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08-07-2007, 02:31 AM
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2007/08/07/local/doc46b7f41cbff51523507641.txt
Paul believes country’s freedom and prosperity are threatened
By DEB NICKLAY, deb.nicklay@globegazette.com
MASON CITY — Ron Paul’s campaign bus parked outside The Music Man Square on Monday night said “Say Yes to Dr. No.”
That’s just what Mason City did.
About 100 people turned out to hear the Republican presidential candidate at his town meeting.
The “Dr. No” part became immediately apparent as the 71-year-old Texas congressman began asking the audience to say “no” to the Iraq War, to abortion and to a large federal bureaucracy he said creates overspending, inflation, a broken stock market and uneasiness among Americans.
“Our country is unique ... we have the greatest amount of freedom and prosperity of any country, and yet I believe our freedom and prosperity is threatened,” he said.
“We’ve believed too long that our freedom comes our government ... our freedom, however, comes from our Creator.”
His years as a gynecologist taught him, he said, that abortion at any stage is wrong.
“Life is sacred. The most obscene thing government could do is to ... use your money to commit abortion,” he said to loud applause.
He said the upholding of the Roe vs. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court helped to form an American attitude harmful to children.
“When you consider our careless attitude about the unborn ... why is it so strange to see how our society is abusive to children?”
Paul said the growth of the federal government has created massive programs such as Social Security, which creates a drain on the national budget. He believes in the free market and said young people today can save for the future rather than rely on Social Security.
“We have to move to a free society — the middle class is threatened; our standard of living has been eroded. We have some serious problems because we believe government will take care of it.”
Involvement in the Iraq War was also ill-advised and today costs taxpayers “a trillion dollars a year.”
“Sometimes it just bewild-ers me why people around the world don’t approve of our imposition on their land,” he said, adding that if “the Chinese came to America and told us how to live, we would want to shoot them, too.”
“My suggestion is that we change our foreign policy, (adhere) to the Constitution, stay out of entangling alliances and bring our troops home,” he said to loud applause.
Paul called for the elimination of the Internal Revenue Service, instead favoring a Fair Tax, a national sales tax, in lieu of corporate and personal taxes.
Paul called himself “a reluctant candidate” who “is a lot less reluctant than I was six months ago,” given the growth of support he said he has, especially among young people.
Paul believes country’s freedom and prosperity are threatened
By DEB NICKLAY, deb.nicklay@globegazette.com
MASON CITY — Ron Paul’s campaign bus parked outside The Music Man Square on Monday night said “Say Yes to Dr. No.”
That’s just what Mason City did.
About 100 people turned out to hear the Republican presidential candidate at his town meeting.
The “Dr. No” part became immediately apparent as the 71-year-old Texas congressman began asking the audience to say “no” to the Iraq War, to abortion and to a large federal bureaucracy he said creates overspending, inflation, a broken stock market and uneasiness among Americans.
“Our country is unique ... we have the greatest amount of freedom and prosperity of any country, and yet I believe our freedom and prosperity is threatened,” he said.
“We’ve believed too long that our freedom comes our government ... our freedom, however, comes from our Creator.”
His years as a gynecologist taught him, he said, that abortion at any stage is wrong.
“Life is sacred. The most obscene thing government could do is to ... use your money to commit abortion,” he said to loud applause.
He said the upholding of the Roe vs. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court helped to form an American attitude harmful to children.
“When you consider our careless attitude about the unborn ... why is it so strange to see how our society is abusive to children?”
Paul said the growth of the federal government has created massive programs such as Social Security, which creates a drain on the national budget. He believes in the free market and said young people today can save for the future rather than rely on Social Security.
“We have to move to a free society — the middle class is threatened; our standard of living has been eroded. We have some serious problems because we believe government will take care of it.”
Involvement in the Iraq War was also ill-advised and today costs taxpayers “a trillion dollars a year.”
“Sometimes it just bewild-ers me why people around the world don’t approve of our imposition on their land,” he said, adding that if “the Chinese came to America and told us how to live, we would want to shoot them, too.”
“My suggestion is that we change our foreign policy, (adhere) to the Constitution, stay out of entangling alliances and bring our troops home,” he said to loud applause.
Paul called for the elimination of the Internal Revenue Service, instead favoring a Fair Tax, a national sales tax, in lieu of corporate and personal taxes.
Paul called himself “a reluctant candidate” who “is a lot less reluctant than I was six months ago,” given the growth of support he said he has, especially among young people.