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Originally Posted by wahman

He has never voted to raise taxes.

Yes, but don't you people understand taxes help us? we pay taxes, for the benefit of the nation. We need to better things, we can't just say fuck it and let it go. Research, costs money, now for medical marijuana users, cuts on taxes means less money for research to benefit them. Students, tax money is there to help you too.

Yeah, but a lot of the taxes we pay are bullshit. We pay to fund programs that don't use the money correctly. And yeah, sorry, I don't want my money going to some asshole who doesn't have a job. I work for my money, I'd like to keep it.

Originally Posted by "http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr091002b.htm

From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the burst of the dotcom bubble last year, every economic downturn suffered by the country over the last 80 years can be traced to Federal Reserve policy. The Fed has followed a consistent policy of flooding the economy with easy money, leading to a misallocation of resources and an artificial "boom" followed by a recession or depression when the Fed-created bubble bursts.

With a stable currency, American exporters will no longer be held hostage to an erratic monetary policy. Stabilizing the currency will also give Americans new incentives to save as they will no longer have to fear inflation eroding their savings. Those members concerned about increasing America's exports or the low rate of savings should be enthusiastic supporters of this legislation.

Though the Federal Reserve policy harms the average American, it benefits those in a position to take advantage of the cycles in monetary policy. The main beneficiaries are those who receive access to artificially inflated money and/or credit before the inflationary effects of the policy impact the entire economy. Federal Reserve policies also benefit big spending politicians who use the inflated currency created by the Fed to hide the true costs of the welfare-warfare state. It is time for Congress to put the interests of the American people ahead of the special interests and their own appetite for big government.

He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
well thank god, but I assure you he is not the only one. haha

Now sure, he is against the war on drugs. yay for him. but that doesn't outdo the bad.

not even close

So what if he isn't the only one? HE'S RUNNING FOR FUCKING PRESIDENT, thats why it actually means something.

lets start with the fact that he accepts donations from freakin neo-nazis.

Let me start by saying do you do any research into things? Then you'd realize it was a $500 dollar donation from one neo-nazi. So is he supposed to scan through who donates money to him?

Better yet, you fail to realize that maybe that neo-nazi shares some views with him? OH NO. Shit, I think Hitler was right to believe Germany got the shaft at the end of WW1, does that mean I hate jews? NO.

Better yet, Ron Paul's response to the whole ordeal was he'd rather take the guy's money, so he can't spend it on his white power beliefs.

lets move on to health care. make it all business right? how about no?

So we make it federal? SWEET, I really want to pay for OTHER people's health! Private sector will drive down prices with competition.

he voted no on quite a few things including the funding same-sex adoption. (that is one of those things you might agree with, but just as supporters don't like gun control, I don't like that kids can't find good adoptive parents)

Probably because he feels taxpayer's shouldn't have to use their money to pay for it? I'd like more details.

against raising minimum wage? what kinda shit is that?

When minimum wage goes up, so does unemployment. You think congress using a pen to say "People make more money!" fixes the problem?

Maybe if we didn't have so godamn many taxes we'd be happier with lower income?

get rid of Food and Drug Administration? what kind of idiot thinks that's a good idea. Yeah ever read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Yeah, and I really don't think I trust

I'd take a look at the FDA's record since it was created. You know how much toxic shit slipped through, while safe products are put under the mircroscope? The FDA and Big Business go hand in hand.


And why is there so many people who only support him cause of his stance on the drug war? Oh holy shit, we are on a marijuana messageboard. No shit.