Everyone knows about Ron Paul now. He broke the record for most amount of money raised in a single day, gets a ridiculous amount of hits for his name on the internet and is a dark horse in the Republican primary, specifically for his anti-war stance and pulling troops out of Iraq. It all sounds so good at first, but there is more to the man than meets the eye. Generally for a politician, you can see below the skin from policy positions and especially from his voting record.
From DailyKos:
- Ron Paul wants the US to withdraw from the UN or at least from UNESCO.
- Ron Paul has authored legislation saying that life begins at conception, to prevent federal money from being spent on family planning (that would include contraception), and has tried to amend the Constitution to "guarantee the right to life."
- Ron Paul has tried to repeal the Occupational Health and Safety Act, to abolish the minimum wage, and to eviscerate Social Security.
- Ron Paul wants guns in schools.
- Ron Paul has tried to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act to guarantee employees of federal contractors the prevailing wage and wants to make it easier to decertify a union.
- Ron Paul wants to amend the Constitution to end birthright citizenship.
- Ron Paul wants to dismantle the Federal Reserve and prepare for a return to the Gold Standard, which would destroy the economy.
And those are just the beginning, there are many, many, many more where that comes from. So to those moderate-conservative Democrats and Independents out there considering their support for Ron Paul, you better think twice before going into that polling booth.
