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Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: August 7, 2009
Ron Paul: If we are to have a small government, that government should be restrained and limiting its power and authority to the protection of our liberty and nothing else.
There shouldn’t be a perpetual war on the people. They say there is always [...]

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Show: Marijuana Radio
Date: 3/31/2009
Transcript:
McKenna: All right. Well, we’ve got Congressman Ron Paul on the phone. Hello?
Ron Paul: Hello.
McKenna: How are you?
DanK: The one and only.
Ron Paul: I’m just fine.
McKenna: Okay, we’re very excited to have you on this evening.
Stoner Circle: Yes, indeed.
McKenna: Thank you so much.
DanK: Yes.
Stoner Circle: Thank you very [...]

In his latest column Ron Paul points out that the War on Drugs is unconstitutional, can’t be won, and only makes things worse for almost everyone involved. The only beneficiaries are the drug barons, smugglers and dealers who enjoy exorbitant profits, and those dark forces in government who try to further suppress our freedoms under [...]

In Friday night’s debate with Stephen Baldwin on Larry King Live, Ron Paul makes the case for ending the failed War on Drugs, legalizing marijuana, and allowing individual states, as opposed to the federal government, to regulate drugs.

Poll: Who won the debate on ending the War on Drugs?
Ron Paul: 1,540 votes (95%)
Stephen Baldwin: 30 votes [...]

Senators Obama and McCain have completed a series of “debates” and the election is fast approaching.
The buzzword of the campaigns has been “change”. Obama wants to enact change to help the middle class, McCain wants to change the Republican party back into what it once was, and both candidates vow to change the greed [...]

by Mike Cuneo
Whether you think we are in a recession, depression, contraction, correction, or whatever, the key point is, our economy is headed for a complete and utter collapse in 5-7 years if we don’t act now. Bailing out companies that are built on worthless assets might stave off the trouble for a little while [...]

From “The Revolution: A Manifesto” by Ron Paul:
Judge Andrew Napolitano recently asked, ‘Why should government agents spy on us? They work for us. How about we spy on them? On cops when they arrest and interrogate people or contemplate suspending freedom; on prosecutors when they decide whom to prosecute and what evidence [...]

Subsidies, tax breaks, tax hikes, government run monopolies, the list goes on and on.  It seems like the government simply doesn’t want people to prosper, given that (partial) list of disincentives towards growth they constantly are pushing for and enforcing every day.
The real reason the government hates free markets is that, unlike most voting Americans [...]