I really can't understand why people are so fond of Ron Paul and how his positions would solve this country's problems.
Can you be more specific on what approach you believe should be taken to pull through this recession? What is so mislead about Obama's approach? What's The Ron Paul Solution?
I like Ron Paul because he is honest. He says the truth, even when it isn't in his best interest. When I listen to him, he says the things that I have come to believe over time through independent study and research regarding the world around me.
He has a solid understanding of world politics, economics, and history. He is literate and he reads a lot.
He's also a genuine guy with a huge heart. I think he'd be willing to do the hard things the nation needs in a time of crisis. He has a vision to the future. He is concerned about generations other than his own. He is concerned about the world outside his own home and he really wants to make the world better.
He's prophetic. He warned us that what is happening right now was going to happen and here it is. I think being able to predict the future and accurately analyze the current situation is something we want in a leader.
As for The Ron Paul Solutions that I would like to see implemented: responsible fiscal policy, libertarian ethics, ending imperialization, a focus on the home front, and shrinking of the size of government. Obama has none of that in mind.
What, specifically, is a responsible fiscal policy? How would he have prevented this economic mess? How does he suggest that we fix it, now that we're here? What economists support his views? Obama hasn't failed yet, how do we know his approach is wrong?
Responsible fiscal policy means spending less money. It means eliminating the IRS. It means the elimination of fiat currency. It means not spending money on guns, military bases, and other things that we just don't need.
Ron Paul gets his economic views from the Austrian School of Economics. There are lots of economists who agree with those ideas. Many popular economists agree with his views including Milton Freidman, Peter Schiff, and more... A lot of what Ron Paul believes about economics are well though out ideas presented by other people, they aren't ideas he just "thought up." For example, every fiat currency ever in the history of the world has eventually collapsed. Sure, the US Dollar may prove to be the one that doesn't collapse, but history doesn't seem to indicate that is the case.
Obama may be a shining star. I hope he is. Even if he is, even if Ron Paul was up there, we wouldn't know for sure if it was the President who fixed it or not. Bush did a lot of damage and the greedy bankers he enabled did a lot of damage, I'm not sure even Ron Paul could fix it. It'll take all of us working really hard to fix it.
We are so in debt it's unfathomable. The younger generation is going to have to work really really hard to get us out of this mess. Let's hope Obama can rally the troops!
Ron Paul subscribes to the Austrian school of economics. They're very much against central banks, fiat money, and the creation of wealth by fractional reserve banking. Implementing any one of those policies in such a time of crisis would be like treating a broken arm with a gunshot to the head.
A perhaps surprising result in public finance is that the optimal or the best way to tax capital income is not to tax it at all. Paradoxically, workers are better off with a zero tax on capital income. -Dr. R. Glenn Hubbard, the Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers
I was referring to his other positions (abolishing most federal agencies, withdrawing from NATO/UN, negating Roe v. Wade/gun regulation, etc.) in addition to the IRS.
Can you be more specific on what approach you believe should be taken to pull through this recession? What is so mislead about Obama's approach? What's The Ron Paul Solution?