This is to find out where each user on the RonPaulForums.com stands on the issues. While I agree with almost everything Ron Paul stands for... On social issues I find us a little bit on the different sides of the spectrum. But to me Fiscal issues are so much more important right now, that's why he's had my support ever since I first heard about him.
A little bit about myself, I'm a former registered Democrat from last election when I turned 18. I voted for John Kerry only because I wanted the United States to get out of war, but I didn't not like him and thought he was a horrible candidate who was Mr. Monotone. This year I re-registered as an DTS (Decline to State) Independent because I feel so disenfranchised with the Democratic Party. I can't find myself becoming a Republican anytime soon unless the Ron Paul Revolution reforms the party. So I find myself loving the Libertarian Party more each day, so I consider myself a Libertarian Democrat (in the easiest sense to explain it).
Now onto our test, these are the issues put up by CNNPolitics.com and I am asking each poster on the board, what they would do as President or just stand on the issues and these issues are...
Abortion
Economics
Education
Energy
Environment
Free-Trade
Gambling
Guns
Health-Care
Immigration
Iraq/Iran (Foreign Policy)
Same-Sex Marriage
Social Security
Stem-Cell Research
Taxes
War on Drugs
Here are my answers...
Abortion: Pro-Choice, not in favor of repealing Roe v. Wade for the possibility of creating a black market on abortions on states that ban it. Could cause a lot of criminal problems and social problems. Expand sexual education (though leaving it optional to parents if they want the kids to be involved) and get rid of the abstinence movement. It has caused our children to want to have un-safe sex even more. Expand the education and you'll see the decrease in abortions. Planned Parenthood is good, birth control is good, abortion while I agree is wrong, another individual or Government shouldn't have the right to tell a woman how to use her body. Find studies that show why women have abortions and how we can prevent it. Work with private companies on the matter to help these women and this problem in the nation. In favor of a "Partial-Birth" abortion ban if the state does ban it, but will not allow a full abortion ban.
Economics: Supports having our Federal Reserve backed by platinum, gold and silver. Would have the Federal Reserve broadcast all their meetings to the public on C-SPAN. Hold a committee to keep tabs on the Federal Reserve by the top economists in our held offices.
Education: Pro-Vouchers (Make Private Sector compete with Public Sector), with vouchers and incentives for families to choose where they like their child to go to school, it's an American right to have a proper education where YOU SEE FIT. Eliminate the Dept. of Education, let the local and state officials handle their own schools.
Energy: Repeal taxes and barriers for private companies, would allow the free market to decide what will be our replacement for energy. Supports Solar/Wind supplied technology.
Environment: Allow private companies to study these matters to give back to the government, would support the building of new oil refineries in rural American towns to create new jobs.
Free Trade: Would repeal any memberships in trade organizations or world organizations. Allow the free market to do its business.
Gambling: Against any laws that prohibit gambling. It’s counter-productive and government intrusion on the highest level.
Guns: Pro-Gun Rights
Health-Care: Supports a single-payer health-care system. The only way to solve the current mess we’re in. Basically get government intrusion out and allow poverty stricken people a chance to get health-care. Would though allow the Private Free Market Health-Care to still do its magic. Single-payer would have guidelines for REAL emergencies and not that it gets abused. Would help someone who is in poverty, get emergency health-care and not having to pay a outrageous bill because they had no insurance.
Immigration: Completely reform it, no fence, eliminate the welfare state and you’ll solve more than half this problem. Get rid of the incentives that illegal workers can earn. They must be documented. Supports helping immigrants who lived in the U.S. for more than 15 years. Would help get them new work visa's on constant renewal while waiting in the back of the line, would have to pay an up-front fee to be documented legally and then pay a monthly fee after that. Would use that money in the Government to help cut more taxes for the individual United States citizen.
Iraq/Iran: Non-intervention foreign policy. We only go to war when it’s declared on us.
Same-Sex Marriage: Supports Same-Sex Marriage. Leave it up to the states to decide.
Social Security: Eliminate taxes from the system, do not allow illegals to get a piece of the pie, allow younger people to opt-out. Help set-up private organizations to give the American people a retirement plan. Social Security needs to be reformed so the Government can’t touch and neither can people who don’t have a legal citizenship.
Stem-Cell Research: Supports stem-cell research and using it for the medical field. Though that should be left up to the states and private companies, no federal ban should be imposed though.
Taxes: Abolish the IRS and replace it with nothing, cut spending in half and you’ll solve the tax problem. People should not be taxed on the fruit of their labor it’s unconstitutional. Big Government, Big Spending is the problem. Less Government, Less Taxes & Tariffs are the solution. Let the people decide what they want to do with their money.
War on Drugs: Against the War on Drugs would immediately put it to an end. Though would leave it up to the states to decide their drug-laws, would not have federal bans on any drugs and allow the free market to purchase their medication wherever they like. Supports decriminalizing drugs and sending non-violent offenders to private rehab programs (choice of religious or non-religious rehab as well).
So that's myself on the issues, can't wait to read what others say...
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