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02-27-2012, 02:20 PM
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120227/POLITICS01/202270358/300-attend-Ron-Paul-event-Detroit?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE% 7Cs
Detroit— In one of the poorest zip codes in Michigan, Jackie Hemphill went searching Monday for someone to lead Detroit and the rest of the nation out of economic woe.
Hemphill wasn't sure if it could be GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, but she went to a local church to hear what he had to say.
"We need someone stronger than (President Barack) Obama," said Hemphill, 56, of Detroit. "We've been in the storm too long."
Paul — a Texas congressman who is one of four GOP presidential candidates — made his third campaign stop in the state, appearing at the Little Rock Baptist Church Education and Performing Arts Center. He is one of four candidates that Michigan voters will decide on during Tuesday's primary.
Asked by Riverside Prepatory Academy student Jazarae Abram how she might be able to find employment in the inner city where jobs are limited, Paul pointed to personal responsibility but also said changing many issues he's lobbying for would help.
"People who want to assume responsibility for themselves could do it a lot better if they had a job," Paul said. "You have to have a prosperous economy. You have to reward people for working and being frugal."
But if people save money, they get taxed on the interest earned and the government destroys money, Paul argued, so that's why there's no incentive to save and that's why there is no economic growth.
"Unless you look at the business cycle and deal with the Federal Reserve, deregulate and change the tax code and get people to bring their money back home because they can make more money overseas and deal with some of the problems of labor costs, if you don't do that, you can't have jobs," he said.
Paul went to Detroit to speak about how his platform could lift up Detroit, but the event was also organized, those who attended said, partly to divert votes away from the other Republican candidates and get Obama re-elected in November.
Detroiters and others are being encouraged to vote for Paul because they want him to win the delegates in Michigan's 13th and 14the districts — which are mostly in Detroit and the surrounding area, community organizer Ernest Johnson said.
"We want to give six delegates to Ron Paul," Johnson said, so that GOP candidate and Michigan native Mitt Romney loses Michigan.
"The ultimate goal is to defeat Romney," Johnson said. "He told Detroit to go bankrupt. We know Romney is going to be the (Republican) nominee. We want him wounded, we want him to lose his native town so people can say, 'He can't even win his home state.' That will go a long way (in getting Obama re-elected).
"We are looking way further than tomorrow."
About 300 people showed up to hear Paul speak, but it wasn't a diverse crowd despite its location.
But that was OK with Wayne Bradley, a conservative online radio host.
"I give him credit for showing up in the inner city, not at the Detroit Economic Club or at Ford Field," Bradley said, referencing appearances made by other candidates. "He's bringing his message to the heart of the city. He gets kudos for that."
Paul took the stage and briefly addressed the issue of getting people out of poverty.
"It is not easy," he said. "I wish I could come in and wave a magic wand and correct all the problems whether they are local or national."
He then talked of doing his training nearby at Henry Ford Hospital, and spoke for 30 minutes about limited government, ending wars overseas, cutting government spending, eliminating deficits and restoring freedom and liberty.
He said the federal government is too involved in people's lives and thinks responsibilities first start with individuals, then extend to families, the to communities, then churches, then states.
"Things should be done at the local level," Paul said.
At the end of his speech, he took questions by students, including two who asked how he would address urban schools, especially Detroit Public Schools, and urban America in general.
Paul responded by saying the federal government has not helped by consuming wealth, putting on regulations and requirements and not allowing local officials to vary their education according to local needs.
"The government — federal and state governments — have caused most of these problems, but there's some people who do get around it," Paul said. "So there is a burden also placed on we as individuals to escape it by working harder and studying harder. So often children go home and don't get much encouragement at home, and that's difficult."
He continued: "As soon as you are adult enough to realize what's going on in the world, there's an individual responsibility, there's a family responsibility, there's a local responsibility, there's a church responsibility. For the most part, I want to get the government out of the way and get the economy can get healthy and you can get a job."
Detroit— In one of the poorest zip codes in Michigan, Jackie Hemphill went searching Monday for someone to lead Detroit and the rest of the nation out of economic woe.
Hemphill wasn't sure if it could be GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, but she went to a local church to hear what he had to say.
"We need someone stronger than (President Barack) Obama," said Hemphill, 56, of Detroit. "We've been in the storm too long."
Paul — a Texas congressman who is one of four GOP presidential candidates — made his third campaign stop in the state, appearing at the Little Rock Baptist Church Education and Performing Arts Center. He is one of four candidates that Michigan voters will decide on during Tuesday's primary.
Asked by Riverside Prepatory Academy student Jazarae Abram how she might be able to find employment in the inner city where jobs are limited, Paul pointed to personal responsibility but also said changing many issues he's lobbying for would help.
"People who want to assume responsibility for themselves could do it a lot better if they had a job," Paul said. "You have to have a prosperous economy. You have to reward people for working and being frugal."
But if people save money, they get taxed on the interest earned and the government destroys money, Paul argued, so that's why there's no incentive to save and that's why there is no economic growth.
"Unless you look at the business cycle and deal with the Federal Reserve, deregulate and change the tax code and get people to bring their money back home because they can make more money overseas and deal with some of the problems of labor costs, if you don't do that, you can't have jobs," he said.
Paul went to Detroit to speak about how his platform could lift up Detroit, but the event was also organized, those who attended said, partly to divert votes away from the other Republican candidates and get Obama re-elected in November.
Detroiters and others are being encouraged to vote for Paul because they want him to win the delegates in Michigan's 13th and 14the districts — which are mostly in Detroit and the surrounding area, community organizer Ernest Johnson said.
"We want to give six delegates to Ron Paul," Johnson said, so that GOP candidate and Michigan native Mitt Romney loses Michigan.
"The ultimate goal is to defeat Romney," Johnson said. "He told Detroit to go bankrupt. We know Romney is going to be the (Republican) nominee. We want him wounded, we want him to lose his native town so people can say, 'He can't even win his home state.' That will go a long way (in getting Obama re-elected).
"We are looking way further than tomorrow."
About 300 people showed up to hear Paul speak, but it wasn't a diverse crowd despite its location.
But that was OK with Wayne Bradley, a conservative online radio host.
"I give him credit for showing up in the inner city, not at the Detroit Economic Club or at Ford Field," Bradley said, referencing appearances made by other candidates. "He's bringing his message to the heart of the city. He gets kudos for that."
Paul took the stage and briefly addressed the issue of getting people out of poverty.
"It is not easy," he said. "I wish I could come in and wave a magic wand and correct all the problems whether they are local or national."
He then talked of doing his training nearby at Henry Ford Hospital, and spoke for 30 minutes about limited government, ending wars overseas, cutting government spending, eliminating deficits and restoring freedom and liberty.
He said the federal government is too involved in people's lives and thinks responsibilities first start with individuals, then extend to families, the to communities, then churches, then states.
"Things should be done at the local level," Paul said.
At the end of his speech, he took questions by students, including two who asked how he would address urban schools, especially Detroit Public Schools, and urban America in general.
Paul responded by saying the federal government has not helped by consuming wealth, putting on regulations and requirements and not allowing local officials to vary their education according to local needs.
"The government — federal and state governments — have caused most of these problems, but there's some people who do get around it," Paul said. "So there is a burden also placed on we as individuals to escape it by working harder and studying harder. So often children go home and don't get much encouragement at home, and that's difficult."
He continued: "As soon as you are adult enough to realize what's going on in the world, there's an individual responsibility, there's a family responsibility, there's a local responsibility, there's a church responsibility. For the most part, I want to get the government out of the way and get the economy can get healthy and you can get a job."