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PrimarilyPaul
09-22-2007, 10:16 PM
New York Times (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3DA1538F934A25753C1A96E9482 60) October 17, 1988


He tells his audiences that the Federal Government has only one role: to protect liberty. And, he explains, the only rule worth following is that one must not harm another person or his property.

If elected, he says, he would abolish public schools, welfare, Social Security and farm subsidies. All drug laws should be repealed, Dr. Paul maintains, a position that drew hisses at the university.

Dr. Paul believes that America should leave the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and not contribute to other nations' defense. He has no trouble saying which new nuclear weapons programs he would cut: all of them.

In his first year in office, Dr. Paul says, he would cut one third of the Pentagon budget, or $100 billion, and $100 billion in domestic programs. Put this money ''back into the economy,'' he argues, and everyone will be better off.

Frightening how much the government can influence people's opinions towards stuff. University students booing and hissing the legalization of drugs, WTF? The students were fed the "Just Say No" crap during their formative years courtesy the government, no one wants to be the outsider so they all just chant their slogan and not question what the government has taught them.

Posted this on my blog (http://www.primarilypaul.com/2007/09/22/now-for-a-real-underdog-ron-paul-libertarian-for-president/) too in an attempt to drive traffic to my registerting for the Republican primary (http://www.primarilypaul.com/ron-paul-in-the-primaries/) page

dircha
09-22-2007, 10:34 PM
I was going to say what do you expect from College Republicans, but I see this is from 1988, so it isn't just that.

In the 80s we were still all hyped up about drugs being the great evil of our society. DARE had been founded just a few short years ago and was really pushing its propaganda too.

DON'T DO DRUGS, STAY IN SCHOOL!

Good times.

SeanEdwards
09-22-2007, 10:38 PM
Paul was right in '88, it's just taken 20 years of hard knocks for the rest of America to finally recognize that he was right all along.

If only the America of '88 had listened to the man. Can you imagine how much better off we'd be today? :(