Ron Paul Highlights - GOP Debate at the Reagan Library

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  1. DA60

    DA60 Banned

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    Really?

    You are personally familiar with those that support the other candidates are you?

    Interesting.


    Have a nice day.
     
  2. Shangrila

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    Its not garbage, and of course we shouldn't give up.
    But may I suggest to those who join hands with others who 'want smaller Gov', want to clean up DC, and repeat what Paul has been saying for so long, it should have been clear to all where these ideas are coming from, and those who want constitutional Conservatism, wake up and turn from politics as usual.
    Y'all give lip service, y'all want less taxes, hail everything the Founding Fathers put on paper, but when it comes down to it, y'all are nothing but hypocrites who are scared stiff to put your money where your mouth is.
    Keep on voting for those who so eloquently pull the wool over your eyes, make fine speeches and know how to play you.
    Just quit complaining as if you really want to change anything.
    What's more, quit calling Obama supporters "puppets", because y'all are nothing but.
     
  3. AbsoluteVoluntarist

    AbsoluteVoluntarist New Member

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    Huh? Ron Paul's central theme is only having the federal government exercise the powers granted to it in the Constitution, i.e. the rule of law.

    Maybe if you'd take a Valium and tone down the noise machine for a bit you listen dispassionately to some alternative ideas.
     
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    You never answered my Southern Calif power question did you ?
    You cant explain how libertarians would fix this..because all you are is hypothetical political theory..not a working ..proven party.

    Paul cant explain how not building a wall would make us less secure..
    how floods and disasters should be handled by states..
    How 50 state totally different educational plans might not all be equitable..

    No..it is all about throwing stones at every one else..
    He doesn't have a plan ..
    I would love to see his on Jobs..closing American military bases overseas..
    reducing American presence world wide..

    It is one thing to say silly things..another to implement them..
     
  5. AbsoluteVoluntarist

    AbsoluteVoluntarist New Member

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    Which question was that? Does the federal government have the constitutional authority to run an electrical grid. No, it doesn't, and that's the only relevant question as far the presidency is concerned.

    Overly aggressive border/immigration control violates the liberties of American citizens as well. We see this in privacy violating checkpoints, ID cards, and impositions into the hiring practices of businesses.

    A more sensible policy is to remove the incentives that encourage people to come here illegally to mooch of the system and encourage legal immigration of people that want to come to work an be productive. You can do this by prohibiting immigrants from using welfare and other government services, liberalizing the overly bureaucratic legal immigration and naturalization laws, and ending the international drug war, which generates crime in Latin America, causing people to flee up here.

    Why do you think the federal government is more effective, that's the question? It's more monopolistic, whereas decentralized government is more competitive (since it's easier to vote with your feet) and closer to the ground, and therefore tends to be more efficient.

    And if you DO believe the federal government is the best and most efficient organization of them all, then you need to advocate a constitutional amendment to give these extra powers to run everything.

    Since the President is the commander in chief of the armed forces, he has the power to order the troops home immediately. That's how he'd implement it. He wouldn't need Congress's permission.
     
  6. BleedingHeadKen

    BleedingHeadKen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    None of the other candidates has supporters willing to go on the internet and flood the poll? I guess large corporate donors don't have an army of individual citizens who actually care about what is going on.

    It shows that Paul has a grassroots following, rather than the backing of a few party elite and major corporations.

    It's a great tactic.
     

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