Letters to the Editor
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Ron Paul Challenges America (and Americans) to Grow Up!
Americans of my generation (Boomers) were taught that America was the land of liberty and independence, based on self-reliance and responsible and informed participation in civic affairs. I still believe this.
You can't be independent when most of your manufactured goods are imported and your balance of trade deficit runs into the 10s of billions of dollars a month.
You can't be independent when a huge and increasing part of your national debt is owned by potentially hostile nations.
You can't be enjoy liberty and independence when you rely on military intimidation and aggression to claim the resources of other countries.
You can't be free and independent if you rely on cheap immigrant labor to support your lifestyle.
You can't be free and independent if a cabal of bankers regulates the value and availability of your money.
You can't enjoy real liberty when an intrusive income tax empowers bureaucrats in the Federal Government to have a say in how you spend your money.
You can't be free and independent when educational policies come from the neo(con)Kremlin in Washington, DC, rather than from state and local sources.
Ron Paul challenges the nation and its people to act as adults and act fairly and responsibly, living within our means, not expecting "Big Brother" to manage our lives. We need to leave our children with a legacy of something besides insurmountable debt and a ruined planet. Ron Paul advocates the vision of the Founders in our century: liberty, independence, self-reliance, and responsible behavior.