Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
I do not support Ron Paul.

The only thing I like about him is his views on personal liberty, which I think is important in this era of the Patriot Act and other attacts on individual Constitutional rights.

But most of his views I think are crazy. I do not like his anti-envionmentalist record. We are approaching a tipping point with regard to Global Climate Change, and he is not remotely prepared to deal with that.

I believe in personal liberty, but I do not extend those rights to corporations the way Ron Paul does. Corporations need to be regulated, and he does not believe in that.

His monetary policies with regard to the Federal Reserve and the gold standard are wrong and will not work.

I believe we need to be engaged in the world, be strong members of the UN, have strong aliances with other countries, and maintain our military presence in the countries where we have commitments. Ron Paul does not agree with that.

I think when people sense a crisis, they tend to turn to an outsider as a "savior," and I think Ron Paul has represented that to some poeple. But the more I learn about him, the less I like.
A non-intervention foreign policy is what we need...Commerce with all nations, alliance with none...

The more I've heard about Ron Paul the more I like..I would've never thought I would register to vote being this young, until I heard a politician that speaks truth rather than what he thinks people want to hear.

We're going bankrupt..we don't have the money to support our world empires..It for some reason makes more sense as far as security goes to have all of our soldiers in our country protecting our borders...rather than the borders of europe, or the middle east..

How did we get attacked again? I don't think it was military action from a country...they had to hijack an airplane..They learned to fly in America..the land of the free..as long as airports are secure I don't see them having near the amount of resources needed for an attack on American soil..Are we worried that they're going to get on a boat and sail this far with enough soldiers and firepower to attack the united states?? Cause I can tell you that I damn sure am not..

There is a crisis in America..The federal government steps all over state law when it comes to medical marijuana, that my friend is a crisis in it's own..what happened to federalism? What happened to the founders' idea of freedom from government? The american dollar's value is the lowest it has been in years..anytime the government needs to spend more money, they turn to simply printing more onto paper..

The government's role is not to raise me from cradle to grave, it is for me to raise myself, for me to decide what to say no to.