Ron Paul CT HQ grand opening!
The Ron Paul CT Headquarters Grand Opening and Christmas Party is this Sunday night at 6pm! Everyone, including the press, is invited... bring a friend! Btw, being so close to my house is a coincidence... I wasn't the one to set it up. I'm just along for the ride...
Ron Paul HQ
2404 Whitney Ave
Hamden, CT 06518
(203) 651-7508
And here's the Ob-Gyn himself on yesterday's The View
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I don't know who I'll vote for, but you've got to hand it to Ron Paul, he's no panderer.
For most of this clip, he's telling them what they definitely don't want to hear: that abortion is homicide, and what about the baby's rights?
Interestingly, Whoopi Goldberg comes right out and supports abortion as a convenient means to dispose of "unwanted children who no one wants."
I remember once when she was asked about Bill Clinton's lifelong pattern of sexually harassing women, she responded, "everything's relative."
Abortion aside, Ron's libertarian musings sound great. However, the 10 20 30 year reality of what would happen without public schools and public safety regs is far less thrilling. You don't need a king to establish a serf class. Unreg laissez-faire capitalism will do the trick.
hope they have free kool aid down there
If Ron Paul is elected President, he would still need to reach agreement with Congress. For me, that means we would have "divided" government(in this case, R = D as demonstrated by the past six years).
So I don't expect anything too drastic to happen.
You're right that Congress is unlikely to approve radical changes, and it may be good enough that Paul as president would not expand the federal government.
But I'd be concerned that as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, he could make unilateral decisions not to honor defense treaties. He's said he will not defend South Korea,which could be a green light for Communist attack.
"If Ron Paul is elected President, he would still need to reach agreement with Congress. For me, that means we would have "divided" government(in this case, R = D as demonstrated by the past six years).
So I don't expect anything too drastic to happen."
Yes, but there's more than one way to bring about those changes. One way (a way the repubs have been handling it for a while) is to search for any other possible means of degrading or making-redundant the orgs one is out to destroy. One can appoint bozos, work towards defunding, avoid expansion, and otherwise undermine the institution.
My point is that elimination of social programs like public schools and the post office is not just a sideline issue for Ron. It all stems from his fundamental understanding of the role government can morally play. He really truly does want to see all these things moved to the private sector.
Tim, the guy considers it immoral to collect and spend tax money on public schools. Do you agree with that? I doubt it, but you're working to spread that message by supporting him.
I think he's a good and honest guy. He wants what is best, but he's advocating a position that will lead us down a dark road. He's not channeling the founding fathers, he's turning away from them. Heck, Jefferson founded the University of Virginia to provide a free education to anyone capable and willing.
the guy considers it immoral to collect and spend tax money on public schools. Do you agree with that?
Can you provide a link?
Regardless, I support public schools. I'm pretty sure the original requirements for incorporation of a town in CT included two things... a church and a public school.
He really truly does want to see all these things moved to the private sector
He may want that (I don't know), but as POTUS all he could do is work to end the existence of a program within the federal gov't. That doesn't mean it moves to the private sector. In CT, the state would probably step in.
He has sworn to abolish the dep. of ed. and considers taxes on personal income as nothing more than the government claiming ownership over our lives and our labor.
on education
http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Ron_Paul_Education.htm
taxes as a claim of ownership
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCM_wQy4YVg&eurl=http://ronpauldelaware.wordpress.com/
If it's wrong for the federal government to take the money and provide service, it can be no better for a state or local government to do likewise.
As for local-only control over schools, should a child born in a poverty stricken remote town to two working parents (no time for homeschooling) be thrown to the wolves? Let's at least continue to support a common safety net.
If it's wrong for the federal government to take the money and provide service, it can be no better for a state or local government to do likewise.
I suspect we'll never agree. My guess is that this boils down to two different interpretations of the 10th amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
and the "general welfare" clause.
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