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Debt and Taxes
Working Americans like lower taxes. So does Dr. Ron Paul.
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 an advantageous measure. Reduced taxes allow more
spending, saving, and investing which promotes a healthy
economy - for 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 do not curtail spending now, higher taxes and economic
disaster will overshadow 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."
More and more, the government entrusts our economy and
our very independence as a nation in the foreign hands
of governments such as China and Saudi Arabia, as their
central banks also finance our rampant 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 is time to reacquaint ourselves with the Constitution
of the United States.
American Independence and Sovereignty
So-called free trade deals and world governmental organizations
such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA,
GATT, WTO, and CAFTA are a
valid threat to our independence as a nation. These organizations
transfer power from our government to unelected foreign
elites.
More specifically, the ICC aspires to try our soldiers
as war criminals. Both the WTO and CAFTA could force Americans
to obtain a doctor's prescription to take herbs and vitamins.
Alternative treatments could be banned.
The WTO has bullied Congress into changing our laws,
yet we still face trade wars. Today, France is threatening
to have U.S. goods taxed throughout Europe. If anything,
the WTO deteriorates trade relations by handing foreign
competitors a new means of attacking the U.S. job market.
NAFTA's superhighway is just one component of a plan
devised to eradicate the borders between the U.S. and
Mexico, resulting in the creation of an empire called
the North American Union. This spawn of powerful special
interests would invent a single nation comprised of Canada,
the U.S. and Mexico, with a new unelected bureaucracy
and monetary system. Forget about controlling immigration
under this scheme.
And a free America, with limited, constitutional government,
would be forever gone.
Let us not forget the UN. It wants to impose on us a
direct tax. Ron Paul successfully fought this move in
Congress last year, but stopping the world government
body's ongoing attempts to tax us will require consistently
strong 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 under the guise of false
information and sensationalized propaganda. Iraq is now
more dangerous of a country than when we initially 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,
in addition to the thousands of seriously wounded, and
hundreds of billions of dollars. We must bring new leadership
into the White House to ensure a catastrophe of this magnitude
never again occurs.
Two of our Founding Fathers, 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 are left without ample troops
to defend our own country. And now, a draft of our young
men and women could be implemented unless we elect real
leadership into the White House.
We can continue to fund and fight no-win police actions
around the globe, or conversely, we can refocus on securing
America and bringing our 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 United States again
go to war as the outcome of a resolution coming from an
unelected, foreign body, such as the United Nations.
Too often, we award foreign aid and intervene on behalf
of governments that are despised by the watchful eyes
of other governments. Consequently, 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 are 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 our altruism, and
in many languages. Let us strive towards building a strong
America-an America that will conduct open trade, travel,
communication, and diplomacy with other nations.
Life and Liberty
Ron Paul believes life is the inherent right of an innocent,
unborn child and that this issue resonates in the very
heartbeat of the American ideals of liberty. Dr. Paul's
professional and legislative record demonstrates his strong
commitment to this pro-life principle.
In 40 years of medical practice, Dr. Paul has never once
considered performing an abortion, nor did he ever find
abortion a necessary measure to save the life of a pregnant
woman.
In Congress, Dr. Paul has authored legislation that seeks
to define life as beginning at conception (H.R. 1094).
Dr. Ron Paul is also the preeminent sponsor of H.R. 300,
which would negate the effect of Roe v. Wade by removing
the ability of federal courts to interfere with state
legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct
approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens
our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths
of 45 million unborn children.
Ron Paul also authored H.R.1095, which prevents the utilization
of federal funds for so-called "population control."
Many talk about being pro-life. Ron Paul has taken direct
action to restore protection for the unborn.
As an OB/GYN doctor, Dr. Paul has delivered over 4,000
babies. That experience has manifested Dr. Paul's position
as an unshakable foe of abortion. Many of you may have
read his book, Challenge to Liberty: Coming to Grips with
the Abortion Issue, which champions the idea that liberty
cannot truly exist in a society unless the rights of all
innocents are protected. Much can be inferred in regards
to the civility of a society by observing its regard for
the dignity of human life.
Border Security and Immigration Reform
The loose talk must stop. We must secure our borders
now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all.
It does not make sense to fight terrorists abroad when
our own front door is left unlocked. Ron Paul's six-point
plan consists of the following:
- Physically secure our borders and coastlines. We must
take necessary measures to control entry into our country
before we undertake complicated immigration reform proposals.
- 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 possessed
expired visas.
- No amnesty. Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million
people illegally reside in our country. Essentially,
we are rewarding millions of illegal inhabitants for
breaking our laws.
- No welfare for illegal aliens. Americans have historically
welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity, work diligently,
and adhere to our laws. However, taxpayers should not
pay for illegal immigrants to use hospitals, clinics,
schools, roads, and social services.
- 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.
- Pass true immigration reform. The current system is
incongruous and unfair. However, according to the Heritage
Foundation, the current reform proposal would allow
up to 60 million more immigrants into our country. This
is insanity. Legal immigrants from all countries should
face uniform 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 halt 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,
simply translated, means we are heading into an Orwellian
world of no privacy. Ron Paul voted against the Real ID
Act in March of 2005.
To date, identity theft has been the predominant focus
of our privacy issues. Congress 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.
We must also protect medical privacy. Presently everyone
is vulnerable. Under so-called "medical privacy protection"
rules, insurance companies and other entities have access
to your personal medical information.
Financial privacy? Right now, by depositing $10,000 or
more in cash into your local bank account, a federally
mandated report will be generated and transmitted to the
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network at the United States
Department of the Treasury.
And then we have the so-called Patriot Act.
As originally proposed, it:
- 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;
and
- Required libraries and bookstores to turn over records
of books read by their patrons.
Ron Paul has fought this battle for many years. He sponsored
a bill to overturn the Patriot Act and has scored some
victories, but today the threat to our liberty and privacy
is more real than ever. We need steadfast leadership at
the top to prevent Washington from centralizing power
and extracting 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.
Currently, we face a new threat of widespread eminent
domain actions because of powerful interests who want
to build a NAFTA superhighway through the United States
from Mexico to Canada.
We also face yet 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 serve as the very 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 denounce these schemes and adjourn
federal agencies from denying property owners their constitutional
rights to life, liberty, and property.
Health Freedom
Americans are justifiably concerned over the government's
escalating intervention into our freedom to choose what
we eat and how we manage our health.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in order to comply
with standards dictated by supra-national organizations
such as the UN's World Food Code
(CODEX), NAFTA, and CAFTA, has been assuming greater control
over nutrients, vitamins and natural health care providers.
Ultimately, this regulation results in the restriction
of our right to choose the manner in which we manage our
health and nutritional needs.
Dr. Ron Paul is the national leader in terms of preserving
Health Freedom. He introduced the Health Freedom Protection
Act, H.R. 2117, to ensure Americans receive truthful health
information about supplements and natural remedies.
Dr. Paul supports the Access to Medical Treatment Act,
H.R. 746, which expands Americans' discretion to utilize
alternative medicine and innovative treatments.
Ron Paul opposes legislation that aggrandizes the FDA's
legal powers. The FDA has consistently failed to protect
the public from dangerous drugs, genetically modified
foods, dangerous pesticides and other chemicals in the
food supply. Meanwhile, the FDA wastes public funds by
attacking safe, healthy foods and dietary supplements.
Dr. Paul also opposed the Homeland Security Bill, H.R.
5005, which, in section 304, authorizes the forced vaccination
of American citizens against small pox. Ron Paul believes
the government should never possess the power to require
immunizations or vaccinations.
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