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* • Voted AGAINST the Patriot Act
* • Voted AGAINST regulating the Internet
* • Voted AGAINST the Iraq War
* • Voted AGAINST the Bank and General Motors Bailouts
* • Voted AGAINST the Obama administrations Health Care Reform
* • Voted AGAINST the use of U.S. armed forces in Libya
* • Voted AGAINST the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act
* • Voted AGAINST the unionazation of the TSA
* • Voted AGAINST increasing the federal debt limit
* • Voted AGAINST agains federal regulation of same sex marriage
* • Voted AGAINST the DREAM act
* • Voted AGAINST the Real ID act
* • Voted FOR prohibiting tax payer funded abortions
* • Voted FOR prohibiting federal funding of National Public Radio
* • Voted FOR abolishing federal funding of Presidential Election Campaigns
* • Voted FOR removing armed forces from Pakistan
* • Voted FOR prohibiting increase congressional pay
* • Voted FOR legalization of medical marijuana
Ron Paul has the unique reputation of being one of the most consistent voices in politics. He has proven to be unwavering in his principals of the federal government adhering to the limitations set forth in the Constitution. This consistency is something none of the other candidates can claim and gives him the edge as the safe bet in being the “what you see is what you get” vote. As President he has stated his word to work toward the following goals.
HEALTH CARE
* • Repeal the unconstitutional Health Care Reform act signed into law by the Obama administration which mandates that all Americans must carry government approved health insurance, or answer to the IRS.
* • Allow purchase of health insurance across state lines.
* • Allow tax deductions for 100% of medical costs
* • Exempt those with terminal illnesses from the employee portion of payroll taxes while they are suffering from such illnesses or are incurring significant medical costs associated with their conditions.
* • Give a payroll deduction to any worker who is the primary caregiver for a spouse, parent, or child with a terminal illness.
* • Ensure that those harmed during medical treatment receive fair compensation while reducing the burden of costly malpractice litigation on the health care system by providing a tax credit for “negative outcomes” insurance purchased before medical treatment.
* • Guarantee that what is taken from taxpayers to pay for Medicare and Medicaid is not raided for other purposes.
* • Make all Americans eligible for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and remove government-imposed barriers to obtaining HSAs.
* • Stop the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from interfering with Americans’ knowledge of and access to dietary supplements and alternative treatments.
* • Prevent federal bureaucrats from tracking every citizen’s medical history from cradle to grave by prohibiting the use of taxpayer funds for a national database of personal health information.
* • Legalize the use of Marijuana as legitimate medical treatment.
ECONOMY
* • Veto any unbalanced budget Congress sends to his desk.
* • Refuse to further raise the debt ceiling so politicians can no longer spend recklessly.
* • Refuse any further bailouts.
* • Audit and eventually end the privately owned “Federal” Reserve system which has directly devalued the dollar by 95% through printing money out of thin air, created every major financial bubble and driven our country into insurmountable debt.
* • Legalize sound money through competing currencies (gold and silver backed) so the government is forced to get serious about the dollar’s value.
* • End the Corporate/Governmental special treatment known as Crony-Capitalism or Fascism.
* • Drive down gas prices by allowing offshore drilling, abolishing highway motor fuel taxes, increasing the mileage reimbursement rates, and offering tax credits to individuals and businesses for the use and production of natural gas vehicles.
* • Oppose all unfunded mandates and unnecessary regulations on small businesses and entrepreneurs.
NATIONAL DEFENSE and THE WARS
* • Would work to immediately end the wars and bring out troops home.
* • Require Congress to sign a declaration of war before committing our troops to military action. And to do so with a clear objective in mind so we do not get drawn into endless and financially devastating conflicts.
* • Downsize the U.S.’s global military presence (or policing of the world) by closing many of our over 750 bases around the world, and utilizing those funds for securing our country at home.
* • Use constitutional and ethical means to capture and kill terrorist leaders who take part in planning attacks on the U.S.
* • Guarantee our intelligence community’s efforts are directed toward legitimate threats and not spying on innocent Americans through unconstitutional power grabs like the Patriot Act.
* • Make securing our borders a top national security priority.
* • Ensure our veterans receive the care, benefits, and honors they have earned when they return.
* • Prevent the TSA from forcing Americans to either be groped or ogled just to travel on an airplane and ultimately abolish the unconstitutional agency.
* • End our over $1 Trillion dollars per year foreign aid handouts. (I.E. Taking money from poor people here to give to rich dictators in other countries.)
END THE FED
* • Would work to audit and phase out the Federal Reserve system, which is one of the most dangerous intitutions in this country because:
* • Their policies drive financial bubbles and lead to the recent catastrophic financial meltdown.
