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    Would You Vote For This Candidate?

    This is the platform that one of the presidential candidates is running on. Ask yourself if any of the other candidates are as vocal about some of these hot button issues.

    If you like what he has to say, please make a copy and pass it along to as many people you know.


    Debt and Taxes

    Working Americans like lower taxes. So do I. *Lower taxes benefit all of us, creating jobs and allowing us to make more decisions for ourselves about our lives.

    Whether a tax cut reduces a single mother’s payroll taxes by $40 a month or allows a business owner to save thousands in capital gains taxes and hire more employees, that tax cut is a good thing.* Lower taxes allow more spending, saving, and investing which helps the economy – that means all of us.

    Real conservatives have always supported low taxes and low spending.
    But today, too many politicians and lobbyists are spending America into ruin.* We are nine trillion dollars in debt as a nation.* Our mounting government debt endangers the financial future of our children and grandchildren.* If we don’t cut spending now, higher taxes and economic disaster will be in their future – and yours.

    In addition, the Federal Reserve, our central bank, fosters runaway debt by increasing the money supply – making each dollar in your pocket worth less.* The Fed is a private bank run by unelected officials who are not required to be open or accountable to “we the people.”

    Worse, our economy and our very independence as a nation is increasingly in the hands of foreign governments such as China and Saudi Arabia, because their central banks also finance our runaway spending.

    We cannot continue to allow private banks, wasteful agencies, lobbyists, corporations on welfare, and governments collecting foreign aid to dictate the size of our ballooning budget.* We need a new method to prioritize our spending.* It’s called the Constitution of the United States.


    American Independence and Sovereignty

    So called free trade deals and world governmental organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and CAFTA are a threat to our independence as a nation. *They transfer power from our government to unelected foreign elites.

    The ICC wants to try our soldiers as war criminals.* Both the WTO and CAFTA could force Americans to get a doctor’s prescription to take herbs and vitamins. *Alternative treatments could be banned.

    The WTO has forced Congress to change our laws, yet we still face trade wars. *Today, France is threatening to have U.S. goods taxed throughout Europe. *If anything, the WTO makes trade relations worse by giving foreign competitors a new way to attack U.S. jobs.

    NAFTA’s superhighway is just one part of a plan to erase the borders between the U.S. and Mexico, called the North American Union. *This spawn of powerful special interests, would create a single nation out of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, with a new unelected bureaucracy and money system. *Forget about controlling immigration under this scheme.

    And a free America, with limited, constitutional government, would be gone forever.

    Let’s not forget the UN.* It wants to impose a direct tax on us. *I successfully fought this move in Congress last year, but if we are going to stop ongoing attempts of this world government body to tax us, we will need leadership from the White House.

    We must withdraw from any organizations and trade deals that infringe upon the freedom and independence of the United States of America.


    War and Foreign Policy

    The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information.* The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. *We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them.* This war has cost more than 3,000 American lives, thousands of seriously wounded, and hundreds of billions of dollars. *We must have new leadership in the White House to ensure this never happens again.

    Both Jefferson and Washington warned us about entangling ourselves in the affairs of other nations. Today, we have troops in 130 countries. We are spread so thin that we have too few troops defending America. *And now, there are new calls for a draft of our young men and women.

    We can continue to fund and fight no-win police actions around the globe, or we can refocus on securing America and bring the troops home. *No war should ever be fought without a declaration of war voted upon by the Congress, as required by the Constitution.

    Under no circumstances should the U.S. again go to war as the result of a resolution that comes from an unelected, foreign body, such as the United Nations.

    Too often we give foreign aid and intervene on behalf of governments that are despised.* Then, we become despised. *Too often we have supported those who turn on us, like the Kosovars who aid Islamic terrorists, or the Afghan jihads themselves, and their friend Osama bin Laden. *We armed and trained them, and now we’re paying the price.

