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<blockquote data-quote="menotyou" data-source="post: 1052035" data-attributes="member: 24535"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">Paul believes the size of the federal government must be decreased substantially. In order to restrict the federal government to what he believes are its </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutionalism" target="_blank">Constitutionally authorized functions</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, he regularly votes against almost all proposals for new government spending, initiatives, or taxes,</span></span>[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-saynot-15" target="_blank">[15]</a>[/SUP]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> in many cases making him in a minority of members of the house by doing so. For example, on January 22, 2007, Paul was the lone member out of 415</span></span>[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16]</a>[/SUP]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> voting to oppose a House measure to create a </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARA" target="_blank">National Archives</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> exhibit on </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_U.S." target="_blank">slavery</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">Reconstruction</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, seeing this as an unauthorized use of taxpayer money.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">Paul advocates substantially reducing the government's role in individual lives and in the functions of foreign and domestic </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)" target="_blank">states</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">; he says </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" target="_blank">Republicans</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> have lost their commitment to </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_government" target="_blank">limited government</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> and have become the party of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_government" target="_blank">big government</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">.</span></span>[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[17]</a>[/SUP]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> His 2012 "Plan to Restore America"</span></span>[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-18" target="_blank">[18]</a>[/SUP]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> would eliminate five Cabinet-level departments: </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Energy" target="_blank">Energy</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" target="_blank">HUD</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Commerce" target="_blank">Commerce</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_the_Interior" target="_blank">Interior</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Education" target="_blank">Education</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. He has called for elimination of other federal agencies such as the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">,</span></span>[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-google_interview-19" target="_blank">[19]</a>[/SUP]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> and the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" target="_blank">Internal Revenue Service</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">,</span></span>[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-endthefed-20" target="_blank">[20]</a>[/SUP]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> calling them "unnecessary bureaucracies". Paul would severely reduce the role of the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" target="_blank">Central Intelligence Agency</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">; reducing its functions to intelligence-gathering. He would eliminate operations like overthrowing foreign governments and assassinations. He says this activity is kept secret even from Congress and "leads to trouble".</span></span>[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-21" target="_blank">[21]</a>[/SUP]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> He also commented, "We have every right in the world to know something about intelligence gathering, but we have to have intelligent people interpreting this information."</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">I think these are admirable. I know many teachers in NY that hate the DOE.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="menotyou, post: 1052035, member: 24535"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Paul believes the size of the federal government must be decreased substantially. In order to restrict the federal government to what he believes are its [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutionalism"]Constitutionally authorized functions[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], he regularly votes against almost all proposals for new government spending, initiatives, or taxes,[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-saynot-15"][15][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] in many cases making him in a minority of members of the house by doing so. For example, on January 22, 2007, Paul was the lone member out of 415[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-16"][16][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] voting to oppose a House measure to create a [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARA"]National Archives[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] exhibit on [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_U.S."]slavery[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] and [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States"]Reconstruction[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], seeing this as an unauthorized use of taxpayer money. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Paul advocates substantially reducing the government's role in individual lives and in the functions of foreign and domestic [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)"]states[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]; he says [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)"]Republicans[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] have lost their commitment to [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_government"]limited government[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] and have become the party of [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_government"]big government[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif].[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-17"][17][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] His 2012 "Plan to Restore America"[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-18"][18][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] would eliminate five Cabinet-level departments: [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Energy"]Energy[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development"]HUD[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Commerce"]Commerce[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_the_Interior"]Interior[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], and [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Education"]Education[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. He has called for elimination of other federal agencies such as the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services"]U.S. Department of Health and Human Services[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif],[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-google_interview-19"][19][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] and the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service"]Internal Revenue Service[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif],[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-endthefed-20"][20][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] calling them "unnecessary bureaucracies". Paul would severely reduce the role of the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency"]Central Intelligence Agency[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]; reducing its functions to intelligence-gathering. He would eliminate operations like overthrowing foreign governments and assassinations. He says this activity is kept secret even from Congress and "leads to trouble".[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#cite_note-21"][21][/URL][/SUP][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] He also commented, "We have every right in the world to know something about intelligence gathering, but we have to have intelligent people interpreting this information." I think these are admirable. I know many teachers in NY that hate the DOE.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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