Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul. You all say he's going to do these great things. Does he actually have a plan?

Question

Some candidates have actually offered up firm plans for how they would handle issues like the Iraq War and Social Security. I read about Ron Paul who is going to change everything... But does he actually have the ability to do it? Does he have any firm plan? Not looking for haters here. I'm an Obama man, myself. I'm just wondering why there's so much hype over a candidate who only has 2% in polls.

Answer 1

I am for a President who is not:

a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) member - it is no longer the Democrats against the Republicans - both Dems and Repubs belong to the same groups who are equally controlled by the United Nations, WTO, and the World Bank.

By those who plan to vote should see that it is the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) who are actually driving this political candidate train. All of the so called "top tier" in both parties are members of the CFR, Trilateral and/or Bilderberg Group. There is an article you should read on line: "CFR STACKS THE DECK." Readers, I advise you to look it up and READ it. Huckabee IS a CFR member even though he not on the list - only because the article was written before he joined CFR.

Executive Orders associated with FEMA that would suspend what is left of the Constitution and our Bill of Rights. Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by the stroke of a Presidential pen:…

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990
allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995
allows the government to seize and control the communication media.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997
allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998
allows the government to seize all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports, and waterways.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10999
allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000
allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001
allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002
designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003
allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004
allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005
allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051
specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310
grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049
assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921
allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the nation. General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA’s Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA’s role as a “new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis.” FEMA’s powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate the…

National Security Act of 1947
allows for the strategic relocation of industries, services, government and other essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower, resources and production facilities.

1950 Defense Production Act
gives the President sweeping powers over all aspects of the economy.

Act of August 29, 1916
authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time of war, to take possession of any transportation system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the emergency.

International Emergency Economic Powers Act
enables the President to seize the property of a foreign country or national. These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979.

For the Executive Orders which Bush signed can be found here:
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/executive...

If you are for the US staying in the United Nations then are YOU willing to take a pledge to Lucifer? Or a Luciferian initiation? Think I'm crazy for asking these questions? Here is a quote to make you think about this, before calling me crazy.

"No one will enter the New World Order unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a LUCIFERIAN Initiation."
~ David Spangler, Director of Planetary Initiative, United Nations

Another person affiliated with this same rhetoric is none other than New Age guru John Randolph Price who is also the Founder of The Planetary Commission.

I am voting for someone who is for getting America out of the United Nations. Someone who is PRO-life for ALL human beings - in-womb, young and old and not for the Rockefeller, Rothschild, and funding Carnegie Foundations - Ted Turner, and Bill Gates who SUPPORT eugenics or the Human Genome Project which Bill Clinton advocated. The elite are in a race to control the population.

The guy I support wants to abolish the income tax, and it should be abolished as it is against the law of the Constitution and the Supreme Court. There is NO Law on record stating we must pay this. He is for reinstating our liberties which were taken away by Bush executive orders and both Patriot Acts 1 and 2. He is about getting our troops out of Iraq and not about to start a war with Iran. He knows that it is not Iran, or Iraq, to which we should be fighting - but the Saudi's. He voted to protect the Pledge of Allegiance. He voted YES to ending preferential treatment to those entering college. This includes all the illegals. He is against the RFID National ID card which will track every move you make from travel in your car to purchases in your very own home. He wants to bring our diminishing dollar back to where is should be and make our country strong again. We borrow $3 billion DAILY from Japan and/or China to keep the war going - he wants to stop that. He wants to legalize the hemp industry to give farmers a chance to sustain their land. He wants to abolish the CIA since he (as many Americans) know they are our Drug Dealers at Mena Airport in Arkansas and keeping the war on drugs a relentless and useless direction. He wants to legalize medical marijuana. He knows inner-city youths are punished unfairly in the war on drugs. The war on drugs has abused our Bill of Rights.He believes in property rights being the foundation right for the American homeowner and is against eminent domain. He is against UN troops here on American Montana soil. He voted NO on increasing AMTRAK funding as he knows they are the runner for FEMA detention camps (Rex84). He believes the American people have the right to bear arms to protect their family and home. I could go on, but if this hasn't moved you by now, then nothing I write will.

