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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Thank you Congressman Paul for your long, dedicated service to our beloved country. I have read and heard a lot of talk about taxes, but almost nothing about cutting spending. I pray congress will muster up the courage to deny raising the debt ceiling. That will surely cut spending.
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Thank you Ron Paul for your service and dedication to the Republic. God bless you and your family in 2013!
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“foriegn Aid” more like foreign manipulation and interference. Foreign Aid makes My Children, Grand Kids and myself hated abroad.
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It’s a shame people such as yourself exist.
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Hi to you too…
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Ron Paul is Satin
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The government is good to all you bigited losers who hate it
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If any one of the states secedes, it would be great to see him lead
Then an objective comparison could be made as to what he’s been saying all along creates a better nation or worse, whether people feel govt represents them more/less, whether they get out of debt faster or not, whether they feel more secure, more free/strong individually and so on. And we could learn from each other’s successes and failures
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Thank you, Dr. Paul, for many years of selfless service to society and to the basic rights, to which “we were endowed by our Creator”, to establish and/or abolish governments that protect our Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
“The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America”, adopted in Congress on 4 July 1776: http://www.constitution.org/usdeclar.htm
Best wishes for the New Year,
Oliver K. Manuel
Former NASA Principal
Investigator for Apollo
http://omanuel.wordpress.com/
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Thanks Oliver K. Manuel my main questions are where, when, why and how did it get so opposite in a mere 100 years?
Happy New Years!
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HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE TEACHINGS OF ISRAEL, the Synagogue of Satan:
Sanhedrin 106a . Says Jesus’ mother was a whore: “She who was the descendant of princes and governors played the harlot with carpenters.”
Gittin 57a. Says Jesus is in hell, being boiled in “hot excrement.”
Yebamoth 98a. All gentile children are animals.
Sanhedrin 57a . When a Jew murders a gentile (“Cuthean”), there will be no death penalty. What a Jew steals from a gentile he may keep.
Read Truth About The Talmud online.
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Sorry to say this but Allah is a false idol too; it’s Satan that a billion people are praying homage for five times a day.
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Happy New Years to you too Bud
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Wow……instead of giving good reasons why you are against Ron Paul’s positions, you stoop to insults and ad hominem attacks. This shows that you don’t really know what you are talking about.
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I would rather sweat for freedom then to bleed to a socialism .
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I find it funny that ‘iamthemoocher’ doesn’t Cate for the rights of human beings. Fuck off.
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“looter/moocher”? What the fuck is that even mean? You are one serious fuckin’ dumbass!
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Fuck wRONg Paul and his paultard cult! You are the most pathetic fuckin’ weirdo cult to come down the pike since the Hare Krishnas of the early 70′s. You’re just a bunch of high school dropouts with two digit IQs! Real people can’t take seriously a batshit crazy mob of freaks like you. You’re all insane, and everyone knows it but you. Good luck with your hopeless revolution……you miserable fucktards!
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Thanks for your service to Truth, Justice, & Liberty for Americans, Dr. Paul. I hope you can continue to inspire freedom fighters for many years. I am just amazed that such a principled and courageous man like yourself is leaving the District of Criminals alive! God bless you!
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whatever, you looter/moocher troll.
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Fuck wRONg Paul. He’s a fuckin’ jackass. I hope he dies at midnight! Fuck you paultard cultists for supporting him! The whole world laughs at you! You’re just another loony pseudo- messiah cult! Face it, you’re a rabble of losers with no identity of your own. Shame on you fuckin’ crybabies!
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Thanks for your service !! From TX
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“Civil disobedience is the sacred duty when the state has become corrupt, and those who defend the state share its corruption”~Mohandas Gandhi
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Break the corporate interests. End the Fed here and all over the world via the Bank of International Settlement. Destroy socialism. Restore Republicanism and make democracy a bad word. Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness is all you need. You want the price of gas to go down? De-regulate, de-tax and open up refineries and competition for all and not a few. Watch the price plummet!
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Our country has been usurped by traitors, international corporations and foreign interest. I’m disappointed you don’t address this even after your retirement when you have nothing to lose. I know you didn’t speak much on 911 as you were running for pres. but that’s all over now. why the continued silence?
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Thanks for defending the individual freedom and the Constitution!
Your Libertarian voice is heard by future generations and will prevail!
Please re-run for President in 2016 !
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Paul ’16
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Treasonous politicians should be arrested. All who vote for bills against the constitution is treason.
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do unto others as you would have them do to you that is the way we need to look at war
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Ron Paul is an amazing person in so many ways…
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Dr. Paul, as always, your words are wise and consise. I look forward to the future and working with you and the Campaign for Liberty and bringing back the Constitution to our government.
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It’s enough to make me sick. The US Congress makes a Mexican traffic cop look like a saint. It’s all about special interests from the NRA to the Israeli lobby. It’s all about congressmen getting rich by selling their votes to the highest bidder with no regard for rights of average citizens. We are slowly marching toward a 3rd world standard of living thanks to our insipid government. The congress is crooked. The president is crooked. The election process is crooked. We had two clowns running for President in Romney and Obama and there was not a dimes worth of difference between the two of them. Wall Street has taken over Washington. It’s enough to make me sick.
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As much as I don’t like special interest groups either, the NRA is the only one fighting to protect our 2nd Amendment. The protection of the Bill of Rights is one special interest that everyone should have. The 2nd Amendment isn’t about sporting uses, it’s about deterring the government, so when politicians try to weaken it, the people should reject it. The NRA is the voice of millions who are rejecting it.
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We will now know if America win wars. Lets see if we can liberate our self from the Sell-out of the 1776 and 1860 contract. Remember, Once liberty is lost it can never be restore. So Will Democracy push its head in a fascist Shirt to order by Totalitarian Socialism(Autocracy) over seen by a monarchy?.
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this man has become a legend all by keeping his word and not compramising. great role model for all men.
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this man has become a legend all by keeping his word and not compramising. great role model for all men.
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Happy New Year, President Paul.
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