Monjoni Osso? Are you joking? Okay, I won't tease anymore, but you really should get your facts straight. First, I don't know why anyone who publishes something against Ron Paul has to resort to calling him or his policies crazy. He's not. As a matter of fact, he's incredibly smart and everything he says and stands for has an intelligent reason behind it. Whether you agree with it or not, don't resort to name-calling.
So, allow me to rebut those claims, briefly and to the point. The IRS has only been around for about the last 100 years. America was just fine without it for 150 years. About 23 percent of your income goes to the federal government. Once power is given to the government, government never lets go of its grasp.
The Department of Education has only been around for 27 years. Before that, decisions about education were completely left to the states, as it should be. Getting rid of it doesn't mean getting rid of education. Under the current administration, the Department of Education's budget has increased 69.9 percent, thanks to the No Child Left Behind Act.
As far as your definition of Libertarian philosophy, I don't even know where to begin. However, I do know that the federal government doesn't need to be doing jobs that are supposed to be left up to the states.
The idea of withdrawing from NATO and the UN isn't some farfetched plan, even if you disagree with it. George Washington warned in his farewell address to stay away from entangling alliances and foreign affairs. Instead, he said we should focus on American needs and trade with any nation willing to do the same. The problem Ron Paul has with the UN and NATO is that it allows other governments'politicians to influence American policy.
Taking us back to our Constitutional roots does not mean erasing the progress we have accomplished over the past 200 years. It doesn't mean there's going to be slavery and massive racism or whatever else you're thinking. But it does mean recognizing (or remembering) that the Constitution is meant to place a limit on what the government can do. It was written so that our government could protect individual liberty. It was written so that the people are higher than the government, not the other way around.
Monjoni, if you're so tired of all the political crap we have today, start looking outside the box. That's usually where solutions come from.
Brad Voldrich is a junior political science major.-
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