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Finally A True Antiwar Candidate


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I have supported him from the beginning,in fact he is one of the few I have given money to.

No way could I vote for him as president though. :2cents:

He is as isolationist as MSF :laugh:

Except for that free trade part. Jim Henley said it best, today's establishment defines isolationism......

“isolationism” means a reluctance to travel a long distance to kill foreigners at great expense"

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The gold standard thing is where he gets me

All his other views are fairly defensible and logical

Gold standard though?

from the link

"It is not really my position to close the Fed down. It would require too much adjustment to do that overnight. I advocate competing currencies--to legalize another currency that we can work in. That means repealing legal tender laws and repealing all taxes on gold and silver. If people want to use another money, then they can, and if not they can use paper."

Hayek had actually very similar views to Paul's

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He also supports doing away with witholding tax

Home schooling

school choice

Gun rights

The US leaving the UN

Leaving WTO

And LOVES tax cuts

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Against use of federal dollars for cloning

Against abortion

Against giving up the Panama canal

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He, along with many Libertarians (as well as Alan Greenspan, which is ironic) advocate returning to the gold standard to help stabalize the monetery system and to promote fiscal responsibility in the Federal government.

Here is Ron Paul's website:

http://www.house.gov/paul/

And a Wiki article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul

I'd advocate to read up on Paul, one of America's last great, principled politicians in Congress. He'd make a great President for this nation and would garner support from both sides of the political aisle.

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The gold standard thing is where he gets me

All his other views are fairly defensible and logical

Gold standard though?

Agreed. The Gold standard is a bad idea in today's economy - even though I'm a Libertarian, this is one of the handful of issues where I think the party crosses the line into ideological inflexibility. Independent central banks have proven themselves to be the most effective guardians of inflation without sacrificing growth. Can any impartial informed observer seriously believe that the gold standard would've been a better guiding force over the economy than Alan Greenspan?

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