RP asked 31+ questions in his farewell speech. Lets ask him 31 questions

[tangent4ronpaul]

OK, so I'm sure there are questions people have here about the future direction of the movement, to what extent Dr. Paul will be involved, if he will run for public office again, what "marching orders" would he like to leave his supporters - things like that.

So chime in! What would you like to ask Dr. Paul?

I'll start:

1) If you were elected president, or could give the president a game plan to follow, what would you do to fix the economy?

-t

[WarAnonymous]

2) How would you encourage the states or even better the local level/parents to be involved/take back over the school system and how would you explain to the people the importance of raising a morally principled society (since new school liberals most likely would oppose this)?

[LibertyInJeopardy]

3) Do you believe it is wise for our movement to continue to be fixated on electing a president, while the massive challenge still looms of dismantling the powers the office of president has usurped, ie, committing the nation to wars, warrantless Patriot Act searches, and the indefinite detention or assassination of citizens via the NDAA?

[tangent4ronpaul]

4) What systemic problems exist in government and how specifically can these be fixed? Examples:
4a) The presidents ability to bypass Congress by issuing executive orders.
4b) The presidents ability to unconstitutionally take us to war without a declaration of war from congress.
4c) A lack of term limits for everything from councilmen to senators and reps leading to old boy networks and corruption.
4d) The influence of special interests/lobbyists in the legislative process. Laws being made that benefit one aspect of industry while driving other parts out of business. The revolving door of regulators, staffers and officials with industry. The ability of committee members to not be recused after receiving substantial campaign donations from a particular industry. Lobbyists and not representatives or their staffs writing legislation benefiting that industry.
4e) The ability of Congress and political committees to change their own rules or just ignore them.
4f) Members of Congress using isolated, non-representative incidents that are presented as the norm to justify new laws.
4g) Using the "general welfare clause"(sic) and commerce clause as justification to impose new laws on the people.
4h) Congresses inability to live within it's means.
4i) The Congressional/State dependency loop on funding (with strings attached!)
4j) The general immortality of government programs and legislation. The lack of sunset clauses and the lack of realistic assessment and oversight as to if the legislation is having the effect it was intended to when initially passed, before considering extending or modifying it.
4k) The rule that all bureaucracies will grow without end, constantly seeking more funding, more power and more personnel despite the negative effect of driving into the ground and destroying that which it regulates. (Overgrowing the petri dish)
4l) Planned growth and inflation as being central to economic planning, despite wages and cost of living not keeping up. We are all much worse off than our parents, as a result.

That's all I can think of at the moment, but might add more later.

On 4d) a good way to demonstrate this to the public would be to ask people to play a game of Monopoly. Only, with each persons turn, they have the option of taking a regular turn or giving (bribing) the bank with 500 Monopoly bucks and being able to make up any new rule they want.

Who else? Lets keep these questions coming!

-t

[satchelmcqueen]

5) do you realize the hope you have created in the people for real freedom in the future if things go as you would like to see?

[presence]

Can we clone you?