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here is his view on taxes: Working Americans like lower taxes. So do I. Lower taxes benefit all of us, creating jobs and allowing us to make more decisions for ourselves about our lives. Whether a tax cut reduces a single mother???s payroll taxes by $40 a month or allows a business owner to save thousands in capital gains taxes and hire more employees, that tax cut is a good thing. Lower taxes allow more spending, saving, and investing which helps the economy ??? that means all of us. Real conservatives have always supported low taxes and low spending. But today, too many politicians and lobbyists are spending America into ruin. We are nine trillion dollars in debt as a nation. Our mounting government debt endangers the financial future of our children and grandchildren. If we don???t cut spending now, higher taxes and economic disaster will be in their future ??? and yours. In addition, the Federal Reserve, our central bank, fosters runaway debt by increasing the money supply ??? making each dollar in your pocket worth less. The Fed is a private bank run by unelected officials who are not required to be open or accountable to ???we the people.??? Worse, our economy and our very independence as a nation is increasingly in the hands of foreign governments such as China and Saudi Arabia, because their central banks also finance our runaway spending. We cannot continue to allow private banks, wasteful agencies, lobbyists, corporations on welfare, and governments collecting foreign aid to dictate the size of our ballooning budget. We need a new method to prioritize our spending. It???s called the Constitution of the United States. all quotes from -Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas)

Migueld | 11/13/07

American Independence and Sovereignty: So called free trade deals and world governmental organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and CAFTA are a threat to our independence as a nation. They transfer power from our government to unelected foreign elites. The ICC wants to try our soldiers as war criminals. Both the WTO and CAFTA could force Americans to get a doctor???s prescription to take herbs and vitamins. Alternative treatments could be banned. The WTO has forced Congress to change our laws, yet we still face trade wars. Today, France is threatening to have U.S. goods taxed throughout Europe. If anything, the WTO makes trade relations worse by giving foreign competitors a new way to attack U.S. jobs. NAFTA???s superhighway is just one part of a plan to erase the borders between the U.S. and Mexico, called the North American Union. This spawn of powerful special interests, would create a single nation out of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, with a new unelected bureaucracy and money system. Forget about controlling immigration under this scheme. And a free America, with limited, constitutional government, would be gone forever. Let???s not forget the UN. It wants to impose a direct tax on us. I successfully fought this move in Congress last year, but if we are going to stop ongoing attempts of this world government body to tax us, we will need leadership from the White House. We must withdraw from any organizations and trade deals that infringe upon the freedom and independence of the United States of America. all quotes from -Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas)

Migueld | 11/13/07

I have to head home from work but i think i can again cough up some of his plans. check back before 10pm EST for my rebuttal.

HAHAHAOHWOW | 11/13/07

"some people just don't want to be confused with facts that contradict their preconceived opinions or prejudices"-Geoff Metcalf The Ron Paul Revolution is real..........

Migueld | 11/13/07

Texas Congressman Ron Paul is the only Republican candidate to advocate an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, indeed, he is the only truly anti-war candidate of the frontrunners from either party. NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll "In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that George W. Bush is doing in handling the situation in Iraq?" Disapprove - 68% Approve - 28% Not Sure - 5% "When it comes to the war in Iraq, which of the following statements comes closer to your point of view? The most responsible thing we can do is find a way to withdraw most of our troops from Iraq by the beginning of 2009. The most responsible thing we can do is to remain in Iraq until the situation in the country is stable." Withdraw most troops by 2009 - 55% Remain until country stable - 40% Unsure - 5% ABC News/Washington Post Poll Nov. 1-5, 2007 "All in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war with Iraq was worth fighting, or not?" Not worth it - 63% Worth it - 35% Unsure - 2%

Migueld | 11/14/07

The majority of the governments revenue comes from other forms of taxation. If the income tax ceased to exist, we would return to around 2000-level revenues. Do some research before you spout of mindless rhetoric.

Consequentialist Libertarian | 02/21/08