Would a Congressman rather kiss a cobra than give up the income tax?

Question

.. Ron Paul is interesting, but generally regarded as lunatic fringe.

What are your thoughts on his radical (but, straight forward and clear) ideas on the IRS, and our foreign policy?

Answer 1

Ron Paul may indeed be regarded as "lunatic fringe", but in fact he is the only candidate who sounds at all like our founding fathers. Does that make the great minds which contributed to this great experiment also "lunatic fringe".
Taxation without representation was one of the major contributers to our desire for freedom. I don't see a whole lot of difference between what was happening then and what is happening now.
We have a megalithic government, which is very far removed from the average American, both in salary and benefits, and in priorities, making decisions about how our money is spent, before we even get it. This government has very little concern about where the money is going to come from, only that it keeps coming. Meanwhile they are happy to make deals with foreign nations, giving the jobs which create the wealth they are counting on spending to the foreign nations, and making laws governing our ability to produce goods which make it impossible for us to compete in the wonderful "global" market they have created.
I think that we need to "throw all the bums out".

to jehen----like we have now? As far as Ron Paul supporters being rich, take another look. I support him, and I am the sole support for 7 people and partial support for 14. I made 39000 last year, and this year I am making less. Freedom isn't free, and even if we have very little, we have to be willing to fight for our rights. I pay taxes, just as I presume you do, and I get no government handouts. I don't have insurance, because I have a pre-existing condition and cannot afford the premiums for a self employed person.
There are many of us who believe that personal concerns are not as important as the overall welfare of our country. I am far more concerned that there is a country called the United States when my children are my age, than I am about whether I have everything I need.

Answer 2

Democrats wish to keep taxation because it is the very root of their power. Not only does it create a dependency on the Government. It slows the economy so there is more demand for Government services. The party of the poor needs people to depend on the Government so it can buy votes. The Government then, has to spend money to counteract the damage it caused in the first place. They are also able to restructure society around different goals than would normally be found in a society with out tax induced poverty. The Government, now has money to pay unwed mothers who produce children who are raised in poverty without adequate parental supervision. In an economy without social programs made possible with tax funding the woman would force the man to earn a living and become a bread winner before he would be allowed to get her pregnant. GOOD Republicans see the futility in taxation. They know it slows the economy and they also know excessive taxation will even bring in less money as the economy slows. They do, however, want to keep a good military presence and defend the shores. Bastiat postulated, The legitimate purpose of Government is to defend the weak from bullies.

Answer 3

If the Ron Pauls of this world had held sway for the last 50 years then we would be living in a third world polluted cesspool with a poor, uneducated population incapable of the productivity that makes Ron Paul believers so rich. The haves would be few, living behind walls of razor wire, sending their kids to private school. We would not have a government of the people, but a government of the rich.

If you want a clean, safe, free society, an educated productive workforce, an efficient, well maintained infrastructure in which to do business, and the pervasive fairness that retards corruption as well as laws to prosecute it, then you have to step up and pay for it.

Answer 4

Those who regard him as lunatic fringe are the ones with a choke hold on power-big money.
They probably don't spend much time reading the constitution either.
The powers that be are aware of Paul's very credible grass roots movement.
That's why he doesn't get a fair shake by the big money controlled mainstream media.
Socialists(progressives) are particularly irritated by his originalist interpretation of our constitution.
BTW,America did just fine for over 100 years without income tax.

Answer 5

Paul has my suppoprt 200%. I'm not afraid to get out from under the status quo. As president, he cannot impliment anything by himself. A win for him would send a loud and clear message that more-of-the-same is no longer an option for politicians.

Meanwhile those "radical" ideas that people fear would never get passed. More-of-the-same ideas will always get passed.

Answer 6

Yes. A deep kiss, with lotsa tongue.

I fear the forces arrayed in favor of the non-ratified, pocket-lining income tax are too powerful for a mere President - or even a series of Presidents - to overcome.

Answer 7

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FG2PUZoukfA


VOTE RON PAUL!

Answer 8

Abolishing the income tax is great if you want to live in a ruthless, anything goes, Mad Max type world.

Answer 9

cobra because then they get paid less.

Answer 10

I don't know, ask him yourself