TEXT OF AD run in The State
[Columbia, SC] on Jan. 15, 2012
Paid Advertisement
RON PAUL: THE LAST MAN STANDING
The false premises of our political
debate:
The crisis the nation confronts is not due to some unforeseen natural
disaster but a direct consequence of deviation from Constitutional
principles concealed purposely by the politicians and the media
utilizing false premises.
Medicare and Medicaid are economically
unsustainable
False. Sufficient funds exist
to provide every American with excellent healthcare. Unfortunately, the
intention of those managing Medicare and Medicaid is not to guarantee
healthcare but to remove the healthcare decision-making process from
the citizen and place it into the hands of politicians and bureaucrats,
who then divert billions of dollars away from appropriate healthcare
providers and towards those providing unnecessary services or those
vastly overcharging for services and products, guaranteeing huge
profits to friends, relatives, cronies and contributors to politicians.
Social Security is basically a Ponzi
scheme.
False: It became a Ponzi scheme only because the government has
stolen trillions of dollars from the program.
The Federal Reserve exists to
stabilize the economy.
False. It exists to fund
government agencies, departments and czars that intrude, enslave and
corrupt. It funds American political foreign adventurism to massage the
egos of narcissistic politicians.
America would be endangered if it
reduced its presence on the world stage.
False. Forty years of American
intervention in the Middle East has been responsible for the handing
over to anti-American, intolerant, despotic regimes, the countries of
Iran, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and
Saudi Arabia while it has simultaneously managed to destabilize the
entire Middle East. American foreign policy is responsible for making
Communist China an economic, political and military power.
The free market is heartless and
unfair requiring government regulation.
False. The free market
functions in response to the needs and wants of the population.
Moreover, the transactions between producers and consumers are
voluntary to the mutual benefit of all parties involved. On the other
hand, the government produces little of value; achieving its
transactions not through mutual agreement between parties, but through
coercion and threat.
RON PAUL SPEAKS THE TRUTH
Once, Ron Paul’s free market views on the economy were derided by the
“experts” but now he receives the respect of even his former detractors
as his predictions concerning the abuses of the Federal Reserve, the
collapse of the housing bubble and the government- generated downturn
in the economy have come to pass. So now the same nay-saying “experts”
characterize him as naïve on foreign policy, a consequence of his
non-interventionist approach. Our country was founded and sustained by
those fleeing the tyrannies and bureaucracies of Europe and the rest of
the world. Yet our increasing involvement in the economies and
political intrigues of Europe and other parts of the world threatens
our American identity and runs counter to our Founding Fathers’
admonition to avoid foreign entanglements. Ronald Reagan’s foreign
policy won the Cold War through example, without firing a shot. How
much treasure has been consumed and how many lives have been sacrificed
upon this altar of political egotism?
THE CHARACTER OF GOVERNMENT
Government is a parasite that consumes the wealth of a nation, weakens
and damages it and even, at times, kills those who have the misfortune
to live under its rule. For the government parasite to continue its
existence requires the suspension of truth and the propagation of the
great lie that government is benevolent. Those populating government
spend all their time trying to justify their existence but are as
clueless in understanding the free market, as ancient man would be
attempting to understand the computer. Government is incapable of
producing anything anyone would want and therefore government must
steal to exist and then justify the theft. There are things, however,
for which government is required. Slavery can only
exist under government; genocide and war are the only commodities the
government produces. Voters have been fooled into believing the
government is the solution when, in fact, it is the problem, much to
mankind’s ultimate despair and misery. For society to advance what is
required of government is to get out of the way.
RON PAUL
Ron Paul adheres to Constitutional principles, rejecting the divine
right of kings and replacing it with the natural rights of the
individual. Ron Paul realizes, as did our Founding Fathers, the
greatness of a nation dwells not in its government but in the people.
Power is a zero-sum equation; the more power the government has the
less freedom the people have. The less freedom the people have the
poorer the nation.
RON PAUL’S OPPONENTS
Ron Paul’s views on domestic and foreign policy are based upon
Constitutional principles. His opponents dare not attack the
Constitution so instead attack the man. In their attempts to denigrate
Ron Paul the media harps about electability; the same media which once
declared Ronald Reagan unelectable. It’s not the winning or losing of
an election that counts, but principle. Could a Barack Obama have been
elected after the Reagan presidency? Of course not. It required the
presidency of the unprincipled George Bush who betrayed conservative
values and functioned as a Big Government Republican that set the stage
for a Barrack Obama win. A Mitt Romney presidency will result in a
repeat of that disaster. Self-proclaimed conservatives Limbaugh,
Hannity and Levin by their assault on Ron Paul are unmasked as
self-serving hypocrites, acting as shills on behalf of establishment
Big Government Republicans such as George Bush, Karl Rove, Newt
Gingrich and Mitt Romney.
RON PAUL CAN WIN
There are 250 million potential voters in the United States. In the
last election about 135 million cast ballots. The real winner of the
last election was “none of the above”. Those who refuse to vote do not
discern any difference between candidates, but now there is a clear
distinction between one candidate and all the rest, whether Democrat or
Republican.
ONLY
ONE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HONORS CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES AND WILL
GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE WAY AND RETURN PEACE AND PROSPERITY TO THE
NATION.
REP. RON PAUL
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