Post by Doan the Nado on Jan 7, 2008 7:05:58 GMT -5
EDIT: This has been moved from the Domain Main forum. It is an old post and there is no need to read it again.
This forum isn't usually used for issues like this, but I believe that Ron Paul's election to President would lead to a sea change in the US and in the lives of all of us. For any of you guys out there who are 17-1/2 or older and US citizens, I hope you seriously take a look at Ron Paul and what he stands for and compare that to the other candidates. What follows is an e-mail that I sent out to friends and family about why I'm supporting Ron Paul. If you agree, please try to spread the word.
Update: If you want to watch a wonderful, powerful video that relates the message of Ron Paul and his campaign, check out www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2PUZoukfA
I don't usually send e-mails like this, so I'm sorry if I'm being
annoying. But I, for one, am tired of seeing poor economics, poor
decision-making, and a lack of concern for the will of the people from
our government. The role of our government is to serve the will of the
people, not to rule us.
In this election, there is a candidate in Ron Paul who is about
upholding the Constitution in limiting the power of the federal
government in an effort to preserve our freedoms. Dating back to the
1970s, he has served in Congress and always voted consistently in a
manner that supports this position, even when he was the only one
logging such a vote. He is a man who prompted John McCain to call him
"the most honest man in Congress."
Ron Paul is a highly-educated OB/GYN who also has a history of sound
economics. He cites evidence that many of our economic problems are
caused by inflation, as our chief export is the dollar bill. Our
country has been able to convince the world that our paper dollar was
as good as gold, and ever since establishing the Federal Reserve, we
have been printing extra money and using it to fund our government's
excess spending. The world is starting to wise up to the true value of
the dollar, however, and if we don't do something soon, we are going
to be in for a rude awakening. Ron Paul supports abolishing the
Federal Reserve, which is not at all controlled by the federal
government, but by private organizations, most of them in other
countries. Think about that again: the entity responsible for printing
our country's money is not our country, but a private organization
with foreign ties, one which charges us money for the service it
provides. Much of our national debt is to the Federal Reserve itself,
and the interest it charges annually is one of the causes for the
necessity of income tax, which we never had until establishing the
Federal Reserve. Just to reiterate, the Federal Reserve PRINTS money,
LOANS it to our government, and then charges interest on that "loan",
interest that we all have to pay for.
Anyways, enough about that, although in my mind, it is one of the key
issues and one of the most overlooked problems facing our country.
What follows is a brief summary on Dr. Paul's position on several
issues:
War and Foreign Policy: Dr. Paul rightly believes that our war in Iraq
has caused more problems than it has solved. He was actually the one
who introduced the Iraq war bill, because he did not want a precedent
to be set of our president entering a war without the approval of
Congress. HOWEVER, Ron Paul voted against his own bill, and was the
only Republican to do so. His position is to withdraw from Iraq and
from our bases in more than one hundred other countries. He also
believes that we need to stop trying to control other countries with
aid. His stance is that instead of spending money overseas, getting
involved in issues that we have no business being involved in, while
also causing the deaths of thousands of Americans, we should refocus
that money and those military efforts back home, where it belongs.
American Independence: The most important issue in establishing
America was that of creating a free society, one which is not
controlled by the whims of another. By entering into trade and
political agreements like ICC, NAFTA, WTO, etc, we necessarily agree
to terms in such treaties which limit our freedoms. Dr. Paul believes
that any agreement which is created must first be approached with the
question of what it does to our freedom and independence as a nation.
Less Federal involvement: Coupled with less warlike involvement
overseas, Dr. Paul believes in less federal involvement in general. He
believes that the federal government has far-exceeded its authority in
ruling on issues of culture and morals, an issue which is best left to
the states and local governments, or to the people themselves. He
would like to end federal involvement in education (it creates too
many layers of beauraeucracy when trying to effect change, and it
leads to excessive testing in lieu of teaching), health care (many of
our problems are caused by drug and insurance companies' power to
lobby Congress to get the types of laws that benefit them),
restricting personal rights, the war on drugs, violating our privacy,
restricting our right to bear arms, and other areas that the federal
government has no business entering. By decreasing the scope of what
the federal government controls, we can scale back the size and cost
of the government, and also enjoy greater and more flexible freedoms
which are determined at more accessible levels of government.
Lower taxes: Due in large part to a withdrawal overseas, an abolishing
of the Federal Reserve, and a scaled-back federal government, the cost
to run our federal government would decrease dramatically. This would
eventually lead to getting rid of income tax altogether, which is the
eventual goal of Dr. Paul. Many see this as an effort which benefits
the rich more, but this is truly not the case. When hiring a high-paid
individual, do you not believe that taxes are considered, anyways? The
reason we see high-priced bonuses and extremely high salaries is
simply the free market compensating for high taxes. The myth that
raising taxes makes life better for low-income families is absolutely
false. It may make life better for no-income families, but at the same
time, it puts a burden on the financial sector by decreasing the
incentive for working, thereby creating more no-income families and
tasking the middle class with paying these individuals. By lowering
taxes and curbing inflation, Ron Paul will do more for every citizen
in America than any government welfare or economic redistribution
effort can accomplish. As a congressman, he has consistently voted
against higher taxes, and he has recently introduced a bill which
would remove the tax on tips.