    At the same time, we must not isolate ourselves.* The generosity of the American people has been felt around the globe. *Many have thanked God for it, in many languages. *Let us have a strong America, conducting open trade, travel, communication, and diplomacy with other nations.


    Border Security and Immigration Reform

    The talk must stop. *We must secure our borders now. *A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked. *This is my six point plan:

    1. Physically secure our borders and coastlines. We must do whatever it takes to control entry into our country before we undertake complicated immigration reform proposals.

    2. Enforce visa rules.* Immigration officials must track visa holders and deport anyone who overstays their visa or otherwise violates U.S. law.* This is especially important when we recall that a number of 9/11 terrorists had expired visas.

    3. No amnesty. *Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million people are in our country illegally. That’s a lot of people to reward for breaking our laws.

    4. No welfare for illegal aliens.* Americans have welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity, work hard, and play by the rules.* But taxpayers should not pay for illegal immigrants who use hospitals, clinics, schools, roads, and social services.

    5. End birthright citizenship.* As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong.*

    6. Pass true immigration reform.* The current system is incoherent and unfair.* But current reform proposals would allow up to 60 million more immigrants into our country, according to the Heritage Foundation. *This is insanity.* Legal immigrants from all countries should face the same rules and waiting periods.

    Privacy and Personal Liberty

    The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. *We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters. *

    We must stop the move toward a national ID card system. *All states are preparing to issue new driver’s licenses embedded with “standard identifier” data – a national ID. *A national ID with new tracking technologies means we’re heading into an Orwellian world of no privacy.* I voted against the Real ID Act in March of 2005.

    To date, the privacy focus has been on identity theft. *It was Congress that created this danger by mandating use of the standard identifier (currently your SSN) in the private sector.* For example, banks use SSNs as customer account identifiers because the government requires it.

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    We must also protect medical privacy.* Right now, you’re vulnerable.* Under so-called "medical privacy protection" rules, insurance companies and other entities have access to your personal medical information.

    Financial privacy? *Right now depositing $10,000 in your local bank will generate a “suspicious activity report” to the federal government.

    And then there’s the so-called Patriot Act. **As originally proposed,

    * Expanded the federal government's ability to use wiretaps without judicial oversight;

    * Allowed nationwide search warrants non-specific to any given location, nor subject to any local judicial oversight;

    * Made it far easier for the government to monitor private internet usage;

    * Authorized “sneak and peek” warrants enabling federal authorities to search a person’s home, office, or personal property without that person’s knowledge;

    * Required libraries and bookstores to turn over records of books read by their patrons.


    I have fought this fight for many years. I sponsored a bill to overturn the Patriot Act and have won some victories, but today the threat to your liberty and privacy is very real. *We need leadership at the top that will prevent Washington from centralizing power and private data about our lives.

    Property Rights and Eminent Domain

    We must stop special interests from violating property rights and literally driving families from their homes, farms and ranches.

    Our country’s founders would roll over in their graves if they saw the takings clause in the Fifth Amendment used to*justify booting people out of their homes for the profit of private developers and tax-hungry local governments. The Supreme Court’s Kelo decision said government power could be used to condemn private homes and churches to benefit a huge pharmaceutical corporation and a large property developer.

    Today, we face a new threat of widespread eminent domain actions as a result of powerful interests who want to build a NAFTA superhighway through the United States from Mexico to Canada.

    We also face another danger in regulatory takings:* Through excess regulation, governments deprive property owners of significant value and use of their properties – all without paying “just compensation.”

    Property rights are the foundation of all rights in a free society.* Without the right to own a printing press, for example, freedom of the press becomes meaningless. *The next president must get federal agencies out of these schemes to deny property owners their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property.

    RON PAUL
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    There IS still hope for America. Be a part of it! If you agree with Ron Paul please help in getting him media attention. Contact MSNBC, FOX News, etc. Vote for him whenever you can in online polls. Donate money. And remember, vote for principles - Not party.

