dollars for Obama, Romney, and Gingrich).

Lobbyist donations to Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum: $331,359

Lobbyist donations to Ron Paul: $451

(Donation numbers as of December 5, 2011.)

"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy." ~ Ron Paul

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Ron Paul: The TSA and the Growing Police State

By on January 25th, 2012

"The police state in this country is growing out of control." ~ Ron Paul

“The police state in this country is growing out of control.  One of the ultimate embodiments of this is the TSA that gropes and grabs our children, our seniors, and our loved ones and neighbors with disabilities.  The TSA does all of this while doing nothing to keep us safe. That is why my ‘Plan to Restore America,’ in additional to cutting $1 trillion dollars in federal spending in one year, eliminates the TSA. We must restore the freedom and respect for liberty that once made American the greatest nation in human history.  I am deeply committed to doing that as President of the United States.” ~ Ron Paul; January 23, 2012

John Mica (R.-Fla), author of the legislation that created the TSA, agrees with Ron Paul:

“The whole program has been hijacked by bureaucrats. It mushroomed into an army. It’s gone from a couple-billion-dollar enterprise to close to $9 billion. They’ve failed to actually detect any threat in 10 years.”

 

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Ron Paul: The IRS and Big Government

By on January 24th, 2012

"The income tax opened the door to the era (and errors) of Big Government." ~ Ron Paul

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Ron Paul: Mutually Assured Respect

By on January 22nd, 2012

"Mutually Assured Respect offers a policy of respect, trade, and friendship, and rejects threats, sanctions, and occupations." ~ Ron Paul

Ron Paul’s suggestion to follow a foreign policy of Mutually Assured Respect, or a foreign policy based on the “Golden Rule,” may be the most revolutionary idea he has brought into the public spotlight. Treat other countries how we would want them to treat us. Trade with nations, talk with nations, travel and engage in cultural exchange; embrace freedom! These are ideas that could change the world and pave the way for peaceful relations between all nations.

Ron Paul’s legacy will be built upon his efforts to bring about true and lasting peace both domestically and abroad.

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Why only Ron Paul can beat Barack Obama in 2012

By on January 22nd, 2012

Of all the GOP candidates, Ron Paul receives the most support from young voters, minorities, and independents. No other GOP candidate will attract independents or Democrats and liberals disenfranchised with Obama’s wars and civil liberties abuses. Without the youth vote, minorities, and independents, you simply cannot win a general election. (2.5 million people have left the Republican and Democratic parties since 2008.) For the GOP, it’s Ron Paul or bust.

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Ron Paul: The Importance of Free Speech and the Internet

By on January 21st, 2012

"Regulating speech is a dangerous notion, and not compatible with the principles of a free society." ~ Ron Paul

The First Amendment is not there to protect our ability to broadcast weather reports or follow our favorite celebrities. Popular and uncontroversial speech doesn’t need protection. A free society that upholds the inherent human right to free speech will be all the stronger because of it. Only a weak society would feel the need to censor, control, and limit certain expressions of speech. The stronger the society, the more free speech will be protected and upheld; free speech and the free flow of ideas and information will strengthen a free society. The weaker the society, the more free speech will be called “radical” and “dangerous.”

This is why Ron Paul was the only presidential candidate to take a public stand against SOPA and PIPA, two bills circulating through the House and Senate that would essentially give the government the ability to censor certain websites and content in the name of protecting corporate intellectual property.

"My campaign, and the entire freedom movement, would not be as strong as they are today without a free Internet." ~ Ron Paul

“My campaign, and the entire freedom movement, would not be as strong as they are today without a free Internet, and that’s just one of the reasons why the establishment hopes to censor it with SOPA and PIPA. I’m proud to see so many taking a stand today.” ~ Ron Paul

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Ron Paul: The Right to Own Guns

By on January 20th, 2012

“I share our Founders’ belief that in a free society each citizen must have the right to bear arms.” ~ Ron Paul

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Stop SOPA and PIPA

By on January 18th, 2012

The future of the internet’s freedom is at stake. The internet is perhaps the greatest example of spontaneous order and voluntary exchange and cooperation left in mainstream society. Do not give up your freedoms so carelessly, especially when it is in the name of supposedly protecting your security. Please take a few minutes and watch this video about the ramifications SOPA and PIPA would have on the internet if passed and signed into law.

Ron Paul and Nancy Pelosi are among the members of Congress who strongly oppose this legislation.

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Ron Paul: How to Restore Fiscal Sanity

By on January 17th, 2012

"If Congress ever hopes to address its debt problem, it must first stop accumulating any new debt immediately, in 2012." ~ Ron Paul

"Government spending isn't just wasteful; it is often actively harmful to stated goals." ~ Ron Paul

"You have the right to spend your money as you see fit." ~ Ron Paul

Ron Paul’s ultimate aim in advocating liberty is to return centralized government power to an individual and local level. The federal government has left little doubt remaining that it cannot get its financial house in order, and what do we have to show for it? We have ongoing wars, abuses of civil liberties, diminishing economic freedoms, and crumbling infrastructure here at home. What we’re doing isn’t working, and Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate who addresses the core causes of these numerous problems: ignoring the Constitution, trampling individual liberty, and destroying sound money.

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Ron Paul: Ideas, Liberty, and Rebuilding Civilization

By on January 15th, 2012

"Liberty built civilization. It can rebuild civilization." ~ Ron Paul

"An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government." ~ Ron Paul

 

“We must change our foreign policy from one of intervention and confrontation to cooperation and diplomacy.” ~ Ron Paul

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