TheDanold
Unimatrix
Paul wants to set you free.
"Abolishing the federal income tax is a priority for supporters of Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas who is running for the Republican presidential nomination on a libertarian platform. Mr Paul reckons it would be possible to accomplish this; fiscal rigour is central to his campaign. He also wants to dismantle the Federal Reserve and return to gold-backed currency. He has always opposed the war in Iraq. He wants America out of the UN, the WTO, and any other international arrangement. He strongly supports home-schooling and, of course, gun ownership.
These stances are agreeable to people who distrust government, and political watchers have been surprised by Mr Paul's success thus far. According to an October 4th Gallup poll, he is still wallowing with around 2% of the Republican vote. However, in the third quarter of this year he raised more than $5m—quite respectable compared, say, with the $9m raised by Fred Thompson.
It is probably the intensity of Mr Paul's convictions that commends him to his supporters. Republican voters are still not sure whether to believe the conservative credentials of leading candidates like Mitt Romney or Mr Thompson. Mr Paul plainly believes what he says. Perhaps the other candidates should adopt a bit of his libertarian fervour. "
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9946972
"Abolishing the federal income tax is a priority for supporters of Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas who is running for the Republican presidential nomination on a libertarian platform. Mr Paul reckons it would be possible to accomplish this; fiscal rigour is central to his campaign. He also wants to dismantle the Federal Reserve and return to gold-backed currency. He has always opposed the war in Iraq. He wants America out of the UN, the WTO, and any other international arrangement. He strongly supports home-schooling and, of course, gun ownership.
These stances are agreeable to people who distrust government, and political watchers have been surprised by Mr Paul's success thus far. According to an October 4th Gallup poll, he is still wallowing with around 2% of the Republican vote. However, in the third quarter of this year he raised more than $5m—quite respectable compared, say, with the $9m raised by Fred Thompson.
It is probably the intensity of Mr Paul's convictions that commends him to his supporters. Republican voters are still not sure whether to believe the conservative credentials of leading candidates like Mitt Romney or Mr Thompson. Mr Paul plainly believes what he says. Perhaps the other candidates should adopt a bit of his libertarian fervour. "
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9946972