* • They have devalued the dollar by 95% during their 98 year control of our monetary system. For example, something costing $1 on 1913 would cost $22.55 today.
* • They make secretive deals with foreign governments which resulted in the U.S. giving Billions or even Trillions of dollars to foreign banks during the bailouts.
* • They are in fact not a federal branch, but a privately owned bank owned by the very same banks who profited from the bailouts.
TAXES and SPENDING
* • He has never voted to raise taxes or for an unbalanced budget in his 12 terms as a U.S. Congressman.
* • Would end the individual Income Tax and abolish the IRS
* • Eliminate the capital gains, and death taxes to ensure you keep more of your hard-earned money and are able to pass on your legacy to your family without government interference.
* • End taxation on the tips and gratuities of servers and bartenders.
* • End wasteful government spending
* • Allow Americans claim more tax credits and deductions, including on educational costs, alternative energy vehicles, and health care.
* • Would support a flat tax as a step in the right direction towards fiscal responsibility and lower financial burden on individuals.
SECOND AMENDMENT
* • Has never and will never vote for any piece of legislation that would infringe on gun owners’ rights or weaken the Second Amendment.
* • End U.S. membership in the anti-gun United Nations to ensure American tax dollars are not used to fund global gun control schemes like the so-called “Small Arms Treaty.”
* • Repeal the “Brady Bill” and the so-called “Assault Weapons Ban.”
* • Allow pilots and specially trained law enforcement personnel to carry firearms in order to protect airline passengers and help prevent future 9/11-style attacks.
SAME SEX MARRIAGE
* • The government should NOT regulate marriage (it can be handled by churches or private contract)
* • If the government is to regulate marriage, it should be at the state level, not federal.
RIGHT TO WORK
* • Believes forced unionism violates the Constitution
* • Strongly supports the National Right to Work Act which would end compulsory union dues, which go towards big government programs, regardless of whether the worker agrees with them.
* • Opposes the forced unionization of Police and Fire Departments.
EDUCATION and HOME SCHOOLING
* • Abolish the Department of Education, as the Constitution does not give the federal government the authority to regulate education.
* • Favors school choice for parents, allow vouchers or tax credits for private schooling or home schooling (not for abolishing public education)
* • Sponsored a bill which would grant a $3,000 annual tax credit to full-time teachers
* • Help parents better educate their children by providing parents with a $5,000 per child tax credit for tutors, books, computers, and other K-12 related educational needs.
* • Ensure that the federal government treats high school diplomas earned through homeschooling the same as other high school diplomas.
IMMIGRATION
* • Believes it doesn’t make sense to fight terrorists abroad while leaving our front door unlocked.
* • America should be guarding her own borders and enforcing her own laws instead of policing the world and implementing UN mandates.
* • No amnesty for illegal immigrants as it promotes further illegal immigration. Yet establish a system to allow current illegal immigrants in the U.S. a path to citizenship.
* • End the welfare state which encourages illegal immigration and puts unnecessary financial burden on our economy.
* • Believes it is not moral to round up and deport existing illegal immigrants, instead allowing them a path to legally work here.
* • Will encourage legal immigration by streamlining the entry process without rewarding lawbreakers.
* • End birthright citizenship which further encourages unlawful immigration by guarantying citizenship to children born of immigrants illegally within the country.
ENERGY and ENVIRONMENT
* • Remove restrictions on drilling, so companies can tap into the vast amount of oil we have here at home.
* • Repeal the federal tax on gasoline. Eliminating the federal gas tax would result in an 18 cents savings per gallon for American consumers.
* • Lift government roadblocks to the use of coal and nuclear power.
* • Eliminate the ineffective EPA. Polluters should answer directly to property owners in court for the damages they create – not to Washington.
* • Encourage the purchase and production of alternative fuel technologies through tax credits, not government subsidies.
WAR on DRUGS
* • Believes drug abuse is a health issue, not a legal issue. And that prohibition actually causes black markets, cartels and gang violence. (Think of the alcohol arohibition era gangsters.)
* • Legalize drugs at the Federal level, ending the costly and failed “war on drugs”. Then allowing the states to regulate drugs as they choose.
* • Pardon the nearly 500,000 non-violent drug offenders currently in prison.
ABORTION
* • Ron Paul personally believes that life begins at conception and abortion should be illegal. He has a solid pro-life record.
* • However, he believes the Constitution does NOT give the Federal government the authority to regulate abortion, so it should be regulated at the State level.
* • Cases of rape, incest could be handled by the morning after pill, not abortion.
* E• nd taxpayer funding of facilities that perform abortions.
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