Re: free market anti-statism

"Sgt.Sausage" <nob...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"radav" <ra...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

FREE MARKET ANTI-STATISM
UNDERMINING THE FREE MARKET
Both on a national and local level, there are
many ways in which legislation interferes with
the markets. Following is a list of most
political intervention in commerce or trade.

taxation tariffs quotas
subsidies embargoes licenses
patents and currency manipulation.

Don't forget outright theft via things like recent
abuses of "Eminent Domain".

And the corruption that goes on: Joe Local
Planning Commissioner has a brother-in-law
who's a developer & wants to put in a new
strip-mall, so Joe Commissioner re-zones
and distorts the local property markets.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/about/

About Ron Paul

Congressman Ron Paul is the leading advocate for
freedom in our nation's capital. As a member of the
U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Paul tirelessly
works for limited constitutional government, low taxes,
free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies.
He is known among his congressional colleagues and
his constituents for his consistent voting record.
Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed
measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution.
In the words of former Treasury Sec'y William Simon,
Dr. Paul is the "one exception to the Gang of 535"
on Capitol Hill.

Ron Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA
He graduated from Gettysburg College & the Duke
University School of Medicine, before proudly serving
as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the
1960s. He and his wife Carol moved to Texas in 1968,
where he began his medical practice in Brazoria Co.
As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has
delivered more than 4,000 babies. He and Carol, who
reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents
of five children and have 17 grandchildren.

While serving in Congress during the late 1970s and
early 1980s, Dr. Paul's limited-government ideals
were not popular in Washington. In 1976, he was one
of only four Republican congressmen to endorse
Ronald Reagan for president.

During that time, Congressman Paul served on the
House Banking committee, where he was a strong
advocate for sound monetary policy and an outspoken
critic of the Federal Reserve's inflationary measures.
He was an unwavering advocate of pro-life and pro-
family values. Dr. Paul consistently voted to lower or
abolish federal taxes, spending and regulation, and
used his House seat to actively promote the return
of government to its proper constitutional levels.
In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat
and returned to his medical practice.

Dr. Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent
the 14th congressional district of Texas. He presently
serves on the House Committee on Financial Services
and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He
continues to advocate a dramatic reduction in the
size of the federal government and a return to
constitutional principles.

Congressman Paul's consistent voting record
prompted one of his congressional colleagues to say,
"Ron Paul personifies the Founding Fathers' ideal
of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear that his
principles will never be compromised, and they
never are." Another colleague observed, "There are
few people in public life who, through thick and thin,
rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is
one of those few."

Brief Overview of Congressman Paul's Record:

He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.

He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.

He does not participate in the lucrative congressional
pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office
budget to the U.S. treasury every year.

Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of
substantive legislation each year, probably more
than any single member of Congress.
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