[trisham]

Wow. Thanks, I think.

[jrg]

Who else here wants to abolish the FDA? DEA? Gone. Medicare/Medicaid? History. IRS? The government has no right to take your money.

hell, I wasn't really paying much attention to this mess yet, but this sounds like something I'm likin'!

[MEGoody]

What has changed, and changed for the worse, is the surging popularity of a Texas Congressman by the name of Ron Paul.

"Surging popularity"? Bwahahahahaha!

[NeoCaveman]

The problem with Paul saying he'll get lower taxes is that it's not entirely true. Yes, your income will be less taxed, but Paul wants to raise the sales tax to 23 percent at the least. Have fun being poor, because you won't be able to afford anything under Paul's administration.

I'm going to defend this one and I'm not even a "Fair Tax" guy but the poor make out well under the Fair Tax as their is a prebate on taxes paid on consumption up to the poverty level.

[Lurker]

Who else here wants to abolish the FDA?

I do.

DEA? Gone. Medicare/Medicaid? History. IRS? The government has no right to take your money.

Agree, agree, and agree.

He wants to see an end of public service agencies and governmental controls

So do I.

CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, FDA, IRS, Medicare, FBI, DEA, UN, NATO, NAFTA and CAFTA

With the exceptions of the CIA and a drastically reduced FBI, I agree with every single one of these.

Cut it out completely, don't try to reform it.

There's always a few idiots who think you can polish a turd. That's 'reform' in the Government sense.

He wants to cut nearly every government department and build a giant wall (not a fence) on our border with Mexico

The first idea is excellent and the second even better.

The only area I differ with Congressman Paul is the war. If he came around to my way of thinking he'd be an ideal Presidential candidate.

L

[Lloyd227]

"If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be."

LOL!!!!

As "racist" as they'd like this to be and it does smack of being at the least politically incorrect... it's also true... ask anyone running the NFL or the NBA

[DesScorp]

"What has changed, and changed for the worse, is the surging popularity of a Texas Congressman by the name of Ron Paul."

Ummm, surging popularity where? La La land? Ron Paul is the Emperor of the Internet, but in the real world, his polling has dropped from his all time high of 3%, back down to 1%. The only places Paul is "surging" are Libertarian Party meetings and MoveOn.com net meetups.

[kidd]

Here's a list of things Paul wants to end because they have had failures in the past, or he sees them as useless: CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, FDA, IRS, Medicare, FBI, DEA, UN, NATO, NAFTA and CAFTA.

The author is not very convincing. These are reasons to vote FOR Paul.

He should have just stuck to the pull-out-from-Iraq-now thing.

[cowtowney]

“Overall, Paul has no workable ideas.”

Especially, if you are a leftist college student or a big government republican.

That Constitution thingy is so icky and it really gets in the way of a big federal government

[x]

It's not a good idea to post college newspaper articles, unless it's something that's so transparently absurd that it's an unconscious parody of what it supports. The problem is that the writers usually aren't the best or the most accurate so they have the effect of weakening whatever position they support.

There are people out there who read this kid saying that Ron Paul wants to do away with "CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, FDA, IRS, Medicare, FBI, DEA, UN, NATO, NAFTA and CAFTA" and say "Alright, he's the guy for me!" Sometimes painting with a finer brush is better.