I doubt that Ron Paul voted against budget cuts (unless something shady was going on).
Ron Paul is a rare individual, someone who is consistent with his own belief's.
He is a strong supporter of gun rights, anti-tax, anti-spending, for a strong border, sound money, pro-life.
He may be wrong about Iraq, but he is consistent about the role of gov't.
Ron Paul voted against the small budget cuts in December because they were actually annual appropriations, but were scaled back from previous annual bills. His vote was definetly needed on those bills (seeing it took a couple times before they were passed), and the Democrats were obstructing them 100%, but he voted against them because he opposes all spending. This is not a productive action, he needs to stop making political statements and actually work to get stuff done instead of hurting Republican chances of making any reform. I agree with his role of government, but i disagree how he goes about it. He is no Republican, he is no Liberal, hes a Libertarian in Republican clothing, or a Republican in Name Only.