Campagin financing issues: Many of our problems are caused by the fact
that our country is ruled not by us, but by corporate money. Ron Paul
has received more campaign money than any other Republican in the
race, and yet he gets nearly all of his money from private individuals
(much of his money for this campaign has been raised online). In 2005
and 2006, individuals contributed 96.8% of the money used in his run
for Congress. Ron Paul is obviously a leader for the people, and by
limiting the power of federal government, he will also cause
corporations to have a lesser ability to influence policy, since they
would then no longer have a single point of influence (lawmakers in
Washington). He also thinks it would be a good idea to make it illegal
for any company holding a government contract to give money to a
politician, since this represents a huge conflict of interest.
There are many more issues I could go into, but I fear that I may have
already reached a length which may cause some people to skip my e-mail
altogether. Here is a brief summary of Ron Paul's history as a
Congressman (1974-1984, 1996-present):
He has never...
...voted to raise taxes
...voted for an unbalanced budget
...voted for a federal restriction on gun control
...voted to raise congressional pay
...taken a government-paid vacation
...voted to increase the power of the executive branch
He...
...voted against the Patriot Act
...voted against regulating the Internet
...voted against the Iraq war
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the
U.S. treasury every year.
Every year he introduces more pieces of substantive legislation to
Congress than any other individual member.
For more information on Ron Paul, see
www.ronpaul2008.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_paul
He was recently kept out of the Republican debate by Fox, but instead,
he held an hour-long town hall meeting which is available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxldrCsVByA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VQcpmfT0f4
To me, the video emphasizes that he is an intelligent man who is
focused on our nation's real problems and does not make efforts to
dodge questions, even when the answer is one that the original
questioner might not have hoped for.
I for one will be re-registering as a Republican and voting for Ron
Paul in both the primary and the general election (even if he is not
the Republican candidate, he will likely run as a Libertarian). I hope
that my e-mail has persuaded you and anyone you forward this to to
consider doing this as well.
Thanks for your time,
Brandon Mintern
p.s. This e-mail has been written entirely by me using the information
on Ron Paul that I have picked up from Wikipedia and his website and
confirmed with various other sources. This is in no way some text that
I am just forwarding along, it is my sincere feelings about this
candidate.
This forum isn't usually used for issues like this, but I believe that Ron Paul's election to President would lead to a sea change in the US and in the lives of all of us. For any of you guys out there who are 17-1/2 or older and US citizens, I hope you seriously take a look at Ron Paul and what he stands for and compare that to the other candidates. What follows is an e-mail that I sent out to friends and family about why I'm supporting Ron Paul. If you agree, please try to spread the word.
Update: If you want to watch a wonderful, powerful video that relates the message of Ron Paul and his campaign, check out www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2PUZoukfA
I don't usually send e-mails like this, so I'm sorry if I'm being
annoying. But I, for one, am tired of seeing poor economics, poor
decision-making, and a lack of concern for the will of the people from
our government. The role of our government is to serve the will of the
people, not to rule us.
In this election, there is a candidate in Ron Paul who is about
upholding the Constitution in limiting the power of the federal
government in an effort to preserve our freedoms. Dating back to the
1970s, he has served in Congress and always voted consistently in a
manner that supports this position, even when he was the only one
logging such a vote. He is a man who prompted John McCain to call him
"the most honest man in Congress."
Ron Paul is a highly-educated OB/GYN who also has a history of sound
economics. He cites evidence that many of our economic problems are
caused by inflation, as our chief export is the dollar bill. Our
country has been able to convince the world that our paper dollar was
as good as gold, and ever since establishing the Federal Reserve, we
have been printing extra money and using it to fund our government's
excess spending. The world is starting to wise up to the true value of
the dollar, however, and if we don't do something soon, we are going
to be in for a rude awakening. Ron Paul supports abolishing the
Federal Reserve, which is not at all controlled by the federal
government, but by private organizations, most of them in other
countries. Think about that again: the entity responsible for printing
our country's money is not our country, but a private organization
with foreign ties, one which charges us money for the service it
provides. Much of our national debt is to the Federal Reserve itself,
and the interest it charges annually is one of the causes for the
necessity of income tax, which we never had until establishing the
Federal Reserve. Just to reiterate, the Federal Reserve PRINTS money,
LOANS it to our government, and then charges interest on that "loan",
interest that we all have to pay for.
Anyways, enough about that, although in my mind, it is one of the key
issues and one of the most overlooked problems facing our country.
What follows is a brief summary on Dr. Paul's position on several
issues:
War and Foreign Policy: Dr. Paul rightly believes that our war in Iraq
has caused more problems than it has solved. He was actually the one
who introduced the Iraq war bill, because he did not want a precedent
to be set of our president entering a war without the approval of
Congress. HOWEVER, Ron Paul voted against his own bill, and was the
only Republican to do so. His position is to withdraw from Iraq and
from our bases in more than one hundred other countries. He also
believes that we need to stop trying to control other countries with
aid. His stance is that instead of spending money overseas, getting
involved in issues that we have no business being involved in, while
also causing the deaths of thousands of Americans, we should refocus
that money and those military efforts back home, where it belongs.
