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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Whatever your person politics, the sound of people getting informed, getting passionate, getting involved, is a joyful sound.
I wouldn't vote for Ron Paul, and don't know anyone who would. I strongly disagree with much of his isolationism. But I welcome his inclusion in politics, and I welcome the strong light he shines into some of the darker corners of the great American republic.
Democrats, Republicans, "Other", --- this is democracy at work.
Long may it remain vital and strong. The alternatives are too bleak to contemplate.
... But, so what? A lot of us feel this way. If we're honest with ourselves, that is.
Do you trust the IRS? Think your money is actually worth its face value? Know where that money really comes from?
Read through the tax code lately? Or cracked open one of those big, thick law books? Think lawyers, accountants, doctors... any experts... or anyone who deals in words, opinions and specialized language... like journalists, for heaven's sake... are necessarily your betters... absolute authority figures... or even that much smarter than you?
I love this guy, Ron Paul!
And, you know, who would've thunk it? I voted for Gore and Kerry before now. Today, between the "top-tier" candidates put forth by the intellectual and financial elitists, we're given our choices as Tweedledum and Tweedledee... once again.
How can you possibly look in the mirror and trust your lying eyes if you don't do some real research on these candidates and their positions? Think you can outsource your thinking forever without consequence?
So just where is it that you take your stand on "democracy" anyway these days? Or "free markets"?
It was only since I passed 50 and took a long time out to acquire some new knowledge about this world that I finally woke up. Meant to do it many times before... but, oh well... you understand how all that worked out, don't you?
You must dig deep inside yourself first before you can pretend to have all the answers about this world. Try doing a search for "communitarianism", "communitarian law", "corporatism", and "anti-communitarian league". Next, try "zeitgeist movie", "money masters", "fiat currency", or any of the Adam Curtis documentaries. This is just for starters - you still have a long way to go. Try reading the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution - as it's been amended over the years - and the Bill of Rights too.
Pull out your dictionary, or bookmark it online. Plan on spending some time reading encyclopedia entries - you're going back to school, Bubba!
And ask yourself where you fit in to all this. What represents freedom for you? Have you bothered to REALLY research Ron Paul's positions on the issues and from whence they originated?
BTW, the "United States", its government - YOU as a freed American citizen with supposed "rights" - is simply not at all what you think. As a matter of fact, this country is actually a corporate entity... that's been under bankruptcy protection... since the end of the Depression and before we were forced ("manipulated" is more likely) into WWII.
We've been sold into slavery already folks. But don't believe me - look it up yourself!
It's truly a whole lot more fun than anything else... learning we've been kept... like sheep by shepherds - or kept ourselves in the dark - too often... all these years.
On reducing the national debt, improving the economy and eliminating income tax:
(1) We have enough money in the military budget to bring our troops home worldwide without incurring additional expense.
(2) If we bring the troops home, they will be purchasing goods and services from local merchants instead of Korean clothing, Japanese groceries, drinking at German pubs, etc. They will also need places to live, phone service, hair cuts, and cars.
(3) All this puts more money into US wallets.
(4) It will eliminate military expenditures for electricity, paper clips, and rental property in foreign nations.
(5) That means our military budget is reduced even further.
(6) Our troops would be available to help out in natural disasters (Katrina, Andrew, Mt. St. Helens, etc), reducing the FEMA-type costs. In addition, they could help watch the borders and reduce illegal immigration.
(7) Reducing illegal immigration means our schools, hospitals and social service agencies aren't overburdened taking care of non-citizens. Again, this results in cost reductions.
(8) If we stop handing out money to "aid" foreign governments who despise us, this reduces the Federal budget even more.
(9) If we drop the "war on drugs" nonsense, we will save many MORE billions of dollars. Face it, prohibition didn't work, and neither does D.A.R.E. We will have fewer "prisoners" to support. Our court system will be relieved of prosecution of thousands of drug-related charges a year (if you doubt this, go check out the criminal docket on any given day at your district court). A number of other countries (eg, Netherlands) have found that eliminating criminal penalties on drugs do not cause the problems one might think.
(10) Personal Income Tax only accounts for about 1/3 of the money collected by the Feds. Corporations would still pay taxes. Road taxes and gas taxes would still be collected. Tarriffs would be collected. If we rolled our expenditures back to the same level as 2000, we would not need to collect personal income taxes AT ALL. Nor would we need a Federal Sales Tax.
(11) People would have more money in their pockets. This would encourage them to save a little, pay off their personal debts, and put some into retirement plans. Maybe they could even afford medical insurance! What a concept!
What specifically about that sounds "loony" to you?
Hey, if all else fails, maybe we could have a fund raiser to pay off the deficit. I believe Ron Paul's supporters can pull off anything!
Oh - and on the abortion issue: Dr. Paul is personally anti-abortion. It started when as a young resident he wandered into an operating room where they were doing a 2nd trimester abortion. In those days they didn't kill the fetus first. He watched them do the C-section, remove the 2-lb fetus, and put it into a bucket at the end of the room. It tried to breathe and cry. Everyone in the room pretended it wasn't there. (And by the way, this happened BEFORE Roe v. Wade.)
However, abortion has nothing to do with the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. It is up to the individual State to decide how to handle it. California may permit abortions; Mississippi may not. Read the CONSTITUTION. It will help you understand what the Federal Government is supposed to do ... and most importantly, what it is NOT supposed to do.
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