I am standing behind issues that affect me. I take natural health supplements, and want to consume safe food to eat for me and my pet. Not genetically modified (GM) frankenfood that Cargill, Monsanto, ADM, and DuPont sell to an unsuspecting public and the FDA does not mandate these companies to label such food we purchase.

I refuse to bow down to what the media and corporations insist on telling me what is sacred these days. These are nothing more than poisons, marketed to take your money, dupe your mind, or take a little bit of your health away, along with your rights - these are the sacred cows people. The media and the corporations have become our teachers, so we are bless them and thank them mindlessly.
Nonintervention, not isolationism: Paul upholds a foreign policy of nonintervention.[8] This policy avoids entangling alliances with other nations, in the tradition of Washington, Jefferson, and Madison,[9] in order to avoid being drawn into wars not related to defense. He believes that war must be fought only to protect citizens, it must be declared by the U.S. Congress, and it must be concluded when the victory is complete as planned: "The American public deserves clear goals and a definite exit strategy in Iraq."[10] He has also said that rather than closing U.S. military bases, the government should build fewer bases internationally and keep as many U.S. bases open as possible.[11] Paul denies being an isolationist: he advocates "conducting open trade, travel, communication, and diplomacy with other nations".[12]
RON PAUL is the ONLY 100% Anti-Terrorist candidate. The ruling government of Iraq is dominated by the psychopathic gang of murderers known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and the Islamic Al Dawa Party, who are the very same Islamic Terrorist Parties which bombed the US & French Embassies in Kuwait and murdered 241 United States Marines in Beirut in 1983. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, of the Al Dawa Party, was the Al Dawa bureau chief in Damascus in the 1980s and was thus heavily responsible for Al Dawa operations in Beirut, while parliament member Jamal Jafaar Mohammed of his ruling coalition is one of the "Kuwait 17", still under a Kuwaiti death sentence (in absentia) for his direct involvement in the vicious attack on the US Embassy in Kuwait! Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate calling for an immediate END to all Military and Financial support for the criminal Islamic Terrorist thug-regime of Iraq.
RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate on Illegal Immigration.
• Ron Paul voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006. “Amnesty for lawbreakers is not the answer, and it’s time to rethink birthright citizenship,” Paul added. ("Paul Votes for Stronger Border Security")
• Ron Paul is a co-sponsor of HR 487, which "expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA superhighway or enter into any plans to create a North American Union between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico."
• "We need to allocate far more resources, both in terms of money and manpower, to securing our borders and coastlines here at home. This is the most critical task before us, both in terms of immigration problems and the threat of foreign terrorists. Unless and until we secure our borders, illegal immigration and the problems associated with it will only increase." – Ron Paul
RON PAUL is the ONLY socially-conservative Candidate defending the independence of the Christian Church from Federal "Faith-Based Socialism".
• "Government funding of religious organizations will transform them into adjuncts of the federal welfare state, more concerned about obeying federal rules and regulations than fulfilling the obligations of their faith." – Ron Paul (source). Every other so-called "social conservative" candidate actually FAVORS this underhanded Orwellian Federal assault on the Freedom of the Christian Church.
RON PAUL. The RIGHT Candidate for a FREE Republic.
So let's look at Barack Obama. Do you realize Obama by being a CFR member must SUPPORT NASCO, NAFTA, Cintra trucks, Texas Trans Corridor and the North American Union? Every toll collected on the new highway will go to Spain, not the USA. You are helping to abolish America as we know it if you vote for him. Michelle Obama works on the Board of Directors for the CFR in Chicago. Obama voted AGAINST an amendment to the Immigration Bill, 1348 to make English the official language of America. Obama wants to give grants for college to illegal aliens – he is on record saying this in California at a high school he visited. This would make it on the same terms and grounds as those who are citizens, or legalized aliens...is this fair? I don’t think so. Why should I have to press #1 on the phone to get English? Why should my son or daughter have to give up a grant to go to college (I can’t afford to send them on my wages) to an ILLEGAL person who came here ILLEGALLY. I cannot support that.

