[superfoodist]

Hey guys!! I'll try and answer your questions, or comment on some of your statements in the best way I can

I like the sound of that.

*Puts hand up* Question - what does he cut down on so he can lower taxes? Maybe excessive polititian salaries and absurd, crippling subsidies?

@Andrew Gubb - One of the most notable "tax cuts" he's going to make is to abolish the IRS, therefore stopping us from being charged income tax. Income tax consumes 2-3 months worth of YOUR money, from YOUR labor. This alone will stimulate massive economic change, and he plans to do much more than this.

I like the idea of libertarianism and what Dr. Paul espouses, but I am skeptical of it's real world effects. A society dominated entirely by selfish and corrupt multinational corporate interests is no better to me than a society run by selfish government bureaucrats and corrupt politicians. I don't want prisons, hospitals, military forces, etc. all run by private contractors.

@JSB - There's a lot of things that I'm sure Ron Paul isn't going into detail about - because presidential elections need to have a touch of mass appeal, and too much information doesn't often appeal to the masses. One of those things that I'm talking about is corporate charters (You can read about them here : History of Corporations (United States)). Basically, a corporation would be granted a limited charter to exist, and when their time runs out, it would go to congress, and it would then be decided if they're allowed to continue on, or if they must shut down. They also made it illegal to run a monopoly in this way. Now, like I said, Dr. Paul isn't saying this as part of his campaign, because most mainstream media consumers wouldn't understand the significance of this - but as a guy who knows history, and as a true patriot, I'm almost positive he would re-implement something similar to keep corporations in check.

Goldman Sachs and Monsanto will have even more influence on people's lives than they do today. Still, I like having him in the ring and calling other politicians on their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

One of Ron Pauls primary campaign slogans is "End The Fed". By ending the Federal Reserve, there will be MANY banking and monetary reforms, which will definitely dim down, if not completely black out, the power of Goldman Sachs and similar firms. As for Monsanto, it's been proven over and over again that pesticides, herbicides, GMO seeds, etc are damaging our planet, our health, and it destroys tens of thousands of farmers jobs. Ron Paul knows this, and more and more people are starting to wake up to this as well. Monsanto, and similar corrupt corporations won't stand a chance with him in office.

There is a lot I do agree with Mr Paul about, however there are things that disturb me.. most notably his possible connections with Christian Reconstructionists,and The John Birch Society.

Hey garentee! I don't know too much about either of these subjects, but after a wikipedia search on The John Birch Society, I got this :

The John Birch Society is an American political advocacy group that supports anti-communism, limited government, a Constitutional Republic[1][2] and personal freedom.

It looks like they stand for the reasons America was created, and what it's meant to be. Limited government, a Constitutional republic, and personal freedoms are exactly what our founding fathers fought to achieve for us. Communism wasn't even a word until the 19th century, but our founding fathers would have without a doubt been against it as well due to its limitations of personal freedom.

In addition, his isolationism which I find rather destructive..Isolationism could be seen as part of the cause of WW2.

Hope I'm not coming off like I'm trying to attack you, but the only thing that's been destructive is our invasion of other nations. The "Washington Farewell Address" specifically states that we should keep to ourselves (George Washington's Farewell Address). If we bring our troops home, to guard our borders, and ONLY our borders, we'd be back to being the #1 superpower in the world... Not only because we'd be saving MASSIVE amounts of money on "defense", but because mainland America would be literally impenetrable with our entire armed forces defending it.

As for Isolationism causing World War 2.. That's a long subject to discuss, but in short (and this isn't conspiracy theory).. American bankers funded the Bolshevik Revolution, which eventually brought Communism into play. Communism was getting too powerful, so in order to keep the world economic game board in check, they funded an "enemy" to communism, known as National Socialism. It's well known, for those that research, that Prescott Bush (George W. Bushes grandfather) was one of the people that financially supported Hitlers rise to power. Eventually, Nazi Germany (National Socialism) started becoming too powerful as well, and was starting to look as if they'd be the victor in WW2, so America had to chime in and play their part to make sure they didn't take over all of Europe.

That's the extremely summarized version, but basically, I wouldn't say it was Isolationism that caused WW2.. Instead, I'd say it was bankers, and multi-national corporations that caused it.