jgmaynard
12-24-2007, 12:01 PM
I just wrote the following letter to my local paper (Peterborough Transcript). I had to keep it to 400 words. Let me know what you think:
Ron Paul Stands for NH Values
To the Editor:
New Hampshire has a spirit of individualism and independence not found in many states, or Presidential candidates. I am one of those proud Granite State independents who votes for the person and not the party, looking for a candidate who most closely exemplifies New Hampshire values.
This election, I have found that candidate – Congressman Ron Paul.
We see the effects of a lack of broad-based tax in this state every day – as businesses jump east from Vermont, and as Massachusetts consumers ride north to save money by not paying sales tax. Ron Paul would end the Federal Income Tax and not instate a sales tax – withdrawing the troops currently stationed worldwide to protect rich countries, like Germany and Japan, would save much of the money needed to end the Income Tax.
Dr. Paul is also the only major Republican candidate with a commitment to end the senseless wars that are bleeding us dry. The war in Iraq is causing us to borrow three billion dollars a day from China – one trillion dollars a year – that will be passed, with compound interest, onto our children. When that debt does not cover the costs of war, we print more money, en masse, with nothing to back it up. Throughout history this has often been a recipe for economic disaster. Ron Paul would allow families to protect their life savings in gold and silver currencies.
Here in a state where we protect and defend personal freedom, Paul will work to repeal the areas of the misnamed PATRIOT Act that infringe upon our rights and freedoms as private citizens, including search and seizure without a warrant and the loss of Habeas Corpus. Ron Paul will keep the Federal government from peaking in our bank accounts, on the internet, or in our bedrooms.
Commonsense legislation introduced this year by Ron Paul includes an act to make all tips earned tax-free to help people, including college kids, working in service industries. To make college more affordable, he has also introduced a bill to make all college expenses tax-deductible for students and parents. He has been consistently pro-gun rights through twenty years in Congress, has never voted for a tax increase and he voted against the Iraq War and the PATRIOT Act from the beginning.
I urge everyone reading this to vote for the candidate who truly represents New Hampshire values: Ron Paul.
James Maynard
Temple, NH 03084
Ron Paul Stands for NH Values
To the Editor:
New Hampshire has a spirit of individualism and independence not found in many states, or Presidential candidates. I am one of those proud Granite State independents who votes for the person and not the party, looking for a candidate who most closely exemplifies New Hampshire values.
This election, I have found that candidate – Congressman Ron Paul.
We see the effects of a lack of broad-based tax in this state every day – as businesses jump east from Vermont, and as Massachusetts consumers ride north to save money by not paying sales tax. Ron Paul would end the Federal Income Tax and not instate a sales tax – withdrawing the troops currently stationed worldwide to protect rich countries, like Germany and Japan, would save much of the money needed to end the Income Tax.
Dr. Paul is also the only major Republican candidate with a commitment to end the senseless wars that are bleeding us dry. The war in Iraq is causing us to borrow three billion dollars a day from China – one trillion dollars a year – that will be passed, with compound interest, onto our children. When that debt does not cover the costs of war, we print more money, en masse, with nothing to back it up. Throughout history this has often been a recipe for economic disaster. Ron Paul would allow families to protect their life savings in gold and silver currencies.
Here in a state where we protect and defend personal freedom, Paul will work to repeal the areas of the misnamed PATRIOT Act that infringe upon our rights and freedoms as private citizens, including search and seizure without a warrant and the loss of Habeas Corpus. Ron Paul will keep the Federal government from peaking in our bank accounts, on the internet, or in our bedrooms.
Commonsense legislation introduced this year by Ron Paul includes an act to make all tips earned tax-free to help people, including college kids, working in service industries. To make college more affordable, he has also introduced a bill to make all college expenses tax-deductible for students and parents. He has been consistently pro-gun rights through twenty years in Congress, has never voted for a tax increase and he voted against the Iraq War and the PATRIOT Act from the beginning.
I urge everyone reading this to vote for the candidate who truly represents New Hampshire values: Ron Paul.
James Maynard
Temple, NH 03084