Another issue that bothers me about Barack Obama is this: After reading an article authored by a Reverend. Schenck, the article made it quite evident that, if Mr. Obama subscribes to his church's Black Value System, it doesn't matter whether or not he is a Christian or a Moslem. Such a subscription would make him a socially and culturally dangerous racist – I cannot support anyone as a leader of our country, when we are hated as much as we are – thanks to Bush, to put someone in the White House who could even be thought of as a racist.

I will caste my vote for Ron Paul. Ron Paul unites Democrat and Republican, Black, White, Yellow, Brown and green – he unites as PEOPLE under ONE NATION. Does any other candidate on the Republican ticket do that? On the Dem ticket the closest to RP would be Kucinich or Mike Gravel.

Answer 2

Since this question has basically been answered, I just want to add one thing. Look on Youtube for what Mr. Republican, Newt Gingrich says about him. He says that Dr. Paul has the greatest voting record in the history of Congress.

You're an Obama man. I was too after I heard the speech he made when he announced he was running for president. Every Ron Paul speech has the passion that Obama had on that day. That passion shows me that Dr. Paul loves America and would do more for America than any other candidate.

Why not try a different course? The last two presidents have taken the respect away from America. Let's give a decent man a shot at changing our world.

Answer 3

You're using 'dinosaur' telephone polls. Who talks to telemarketers these days anyways? Mainstream media is being pushed out of the electoral process, and voters are once again able to do thier own research and follow-up.

Here's Wikipedia's take:

During his 2008 presidential campaign, Paul places in the top tier in Republican straw polls, and has had the largest one-day online fundraiser in political history,[4] but commands significantly lower support in landline polls of likely Republican voters, which have different selection criteria. He has generated strong Internet support and is the top presidential candidate Internet search term as measured by Hitwise, Alexa Internet, and Technorati; he has several times more YouTube subscribers than any other presidential candidate.

Answer 4

EDIT TO THE QUESTIONER: Ron Paul is showing 4 percent on Yahoo now!!... and that's the first time I've personally ever seen his name on the poll boards. HE'S GAINING PEOPLE!! WE'RE THAT MUCH CLOSER!!!


You really need to check Youtube out, Ron Paul - Stop Dreaming ... or Don't Tread on me

If you want to read his stances (which he has ALWAYS stuck to) ... check this link out... it'll tell you everything, and it won't be biased like Major Media is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_paul_political_views

A quote from you, "I read about Ron Paul who is going to change everything... But does he actually have the ability to do it? Does he have any firm plan?"

His plan... is a great one... The Constitution. I mean that in a modern sense, but that's what this country is all about when it comes down to it.

A quote from you, "Some candidates have actually offered up firm plans for how they would handle issues like the Iraq War and Social Security."

Ron Paul is the only one who A. States his plan and B. Sticks to his plan; and you can look at his voting records (and please do compare them to his front runners) and you can be assured that he sticks to his word.

If you check out Wikipedia, you can find whole sections on Ron Pauls views on Iraq War and Social Security, and his good reasoning behind his views

Answer 5

The main reason he only has 2% in the "official" polls, is because the pollsters are not asking the right people. They insist on asking registered republicans aged 50 and up. So of course they ask those who do not use the internet, and stick to TV, and of course Ron Paul is not gonna win because he doesn't have the poll numbers.

IF the pollsters would only ask the young people - those aged 20 to 40, those who KNOW how to use the internet, and if only they would ask anyone no matter what their politics are (not JUST republicans), THATS where the poll numbers will increase.

But the pollsters have most probably been told to stay away from the young people. Only poll the older people I mentioned above. Which means that all the polls are BIASED.

Answer 6

He should eliminate pay roll with-holding of income taxes and social security, so that people have to actually write a check on April 15 to the government.

Even the most ardent Government Worshiping Democrats might have second thoughts about the wisdom of having a huge federal government.

