by Ron Paul
As I prepare to retire from Congress I’d like to suggest a few New Year’s resolutions for my colleagues to consider. For the sake of liberty, peace and prosperity I certainly hope more members of Congress consider the strict libertarian-constitutional approach to government in 2013.
In just a few days, Congress will solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. They should read Article 1 Section 8 and the Bill of Rights before taking such a serious oath. Most legislation violates key provisions of the Constitution in very basic ways, and if members can’t bring themselves to say “no” in the face of pressure from the special interests, they have broken trust with their constituents and violated their oath. Congress does not exist to serve the special interests. It exists to protect the rule of law.
I also urge my colleagues to end unconstitutional wars overseas. Stop the drone strikes. Stop the covert activities and the meddling in the internal affairs of other nations. Strive to observe good faith and justice towards all nations, as George Washington admonished. We are only making more enemies, wasting lives and bankrupting ourselves with the neoconservative interventionist mindset that endorses preemptive war that now dominates both parties.
All foreign aid should end, which is blatantly unconstitutional. While it may be a relatively small part of our federal budget, for many countries it is a large part of theirs and it creates perverse incentives for both our friends and enemies. There is no way members of Congress can know or understand the political, economic, legal and social realities in the many nations to which they send taxpayers’ dollars.
Congress needs to stop accumulating more debt. U.S. debt monetized by the Federal Reserve is the true threat to our national security. Revisiting the parameters of Article 1 Section 8 would be a good start.
Congress should resolve to respect personal liberty and free markets. Learn more about the free market and how it regulates commerce and produces greater prosperity ever than any legislation or regulation.
Understand that economic freedom is freedom. Resolve not to get in the way of voluntary contracts between consenting adults. Stop bailing out failed yet politically connected companies and industries. Stop forcing people to engage in commerce when they don’t want to, and stop prohibiting them from buying and selling when they want to. Stop trying to legislate your ideas of fairness. Protect property rights. Protect the individual. That is enough.
There are many more resolutions I would like to see my colleagues in Congress adopt, but respect for the Constitution and the oath of office should be at the core of every single member’s of Congress due in 2013.
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Love Ron Paul! but why is the number 322 in his phone number……?
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I sending this to my congress people.
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i feel so good for the americans !
this will be so awesome for other countries too.
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Who the hell are the 2 dumb asses that dislike this video?!?!
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Ron Paul… the Greatest US President America never had!..
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Thank you Dr. Paul for being awsome..
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Ron Paul = The Last Great Patriot of America!
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I don’t understand how congress (opposite of progress??) can just ignore things like this. How many times has he made more sense than the people in power, yet it’s only the everyday people that see the logic… We can only imagine what it would’ve been like if he had won the presidential election…
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Thank you Dr. Paul for being awesome.
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I hope one day the whole world will wake-up and stop paying income taxes. We have to stop feeding the beast. Government is the “beast”. All the bad things they do to us is with OUR money. Without our money they are done!
Anxious to see you Ron Paul on the Alex Jones Show to annouce the 3 three things you have in mind to do this year. Have a great year 2013!
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Excellent observation. This is why I am self-employed. Taxation is slavery! Privatize everything! “Robin Hood was a socialist.”
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Before anyone could actually choose not to pay taxes the IRS must be eliminated. I don’t think anyone has ever seen in writing that the federal government officially gave the IRS the authority to collect income taxes for them. The IRS is a PRIVATE organization, not a part of the federal government. So why does the federal government use a private organization to collect taxes? Could it be that there is nothing in the Constitution that actually gives the federal government the power to collect income taxes from individuals? Income taxes were originally levied against businesses, not individuals. Mandatory withholding has essentially taken away our ability to protest the federal government’s actions by not paying income taxes. While the IRS and mandatory withholding exist our hands are tied.
BTW, Ron Paul has the right idea. The problem is that the rest of the federal government is so corrupt that his ideas will never be acted upon. It’s going to take something truly MAJOR, like a full blown revolution, to shock those overgrown spoiled brats into GROWING THE HELL UP!
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The First Salute was meant for the People in their new born State. Only those, who want to serve and not to rule, Ron Paul is one of them. Therefore there is a Constitution and a Bill of Rights, let them prevail.
Godspeed and All the Best from Amersfoort, Netherlands,
Gert
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The First Salute was meant for the People in their new born State. Only those, who want to serve and not to rule, Ron Paul is one of them. Therefore there is a Constitution and a Bill of Rights, let them prevail.
Godspeed and All the Best from Amersfoort, Netherlands,
Gert
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Ron Paul Rocks..
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amen
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This man makes more sense than the rest of mankind put together!
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For something totally different!
This is an invitation to see an artist theory on the physics of light & time
Based on:
1 Is that the quantum wave particle function Ψ or probability function represents the forward passage of time itself with the future coming into existence photon by photon
2 Is that HUP ∆×∆p×≥h/4π that is formed by the w-function is the same uncertainty we have with any future event within our own ref-frame that we can interact with turning the possible into the actual!
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Ok. When and where?
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Congress to be strict constitutionalists? That’s like trying to get the pope take a poly to see if anytime in their life have molested and raped young boys.
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Congress to be strict constitutionalists? That’s like trying to get the pope take a poly to see if anytime in their life have molested and raped young boys.
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SIGN THE PETITION! Impeach Obama if he attempts to use his executive powers to ban any firearms! The link is below. Remove the spaces from the below web address. I had to add the spaces in order to post it on youtube.
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And thank you Dr. Paul for all your years of untarnished service to our nation.
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Let’s start 2013 by Impeaching Obama and working our way down the latter. These people are OUR servants not the other way around. Do you feel served to your best interest?
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Thank You Ron.
I notice you repeat the same things to our leaders that “work for us” citizens of the U.S. so it must be simple to run this country.
I hope they will wake up and listen to you.
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2016 please Ron
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THIS IS STRAIGHT TALK AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS “QUEERER THAN THE BLAZES”
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MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU SIR! A ROLE MODEL FOR ANY AMERICAN CITIZEN, AND MANY AROUND THE WORLD
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Thank you Dr.Paul for being a great congressman for my district!
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Congress well described “Their just a bunch of drug addicts looking for a fix”
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Appreciation from my heart. You stood up and spoke the truth, and woke up the americans. You also taught me a lot. Thank you, Dr. Paul
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Bless you Dr.Paul for continuing to fight the good fight …for continuing to have faith that we can restore our Republic that honors the Constitution
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Dr. Paul should be President #45. Representing one quarter of the 180 degrees this country needs to turn NOW!!!
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Thank you Dr. Paul! We will miss you in Congress but we know you will still be there for us.
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Fuck all the scumbags like Nancy Pelosi, Timothy Geithner, and many others who have contributed to bad government in the first place. Just look up their background and you’ll see that they pretty much have no business working in government in the first place especially with the kinds of majors they decided to study in. A fucking B.A. in “Government and Asian Studies” for Christ’s sake! Good luck Ron Paul and keep fighting the douchebags who want to spit all over the Constitution for themselves.
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i wish you would not retire however you gotta do what you gotta do. THANK YOU so much for standing for me and all Americans. MUCH LOVE!!!!!
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The Congress of United States does follow the constitution of Israel.
Just ask AIPAC
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DUCATIPUNK.
I don’t think so. Israel have armed guards schools.
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He needs to retire from this madness, his son will take over.
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