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Ron Paul’s Friday announcement that his presidential campaign will soon wind down removes from the race a quixotic figure whose doomed pursuit of the White House inspired libertarians and free-market purists, including many business owners who loved his message about a nation free from regulatory fetters.
“Imagine what it would be like if we had no income tax in the country?” says Donald Huffines, co-founder of Dallas residential development company Huffines Communities and a Ron Paul donor and fundraiser. “I don’t think anyone would do more for business - small or large - than Ron Paul. He would eliminate the role of government in our business lives, and the GDP growth of the country would skyrocket as a result.”
Paul’s groundswell played out in the grassroots. His average donation size was just $102, according to his campaign, but he led the GOP field in fundraising in 2007’s last quarter, bringing in $20 million. Paul plans to continue fundraising for a succeeding organization to his campaign, one that will continue pushing “the message of human liberty,” he said in a video message posted Friday on his website.
full story @ http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/07/smbusiness/ron_paul.fsb/?postversion=2008030719
Congressman Ron Paul has used his campaign to point out the connection between interventionist foreign policy and the monetary problems caused by current government actions. Steven Horwitz has an in-depth analysis of the link between money and foreign policy in the January-February issue of The Freeman:
Last night the Bloomberg Financial Network ran a report on the declining value of the U.S. dollar. The dollar is trading at a historic low against the Euro, and has declined against the Pound Sterling and the Yen. The dollar has lost value as compared with the Colombian Peso and the Indian Rupee.
The neo-con oriented New York Sun comments that Rep. Ron Paul understands what is happening to the U.S. dollar - and predicted it in advance. In an editorial today, they state “Our own view is that Mr. Paul’s prescience on the dollar is one of the reasons he’s showing what the pundits are calling surprising strength on the hustings.”
Full editorial http://www.nysun.com/article/66303
“Republican candidate Ron Paul has been toted as the conservative Constitutionalist, a former doctor and longtime Congressman whose purist ideals have led him to pledge a scaled-back presence of the Federal government if he is elected president. How would this philosophy help entrepreneurs? While we’re not officially endorsing Dr. Ron Paul for president, we think these 10 issues would give entrepreneurs and their businesses an extra boost. Read on to find out how: http://tinyurl.com/2p7dqx
The Club for Growth promotes lower taxes and cuts in economic regulation and has issued a report on Congressman Ron Paul’s record on economic issues
“Ron Paul’s record contains some very laudable components,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. “On taxes, regulation, and political speech, his record is superb. His spending record is impressive, though Paul has recently embraced pork-barrel projects in direct contradiction to his vociferous opposition to unconstitutional appropriations by the federal government.”
Full report here http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/10/ron_pauls_record_on_economic_i.php
“When health freedom advocates need a congressman to fight against attempts to restrict access to dietary supplements, they turn to Dr. Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is the leader in Washington who is not afraid to fight the powerful special interests that want to limit access to dietary supplements. ”
“When Dr. Paul learned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was trying to censor truthful health claims by supplement manufacturers, he introduced the Health Freedom Protection Act (H.R. 2117). “…
“Our health freedom is also threatened by attempts to “harmonize” American laws with those of other countries, thus forcing Americans to live under European-style restrictions of dietary supplements. Dr. Paul worked to add language to the 1997 FDA Modernization Act forbidding the FDA from harmonizing our rules with those of any other nation. ”
Full story http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2007/10/health-freedom.html
Rep. Ron Paul laments the death of a proposal to elminate the inheritance tax, which is a burden on so many middle class families http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/003023.html
“Once again, Hillary Clinton has unveiled a massive new plan to reform America’s health care system. Once again, her plan calls for higher taxes — it will cost more than $110 billion per year — lower wages, fewer jobs, less choice and worse health care. Clinton appears to have learned little since the public rejected her last attempt to overhaul the U.S. health care system in 1994.”
“The centerpiece of HillaryCare II is an individual mandate, which is a fancy way of saying she would force everyone to purchase health insurance or face penalties. But where the government mandates that you buy insurance, the government defines what “insurance” is. That means the government will be designing your health coverage, with the help of legions of special interests with more political influence than you have.”
“If you are among the 85% of Americans who currently have health insurance — and are happy with it — but it doesn’t meet Clinton’s definition of proper insurance, too bad. You’ll have to shell out for the insurance she says you should have.”
Two Cato analysts detail problems with Hillary’s medical care plan http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8736
“Two important events occurred in October 1957. First, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, named Sputnik, into orbit, causing many to speculate the West was losing to the superior technology and, possibly, inevitable ideology of communism. Second, the novel “Atlas Shrugged” was published. Its author, Ayn Rand, had fled the tyranny of Soviet communism in 1926 for freedom in the West.”
“Today communism in Russia and its satellite countries is dead. “Atlas” and Miss Rand’s other works continue to sell millions of copies. A 1992 Library of Congress survey found it to be the most influential book in the country after the Bible. It helped launch the modern free market and libertarian movement.”
“Miss Rand’s ideas, which provided an effective counter to Marxist collectivism, are needed even more today to provide the philosophical basis for a much-needed culture of principled individualism.”
Edward Hudgins of The Atlas Society on the 50th Anniversary of Atlas Shrugged http://tinyurl.com/39f877