I didn't realize the securing subsidies from shrimpers was cutting government. But that's not why he's wrong for the job -- his association with anti-Semites, "truthers", and his inexplicable inability to entertain the idea of using force against people who have directly attacked the US are some of the better ones.
Besides, while Ron Paul is a fool and a crank, that doesn't invalidate all of his views.
Other than Ron Paul, who has has a tax and spending plan that will get us out of this mess?
Bachmann, Cain, and Palin at the very least. Possibly Daniels as well -- we'll have to see.
Palin increased taxes on the oil industry in Alaska and used the money to increase state payments to the each citizen.
Is that what you want from your government?