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    Chloe24,

    I would vote for any man or woman who truely meant to uphold defend and protect the Constitution. And to have them actually abide the Rules and Regulations that were laid down those most cherished documents would be a revolution in itself. Even if we get Ron, Tom, or Duncan in there, they still have to deal with a corrupt and ineffective Senate, and House. Not only do we have to change the President, we need to get our State Officials, and Local Officials aside from those in Washington.

    What you should do, is ask your elected officials if they believe in what you have here typed. Leave out the Ron Paul remarks so you get an unbiased response. See what you get, and make your voting choices accordingly.

    That's what I'm doing with what you've posted. I already know what Tom Tancredo thinks, and feels about these issues. He's been trying to get our tax rates here reduced, but the socialist element stopping everything dead in it's tracks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hylander_1314
    Chloe24,

    I would vote for any man or woman who truely meant to uphold defend and protect the Constitution. And to have them actually abide the Rules and Regulations that were laid down those most cherished documents would be a revolution in itself. Even if we get Ron, Tom, or Duncan in there, they still have to deal with a corrupt and ineffective Senate, and House. Not only do we have to change the President, we need to get our State Officials, and Local Officials aside from those in Washington.

    What you should do, is ask your elected officials if they believe in what you have here typed. Leave out the Ron Paul remarks so you get an unbiased response. See what you get, and make your voting choices accordingly.

    That's what I'm doing with what you've posted. I already know what Tom Tancredo thinks, and feels about these issues. He's been trying to get our tax rates here reduced, but the socialist element stopping everything dead in it's tracks.

    Good idea! Thanks for the suggestion Hylander. I'll do just that.

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    I agree with hylander. If any of these men that we support for President has a battle to fight. To undo what has been done will not be an easy task and they must remember that must stay true to their commitment when they ran.
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    I would support that man. We do need someone to save us from the goons in power now. We need help soon...I'm very worried for U.S.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Americanpatriot
    I would support that man. We do need someone to save us from the goons in power now. We need help soon...I'm very worried for U.S.
    I think we all have the same reservations my friend

    Otherwise, we wouldn't be here.

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    I am voting for the first bone head that rights me a letter and tells me that the 3 ,1/4 million dollar contracts I lost this year they were stolen(I have proof this time), will be returned to me and that No more criminal immigtrents will be abile to steal from me agian, and that the goverment will not alow any futher stupid oil wars with out the money in the bank first.

    Looks like I dont get to vote for a while

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    I love Ron Paul, but without a bigger megaphone I don't think we're going to get him elected.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dagmar
    I love Ron Paul, but without a bigger megaphone I don't think we're going to get him elected.

    Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

    Margaret Mead


    With all due respect Dagmar, if the founding fathers had that kind of attitude against the British, we there wouldn't be a United States of America! They knew there was way too much at stake and that defeat was not an option.

    I know this will be an uphill fight, but I'm not going to look too far ahead. I'm taking it one battle at a time.

    Look at what a grassroots campaign did for Ross Perot. Even Howard Dean because of the internet! There was such massive support for them that eventually the media could no longer ignore them.

    This is a chance to be a part of history! Ron Paul has supporters all across the political spectrum. We can't give up before we even begin to fight! Just ignore the odds and Go For It!

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    SISE BY SIDE

    I AM AN AMERICAN AND WILL FIGHT AND I MEAN FIGHT TO SAVE THIS, OUR COUNTRY.SCREW THE CONSERVATIVES THE LIBERALS AND GOD BLESS THE TRUE AMERICANS.
    LETS STAND UP FOR OUR COUNTRY.IT SEEMS NO ONE HAS A SPINE ANYMORE.
    I WILL VOTE FOR WHOEVER LEADS US IN THE PROPER DIRECTION AND THAT IS PROTECTING AMERICAN JOBS,SOVRIEGNTY,AND THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE HERE LEGALLY.

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