Ron Paul on Domestic and Global Policies

THE WAR ON DRUGS! Should we end it? Ron Paul thinks so




Liberty is the ultimate moral principle- everyone has a natural right to make their own choices and take responsibility for their choices, and Ron Paul is the biggest advocate of liberty out of all the candidates gunning to run for president in 2012. I especially like the part where Ron Paul says that if we legalize heroin tomorrow, everybody is going to use heroin- NOT! I certainly wouldn't, regardless of whether or not it is legal... not using heroin gives me an edge in society and my health, so I'll choose to keep that edge, thank you very much! As long as we do not endanger the lives of others or harm others in any way, we should be allowed to do what we want to do because it is our natural right. Those who harm others from the use of drugs...well, they should be punished according to state laws. What about the children? I doubt the government understands children more than the parents do.... what about parents that don't care or children without a parent or legal guardian, ask you naysayers? Take a look at the current system- those children are still doomed under the current system! Use the money we are wasting fighting a losing war on drugs to save those children!


This counts as a global issue I suppose, because we have countries down south to worry about. Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, among many others.... would gangs have power if their goods are worth nothing now that America can legally grow/produce/sell drugs? Yes they will, not from drugs anymore though, from human trafficking but that is also already taking place under the current system! Use the money we throw away fighting those wars, and funding stupid operations like Fast and Furious to combat human trafficking. At least the people who do drugs do it because they want to- people don't choose to be human trafficked.

Ron Paul, Foreign Policy and Liberty

Seems like the bullet point form last year was more preferred, so here goes.

1) Ron Paul's stance on the TSA is get rid of it. Guess who else wants to get rid of it? The original creator of the TSA! (http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/creator-of-tsa-airport-security-now-says-dismantle-it) This linked article describes the key differences between America's TSA and Israel's El Al, and why one fails while the other succeeds. The TSA is a $9 billion industry with top heavy management (Over 50% of the TSA staff work managerial positions, with an annual salary of over $100,000). Everyday, we read about travelers being mistreated and violated- you would think that pouring billions of taxpayers money into an organization that is supposed to protect the taxpayers would lead to an organization that keeps us safe and respects our liberty. Judicial Watch reported that the TSA has "failed to actually detect any threat in 10 years". Government airport security also existed before 9/11 and look how that panned out...

2) The solution to TSA- privatize it. Let the airlines run it themselves, because if I were the owner of any airline, I would make damn sure no terrorist gets on my plane- it would cost me too much money if a mistake happens so I just wouldn't. I would double up security or hire Blackwater to do it, whatever it takes to make sure my plane doesn't get hijacked because if it did, no one would ever come on my airline again. Some people have also suggested allowing pilots to carry guns on planes. Other benefits: people who don't fly often or ever don't have to pay, because the costs would just get transferred to the price of air.tickets.

3) The war on terror/ foreign policy: this is something I agree with Ron Paul the most out of every thing.

- Of course the people in the Middle East are pissed off, you would be too if another country was building military bases on your land, dictating your policies, preventing you from building certain weapons that they have...the list goes on.

Btw, do you think Iran could actually build nukes that would be a threat to the United States? Please.... look at the missile defensive system that America has. No one can touch America.
- Stationing troops all over the world actually thins the protection that Americans deserve at home.
- Israel. Why should they ask America's permission for their actions? What is the point of giving Israel foreign aid when we give Israel's enemies twice as much or more money?! I never got that... I get mixed messages about Israel. On one hand we give them money and they have to allign their foreign policies with us, and on the other hand, you have the President telling them they should go back to pre-1967 borders? AND we give their enemies more money? (I cannot get my head around that one)


Thoughts?