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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Ron Paul: Hey Congress, Want To Fix The Country?

Reversing the long, slow slide toward authoritarianism

Since New Year’s is traditionally a time for resolutions, and since the new Congress convenes this week, I thought I would suggest some New Year’s resolutions for Congress:

1) Bring the troops home — Congress should take the first, and most important, step toward ending our hyper-interventionist foreign policy by bringing our troops home and closing all overseas military facilities. The American people can no longer afford to bear the cost of empire.

2) Pass the Audit the Fed bill — The American people deserve to know the entire truth about how the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy benefits big-spending politicians and financial elites while harming average Americans.

3) Repeal the PATRIOT Act and rein in the National Security Agency — It is approaching two years since Edward Snowden revealed the extent of the NSA’s unconstitutional spying. Yet Congress still refuses to put a leash on the surveillance state. Congress should take the first step toward restoring respect for the Fourth Amendment by allowing Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act to expire.

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7 comments:

  1. Still shocked our clueless leader in the white house beat Ron Paul twice :(

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  2. This would all make too much sense. Never happen.

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  3. Neither the war or the Patriot Act were the work of this president. Let me think who was it........?

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  4. "....Congress still refuses to put a leash on the surveillance state."
    Would THAT Congress be the same one "your guy" is in???
    Yup. He's changing things. Just not in the way he promised or the what you expected.

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  5. 12:02

    Probably the same one that passed national education standards... (hint hint, No Child Left Behind)

    We act like republicans are so great. THEY ARE NO BETTER. Let's start judging people on their actual merits, not political affiliation. Ron Paul is a fairly reasonable guy. That's about it though. Have you heard about his views on race and women? Weirdooooo!

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  6. third party anyone? had enough yet? what fools you all are!

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