Ron Paul: “We’re So Far-Gone”
The great libertarian hope mourns. “I think people had enough of me.”
Retiring congressman Ron Paul argued on Thursday that the U.S. had already gone over the fiscal cliff and that President Obama’s reelection was triggered by those on the “receiving end” of government benefits in a gloomy interview with Bloomberg TV.
Paul, whose own presidential bid ended at the Republican convention, said the situation had become irrevocable: “We’re so far-gone. We’re over the cliff. We cannot get enough people in congress in the next five to ten years who will do the wise things.”
“Romney was hit because one issue he was correct on, he was opposed the bailouts, and the people in the Midwest voted against him. Oh, we have to be taken care of!” Paul said.
Paul, who is 77, also touched on why he is retiring: It’s the whole system’s fault.
I think people had enough of me. I do not have much confidence in the political system and never did. My goal has always been to change people’s minds because as long as people demand more government, they will get it. Government reflects the people. That is why I am excited to go to college campuses and I will continue to do that. That’s where I will get a lot of support and they are saying, I agree with you, we do not need more government, we want more freedom and we want to be able to keep our own money. We want sound money. If you have sound money coming in you do not have deficits because you cannot print more money.
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richardt14 6 months agoWhen Ron Paul and all others show how they were self sufficient enough to develop who they were with nothing that was provide by the government whether it be assistance or institutions than I will agree with them.
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finnmcgowan 6 months agoThe concepts of “help” and “government” may overlap a bit, but they’re not the same thing. The Founding Fathers wanted very limited government. Actually they wanted none at all, but, since men are not angels, they found some government an unavoidable evil. So they limited it to a small number of functions, which they carefully enumerated in the Constitution. Those powers were basically what they believed was just enough to protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In areas that were not specifically addressed, they meant for the federal government to be uninvolved. Most saw the Bill of Rights as unnecessary, because The People had the right to do whatever they wanted as long as they didn’t hurt or impede the freedoms of others, and the federal government had no power to work outside the small list of responsibilities the states had delegated. But in the decades since, the federal government has taken on any power it has wanted. The separation of powers has slowed the process, but in the end The People have imposed feature creep on an institution that’s more than willing to work outside constitutional bounds. By asking for more and more extra-constitutional “help”, we have replaced our constitutional republic with a Big Brother who knows what’s best for us. Good luck getting rid of him.
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JokeInsurance 6 months ago
America will recover with indirect help from Ron Paul’s ideology.
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Solus 6 months ago
Your founding father fetish is as tragically misguided as it is factually inaccurate. The founding fathers had a variety of views about the role of government. They were also humans which means that they made mistakes and couldn’t predict the future. For that very reason they built into the constitution and government ways to change over time. Apparently they were more aware of their humanity than you are.
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finnmcgowan 6 months ago
“The founding fathers had a variety of views about the role of government.” True. But they codified only one Constitution. “They were also humans which means that they made mistakes and couldn’t predict the future. For that very reason they built into the constitution and government ways to change over time.” True. But we haven’t used them. Where is the amendment authorizing the federal government’s involvement in public schools? Emergency management? Health care? War on drugs? I’m not necessarily opposed to all these functions, but I’m very opposed to bypassing the constitution to do them.
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