2007-12-15

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2007-12-15 09:08 am

"Resolved: Ron Paul, as US President, would be disastrous for America."

Being a liberal Republican, it is meet* for me to state my stance on Ron Paul.

I believe that Ron Paul would be a terrible President for the reasons cited here. Most prominently among these are:

  • The gold standard would lead to economic turmoil (not to mention devastate industries which use gold),
  • The abolition of the income tax would cripple the federal government,
  • A law to prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on an issue is un-American, even when it is not explicitly intended to bolster prejudice,
  • Racism - be it against black men in DC or immigrants throughout America - is wrong, (edit: I cannot defend this claim; I withdraw it.) and
  • Undermining modern medicine would destroy millions of lives in the most brutal fashion.


Citations for Ron Paul's support of each of these are in the link.

* "Meet" meaning suitable, proper, appropriate. It's standard.