Answer 7

It surprises me that so many people say slanderess, illinformed, and derogatory statements about a man who is trying to make America a better place. Whether you think his ideas will work or not is for you to decide. But it is childish to belittle a man who has dedicated himself to his work (doctor & civil servant ). Since when is honesty, intelligence, passion for nation bad qualities in a presidential candidate. I'd take that over a doer who does wrong.

Answer 8

Sure, it's pretty straight-forward. I guess first would be to bring all the troops home from over seas. That might take a few weeks. Immediately stop spending money in other countries' business. Suddenly, there is all this extra money in the bank. Start talk with Congress to create a balanced budget for once and realize that without all these expenditures going out of the country, there is no need for the portion raised by income tax. Close down the IRS. (When people get more money to take home, they buy more which creates jobs for all those ex-IRS employees - not unemployment.) So on and so on...

Obviously a strict constitutionalist has to work with Congress to get all these plans to work. But with the support of the American people, it should be feasible.

Answer 9

His plan is often looked at as too complex for most people to figure out. It's actually simple. Fix our money system, and get rid of corrupt institutions that drag us down. Not everything he says can be accomplished with the congress and senate, but it's a start. Remember, we don't live in a dictatorship (or decidership), so your representative can vouch for your interests.

It's also ok to disagree with Ron on some things, but look at his record, he has well reasoned principles for his stances. Obama is a decent choice as well, so is Gravel and Kucinich or maybe even Huckabee. However, none have as much chance as Paul has to actually fix some problems, in a way that everyone can understand why, if not like.

He's now polling nationally at 5% according to CNN, and 6% according to Rasmussen reports.

edit- most ron supporters are decent, and friendly, and don't often resort to namecalling. I hope the few ardent supporters that come off as rude, are not looked at as a generalization.

Answer 10

Yes he does. He plans to do great things.

Answer 11

Yes..

Social Security: here it is from Paul himself
"We’ve all heard proposals for “privatizing” the Social Security system. The best private solution, of course, is simply to allow the American people to keep more of their paychecks and invest for retirement as they see fit. But putting Social Security funds into government-approved investments could have dangerous consequences. Private companies would become a partner of sorts with the government. Individuals still would not truly own their invested Social Security funds. Payroll taxes likely would be raised to cover payments to current beneficiaries, as the President alluded to when warning us that fixing Social Security would be “costly.”

Furthermore, who would decide what stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or other investment vehicles deserve government approval? Which politicians would you trust to build an investment portfolio with billions of your Social Security dollars? The federal government has proven itself incapable of good money management, and permitting politicians and bureaucrats to make investment decisions would result in unscrupulous lobbying for venture capital. Large campaign contributors and private interests of every conceivable type would seek to have their favored investments approved by the government. In a free market, an underperforming or troubled company suffers a decrease in its stock price, forcing it either to improve or lose value. Wary investors hesitate to buy its stock after the price falls. If a company successfully lobbied Congress, however, it would enjoy a large investment of your tax dollars. This investment would cause an artificial increase in its stock price, deceiving private investors and unfairly harming the company's honest competition. Government-managed investment of tax dollars in the private market is a recipe for corruption and fiscal irresponsibility.

The Social Security crisis is a spending crisis. The program could be saved tomorrow if Congress simply would stop spending so much money, apply even 10% of the bloated federal budget to a real trust fund, and begin saving your contributions to earn simple interest. That this simple approach seems impossible speaks volumes about the inability of Congress to cut spending no matter what the circumstances."

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul215.html

On Iraq: Paul has recognizes that withdrawal will be a process.. it may take up to three -six months.. but he has already stated that he is going into office with every intention of bringing our troops home.. And yes he has a proper exit strategy, one that will send in peace crps after our withdrawal to stabilize the country.. He will then strengthen national intelligence/defense to prevent/protect us from future attacks here..

Just out of curiosity.. what are Obama's plans? I've researched him.. I haven't really been able to find an issue, where he has provided much clarity..