Poor Ron Paul getting ignored by main stream media
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He would bring all American troops home No he wouldnt. Obama promised the same, never happened. There will always be a place where troops need to be stationed. South Korea for example.
He has an 83% voting record in favor of free trade in the House of Representatives
He believes that the foreign policy of America is the reason behind there targeted terrorism. Fair enough
He believes the size of federal government must be decreased substantially. How many millions out of a job? greaaat move that!
He would completely eliminate the income tax Silly silly idea
He has signed a pledge not to raise taxes or create new taxes, given by Americans for Tax Freedom. Im all for cheap living but the Americans get off pretty much scotch free in terms of tax, there tax needs to be higher to actually get by. Just look at greece who refused to put taxes up...this is just him fishing for votes and he'll realise sharpish he needs to put them up again.
I could go on more, but I'm off to bed
Seriously stop having such a hard on for this old codger. He is so freaking backwards its basically unbearable when i see people like you wave there knickers for him. Really grinds my gears it does when idiots like him have any form of support at all. Yes Obama has his flaws but He set out with similar "aims" as Ron Paul but got vetoed when it came to deciding on matters such as pulling troops out. Very naive to think Ron Paul will make a differance made worse by the fact his Policys are a load of **** anyway.
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Good article from Tim Stanley in the Telegraph
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/t...sletters-probably-wont-kill-his-lead-in-iowa/
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/t...sletters-probably-wont-kill-his-lead-in-iowa/
1. Just because Obama hasn't lived up to his promises doesn't mean every other politician will do the same.
2. You're arguing against decreasing the public sector because those people would no longer have a job? There's more productive things that could be achieved with that manpower than to just pay them to achieve very little.
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Pft, Ron Paul. Perhaps the most promising candidate, but that's not saying much. There's a ton of reasons not to vote for him too. You get the feeling that Obama doesn't deserve a second term, but none of the other candidates deserve a first. Way to go, "democracy".
The more I hear about RP, the more I don't like him. The only places that seem to rate him are Reddit and Digg, and I reckon that's only because of his stance on marijuana (which, it has to be said, isn't legalise it - it's let the states decide).
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And he's also said that "the government should have no say on what you choose to put in your body", which is completely the wrong way to go about it as it means that there's no regulation on what goes in your food.
Ohh no sorry I didnt mean to come across anti Obama. I fully support and respect the stuff he's done. The point I was trying to make was no matter whether they are good intentions or not, Congress will never allow such actions to occur. Unfortunately for Obama this has made him look to be a liar which i truly dont believe he is and I honestly do think he has tried to do what he set out to deliver whether for good or bad.
And in regards to the second point yes i see where your coming from. But there simply is not enough private sector jobs to take over the millions of public sector jobs that would be lost through Ron Pauls policys. Im not saying its a productive system but at least it keeps people out of unemployment and in work and hence keeps the economy rolling. Otherwise it just turns into a big downward spiral as more people become unemployed theres less money to spend on consumer goods, therfore businesses go bust and then there less private sector jobs and even higher levels of unemployment.
Most of the greatest people in history achieved what they did out of the love of what they do not for monetary gain. Work is only work if you don't enjoy it.
Most sense ever spoken on OCUK.
Ron Paul has a lot of ideas and promises. How many of them will actually happen if he were to be elected? About the same amount as Obama's (After most of them were turned on their heads or reversed)