I'm surprised there aren't any threads about Ron Paul yet. I hadn't heard about him until I went home to visit my family for the holidays. I was talking to my brother and his wife about the fact that a charity for which I handle the accounting wants to unload all of its money in the US and transfer it to Euros or other stable currency. From there, we started talking about inflation. Then, my sister-in-law brought the big guns and gave me a small lecture on commodity backed (representative) currency vs. fiat money.
My eyes were opened. It's amazing that there is a candidate out there that has consistently (for the last 20 years in Congress) fought for the same things that most of us want:
He voted against the Iraq war.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
Until recently, I thought of income tax as a law of the universe. After doing some research, I'm amazed that such an inefficient, ineffective, morally deplorable practice still exists. Every single day you work from now until the end of May will be so you can pay your income tax. This isn't the country that is outlined in our Constitution. This is tyranny.
Please give our country a chance. Just watch a couple of these videos and think about the things he says.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kxTkhwR_Q&feature=related
On Jay Leno:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fwEAf6M1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Q1Aqugv3M
I wonder if this thread is going to become ideological arguments or actual, logical discussion.
My eyes were opened. It's amazing that there is a candidate out there that has consistently (for the last 20 years in Congress) fought for the same things that most of us want:
He voted against the Iraq war.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
Until recently, I thought of income tax as a law of the universe. After doing some research, I'm amazed that such an inefficient, ineffective, morally deplorable practice still exists. Every single day you work from now until the end of May will be so you can pay your income tax. This isn't the country that is outlined in our Constitution. This is tyranny.
Please give our country a chance. Just watch a couple of these videos and think about the things he says.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kxTkhwR_Q&feature=related
On Jay Leno:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fwEAf6M1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Q1Aqugv3M
I wonder if this thread is going to become ideological arguments or actual, logical discussion.