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Ron Paul: I'd Dismantle Half the Cabinet
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Dec 10, 2007 04:47pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Monday, December 10, 2007 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Congressman Ron Paul, the unconventional Republican presidential contender offers his refreshing take on what the federal government should — and more importantly shouldn't — be doing.
Paul notes that when our country was founded, the role of the government was to protect the general welfare, enforce the rule of law in court, maintain property rights and allow for free markets and free trade — "not to run our lives, and run everything in the economy."
It's a habit of politicians to identify problems and try to "fix" them with new laws and bureaucracies.
While some of these reforms may be well-intended, says Paul, "good intentions won't solve our problems," and more often they encroach on the personal liberties that have made our country great.
The Department of Education isn't the only government bureaucracy that Paul would like to see go. He'd also get rid of the Department of Energy. Paul would also eliminate the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development? Get rid of them all, says Paul.
Getting rid of all this bureaucracy wouldn't be Paul's first act as president. First, he says, he would "immediately take a pay cut … because I wouldn't have so much to do." |
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