Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) is the leading advocate for freedom in our nation’s capital. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Paul tirelessly works for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies. He is known among his congressional colleagues and his constituents for his consistent voting record. Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution.
Ron Paul on:
American Independence and Sovreignty
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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.
Border Security and Immigration Reform
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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.
Debt and Taxes
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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.
Education
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I support giving educational control back to parents, who know their children better than any politician in D.C. ever will. ... By removing the federal subsidies that inflate costs, schools can be funded by local taxes, and parents and teachers can directly decide how best to allocate the resources.
Environment
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The key to sound environmental policy is respect for private property rights. The strict enforcement of property rights corrects environmental wrongs while increasing the cost of polluting.
Freedom
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[G]overnment action requires taxes. If taxes were freely paid, they wouldn’t be called taxes, they’d be called donations. If we intend to use the word freedom in an honest way, we should have the simple integrity to give it real meaning: Freedom is living without government coercion.
Health Freedom
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Americans are justifiably concerned over the government’s escalating intervention into their freedom to choose what they eat and how they take care of their health.
Home Schooling
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My commitment to ensuring home schooling remains a practical alternative for American families is unmatched by any Presidential candidate.
Life and Liberty
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The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty.
Property Rights and Eminent Domain
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We must stop special interests from violating property rights and literally driving families from their homes, farms and ranches.
Privacy and Personal Liberty
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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.
Racism
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It is the federal government that most divides us by race, class, religion, and gender. Through its taxes, restrictive regulations, corporate subsidies, racial set-asides, and welfare programs, government plays far too large a role in determining who succeeds and who fails.
Social Security
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Our nation’s promise to its seniors, once considered a sacred trust, has become little more than a tool for politicians to scare retirees while robbing them of their promised benefits. Today, the Social Security system is broke and broken.
The Second Amendment
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I share our Founders' belief that in a free society each citizen must have the right to keep and bear arms.
War and Foreign Policy
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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.
Links and quotes are all to and from Ron Paul 2008.