American Independence: The most important issue in establishing
America was that of creating a free society, one which is not
controlled by the whims of another. By entering into trade and
political agreements like ICC, NAFTA, WTO, etc, we necessarily agree
to terms in such treaties which limit our freedoms. Dr. Paul believes
that any agreement which is created must first be approached with the
question of what it does to our freedom and independence as a nation.
Less Federal involvement: Coupled with less warlike involvement
overseas, Dr. Paul believes in less federal involvement in general. He
believes that the federal government has far-exceeded its authority in
ruling on issues of culture and morals, an issue which is best left to
the states and local governments, or to the people themselves. He
would like to end federal involvement in education (it creates too
many layers of beauraeucracy when trying to effect change, and it
leads to excessive testing in lieu of teaching), health care (many of
our problems are caused by drug and insurance companies' power to
lobby Congress to get the types of laws that benefit them),
restricting personal rights, the war on drugs, violating our privacy,
restricting our right to bear arms, and other areas that the federal
government has no business entering. By decreasing the scope of what
the federal government controls, we can scale back the size and cost
of the government, and also enjoy greater and more flexible freedoms
which are determined at more accessible levels of government.
Lower taxes: Due in large part to a withdrawal overseas, an abolishing
of the Federal Reserve, and a scaled-back federal government, the cost
to run our federal government would decrease dramatically. This would
eventually lead to getting rid of income tax altogether, which is the
eventual goal of Dr. Paul. Many see this as an effort which benefits
the rich more, but this is truly not the case. When hiring a high-paid
individual, do you not believe that taxes are considered, anyways? The
reason we see high-priced bonuses and extremely high salaries is
simply the free market compensating for high taxes. The myth that
raising taxes makes life better for low-income families is absolutely
false. It may make life better for no-income families, but at the same
time, it puts a burden on the financial sector by decreasing the
incentive for working, thereby creating more no-income families and
tasking the middle class with paying these individuals. By lowering
taxes and curbing inflation, Ron Paul will do more for every citizen
in America than any government welfare or economic redistribution
effort can accomplish. As a congressman, he has consistently voted
against higher taxes, and he has recently introduced a bill which
would remove the tax on tips.
Campagin financing issues: Many of our problems are caused by the fact
that our country is ruled not by us, but by corporate money. Ron Paul
has received more campaign money than any other Republican in the
race, and yet he gets nearly all of his money from private individuals
(much of his money for this campaign has been raised online). In 2005
and 2006, individuals contributed 96.8% of the money used in his run
for Congress. Ron Paul is obviously a leader for the people, and by
limiting the power of federal government, he will also cause
corporations to have a lesser ability to influence policy, since they
would then no longer have a single point of influence (lawmakers in
Washington). He also thinks it would be a good idea to make it illegal
for any company holding a government contract to give money to a
politician, since this represents a huge conflict of interest.
There are many more issues I could go into, but I fear that I may have
already reached a length which may cause some people to skip my e-mail
altogether. Here is a brief summary of Ron Paul's history as a
Congressman (1974-1984, 1996-present):
He has never...
...voted to raise taxes
...voted for an unbalanced budget
...voted for a federal restriction on gun control
...voted to raise congressional pay
...taken a government-paid vacation
...voted to increase the power of the executive branch
He...
...voted against the Patriot Act
...voted against regulating the Internet
...voted against the Iraq war
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the
U.S. treasury every year.
Every year he introduces more pieces of substantive legislation to
Congress than any other individual member.
For more information on Ron Paul, see
www.ronpaul2008.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_paul
He was recently kept out of the Republican debate by Fox, but instead,
he held an hour-long town hall meeting which is available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxldrCsVByA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VQcpmfT0f4
To me, the video emphasizes that he is an intelligent man who is
focused on our nation's real problems and does not make efforts to
dodge questions, even when the answer is one that the original
questioner might not have hoped for.
I for one will be re-registering as a Republican and voting for Ron
Paul in both the primary and the general election (even if he is not
the Republican candidate, he will likely run as a Libertarian). I hope
that my e-mail has persuaded you and anyone you forward this to to
consider doing this as well.
Thanks for your time,
Brandon Mintern
p.s. This e-mail has been written entirely by me using the information
on Ron Paul that I have picked up from Wikipedia and his website and
confirmed with various other sources. This is in no way some text that
I am just forwarding along, it is my sincere feelings about this
candidate.
©
. Plus whoever they tell. I also have a bunch of friends I've been working on ;D
s up what it touches. It CAN be better because the government doesn't have to turn a profit by turning down patients needs like an insurance company does, but that's only if it's done right and done well. If too much money goes to policy makers and useless jobs (useless, like most government jobs), it's no better and could easily be worse. Both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have always said that their plans cover EVERYONE, but that's a bad thing (It just wins them votes).