Rogue Ron Paul: Foreign Policy is Economic Policy

Rogue Ron Paul: Foreign Policy is Economic Policy

By Chris in News with 5 comments Tags: debt, george bush platform, Men, Plastic, public debt limit, Revolution, Rogue, security trust funds, social security preservation, social security trust

Sep
2011

Leading recipient of military donations suggests that curbing expenditures overseas can ease financial troubles at home.

NORTHBROOK, IL – September 13, 2011

While most GOP candidates at Monday’s CNN/Tea Party Express Debate obliged by neatly compartmentalizing the issues, Rep. Ron Paul broke from the pack by suggesting, yet again, that foreign policy expenditures impact America’s economic prosperity.

Connecting the dots, Rep. Paul explained that Social Security would be solvent today if money had not been carelessly spent on foreign adventurism and redundant domestic programs. Paul referenced his Social Security Preservation Act, introduced by the Texas congressman seven times since 1999, which aims to safeguard the Social Security trust funds and shield them from the public debt limit.

When asked how Washington, D.C., can balance the budget while protecting programs upon which seniors and others have come to rely, Rep. Paul suggested that our obligations can be met with cuts to the $1.5 trillion in spending on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, a figure that Brown University has projected may ultimately climb to more than $4 trillion when considering future veterans care expenditures.

“We need to look at our $1.5 billion embassy in Baghdad that’s bigger than the Vatican … our 900 bases around the world,” Paul explained Monday. “That’s where we need to cut.”

“We’re talking about how to pay for a tax cut, but it’s the people’s money!” Paul insisted. “No policing of the world. No nation building. This is the George Bush platform of 2000.”

As in the 2008 election, Rep. Paul enjoys unrivaled support among those who list the military as their employer. FEC’s Q2 2011 records show that he outraised his GOP counterparts’ total military donations by a 2-to-1 margin. Paul also outraised President Obama.

Paul’s performance Monday further validates a key assertion of Revolution PAC’s bombshell ad, “Plastic Men,” released Monday: “Only Ron Paul listens to our founding fathers, who warned that constant war means debt, taxes and the destruction of a republic.”

Revolution PAC is bolstering Ron Paul’s consistent, constitutional message with targeted TV advertising campaigns complemented by billboards and radio ads in key primary states. Proceeds generated by Revolution PAC’s September 19 “Super Bomb” fundraiser will support the airing of the 60-second commercial, “Plastic Men,” in the months to come. Unlimited donations by individuals, businesses and organizations toward that end are being accepted at http://www.revolutionpac.com.

The Revolution PAC seeks to widen the range of allowable opinion in the public square and to bring to the attention of the American public the neglected alternative of freedom, sound money, self-government, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. This is the answer to the big-government progressives and big-government neoconservatives who have brought our exhausted country to the brink of collapse. Our mission is to support the rare political candidate who defends these great American principles in public life.

Tags: debt, george bush platform, Men, Plastic, public debt limit, Revolution, Rogue, security trust funds, social security preservation, social security trust

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5 Comments

Jim says:

September 17, 2011 at 8:02 pm

I would like to see Ron emphasize his military policy of just bringing them home to have a strong addendum of “Guard Our Borders”. I’ve talked to conservatives that don’t agree with his foreign policies because they are afraid of terrorism. I think it’s easy enough to allay their fears by telling them that zero intervention does NOT mean zero protection. Searching people at airports reduces our protective stance to accusing American Citizens but strengthening the border patrol especially in Mexico is a focus I know he cares about and would help republican conservatives who are afraid of another attack to concentrate on what’s really important, not the slight of hand being done in the name of security today. Please consider this. It is the number one complaint I have heard from people who might otherwise consider him as a viable candidate.

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matt says:

September 14, 2011 at 7:53 am

Ron Paul 2012. I love everything the Revolution Super Pac is doing. Keep it up! I am 22, will be 23 in November and i have just started to really get into politics because Ron Paul put the world and America into perspective for me. Not only is his platform reasonable, but completely understandable in the logic to calculate a non-interventionist foreign policy, free trade and travel, and a very limited federal government. He made me understand the importance of the Federal Reserve and its detrimental affects on an economy and the “Chuck Norris” like grip on the people and their money. I understand the importance of a link to gold or silver for a currency so the government can never destroy the savings or value of the money used by the people to support their agenda of war, power, taxation, and control. I see the cronyism of corporations involved in directing the politicians to do their bidding and how a small group of people really do control the government, an oligarchy of the rich and powerful. Why else would we be in the wars when we elect representatives and over 70% of the U.S. population wants to end the wars and establish peace. Ron Paul has proved himself time and time again to show his leadership and principled responses to the most serious of questions. He answers with logic and reasoning said clearly so the average person may understand his views of policy and legislation. I am young, but i already feel the burden of the debt on my shoulders, and the repercussions that could happen due to our war-mongering presence in the world and the dangerous inflation and devaluation of the Federal Reserve. End the Fed, end the wars, end the oligarchy and cronyism of corporations, end the war on drugs, return education back to the people, end the dictatorial powers of the President, return power to Congress, legalize the Constitution, balance the budget, pay off the debt, end the IRS, bring back sound money, and believe in peace, freedom, and prosperity that this country was known for long ago. RON PAUL 2012

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- Stacey says:
  
  September 15, 2011 at 4:47 pm
  
  Yes Matt,
  I am from Canada and I can tell you this:
  
  If the people of the US understand what you have and the points you have made, they could get back on the right track and they can reinvigorate the whole world with the possibility of the return of freedom. Canada tends to emulate our southern neighbor *without the u Keep smiling.
  
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