The Ron Paul revolution. What is it? The news is that is is nothing new. In fact, it’s quite old.
To fully understand the huge grass roots support for this “unknown” candidate, you have to start at the beginning. The beginning of this country. America was started on the premise of freedom. Largely freedom from the government interference and control. This was the mindset and the goal of those coming over to start a new life in America. Now we fast forward to the declaration of Independence and the writing of the Constitution. Those same values of personal freedom and personal responsibility are written into every line of those documents. So when we finally wake up and look at what our country has become today, we are a far cry from what our founders envisioned. What has become of this country, where is the pride, and the personal responsibility. It seems we are a country of “what can I get”. Are we to far removed from our early settlers and their sacrifices, do we now take for granted all that was accomplished to get us to that point in 1776 at the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
Our current government is so bloated and powerful, that it has become a mess of waste and inefficiency. We are being taxed beyond what many can bear. The government acts as if it is doing us a favor by granting tax rebates, and other programs. How about letting us keep more of our own earned money to begin with.
So now we fast forward again, many Americans are starting to realize this country is NOT being run according to the constitution by any means. It’s principals have been stretched and interpreted to fit whatever a politician or government official needs it to say.
Now Dr. Ron Paul choses to run for president, suddenly there is a large groundswell of support around him. Now this is even as he is ignored by major media and free publicity all other candidates enjoy, yet his popularity is still growing. Americans are realizing how far from the constitution we really are today. How many of todays problems, both political, economic, and foreign, all stem from this diversion of policy away from a strict constitutional interpretation.
The truth about the sorry state of our tax system is that it attempts to spend our money better than we could ourselves. It takes a tax dollar from the working American and tries to pump it through a government system, then back into the community to help that taxpayer. Meanwhile that tax dollar has eroded away to almost nothing as it passes through an agency to collect it, an agency to disperse it, and on and on, by the time that dollar comes back around it is just a shadow of it’s former self.
“…Allow the people to lead their own lives.” - Dr. Ron Paul.
I believe the quote above is a good summary of the Ron Paul revolution. Even if Ron Paul does not get the nomination, perhaps enough of America will have heard what he has to say and start to consider the constitution when choosing how to vote.
Popularity: 70% [?]
