Reply #7: I guess it's time to drag this out of the archives again

[NoPasaran]

A 19th Century Vision

Republican Ron Paul missed out on the 19th century, but he admires it from afar. He speaks lovingly of the good old days before things like Social Security and Medicaid existed, before the federal government outlawed drugs like heroin. (Washington Post, 7/9/06}

Race

“If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably-fleet-footed they can be.” {Victoria Advocate, 5/24/96}

“Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.” {Victoria Advocate, 5/24/96}

“Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action.” {Victoria Advocate, 5/24/96}

“The Criminals who terrorize our cities - in riots and on every non-riot day - are not exclusively young black males, but they largely are. As children they are trained to hate whites, to believe that white oppression is responsible for all black ills, to fight the power, to steal and loot as much money from the white enemy as possible. Anything is justified against The Man.’” {Victoria Advocate, 8/7/96}

“There is no such thing as a hate crime.” {Ron Paul: Political Action Report, 1/15/92}

Aid for the Needy

Paul has stated that a “free market provides for the poor...” {MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, 10/24/88}

Aid for Hurricane Katrina Victims

NOTE: Paul’s own district, the 14th, has about 150 miles of coastline and was struck by Hurricane Rita a few weeks after Katrina inundated New Orleans.

"Is bailing out people that chose to live on the coastline a proper function of the federal government?” he asks. “Why do people in Arizona have to be robbed in order to support the people on the coast?" {Washington Post, 7/9/06}

Health Care

Paul’s press secretary said that Paul believes that Medicare is “unconstitutional” but instead of scrapping it immediately, according to his spokesperson, he believes that Congress needs to “wean people off the federal pig.” {Victoria Advocate, 8/11/96}

“I am opposed to any form of government health insurance as I am opposed to the taxes, regulations, licensing requirements, and monopolistic practices, which keep health costs higher than their true market value.” {CNN Presidential Questionnaire, 1988}

Social Security

As for Social Security, "we didn't have it until 1935," Paul says. "I mean, do you read stories about how many people were laying in the streets and dying and didn't have medical treatment? …Prices were low and the country was productive and families took care of themselves and churches built hospitals and there was no starvation." {Washington Post, 7/9/06}

“Something must be done to phase out the government’s involvement in Social Security. Pension and annuity plans should be the concern of the people, not the government. Political control of these things will lead only to bankruptcy and misery for retired persons.” {CNN Presidential Questionnaire, 1988}

The Border

In the 1988 Presidential campaign, Paul argued that “the U.S. Border Patrol should be eliminated. Any necessary guarding of our borders should be done by the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force.” This would effectively militarize the Mexico-U.S. border. {CNN Presidential Questionnaire, 1988}

“Immigrants can spread diseases for which we may have no immunity. There is also the question of crime and culture. Many immigrants come from countries with different legal structures and are not willing to behave in the way we expect American citizens to behave.” {Ron Paul Political Report, 3/15/92}

Burnt Orange Report

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