Constitutional Immorality

I am voting for Ron Paul and I urge you to as well because of . . .

Dr. Paul’s honest diagnosis of our country’s grave and systemic disease,
Constitutional Immorality

Please consider Dr. Paul’s own words below:
Before the House of Representatives, Jan. 18, 2006

Concerning the Abramoff scandal
“It’s been suggested we need to change course and correct the way Congress is run. A good
idea, but if we merely tinker with current attitudes about what role the federal government ought to play in our lives, it won’t do much to solve the ethics crisis. True reform is impossible without addressing the immorality of wealth redistribution. Merely electing new leaders and writing more rules to regulate those who petition Congress will achieve nothing.
Could it be that we’re all looking in the wrong places for a solution to recurring, constant,
and pervasive corruption in government? Perhaps some of us in Congress are mistaken
about the true problem; perhaps others deliberately distract us from exposing the truth about
how miserably corrupt the budget process in Congress is. Others simply are in a state of
denial. But the denial will come to an end as the Abramoff scandal reveals more and more. It
eventually will expose the scandal of the ages: how and to what degree the American people
have become indebted by the totally irresponsible spending habits of the U.S. Congress—as
encouraged by successive administrations, condoned by our courts, and enjoyed by the
recipients of the largesse.
This system of government is coming to an end—a fact that significantly contributes to
the growing anxiety of most Americans, especially those who pay the bills and receive little in
return from the corrupt system that has evolved over the decades.
Believe me, if everybody benefited equally there would be scant outcry over a little bribery
and influence peddling. As our country grows poorer and more indebted, fewer people
benefit. The beneficiaries are not the hard working, honest people who pay the taxes. The
groups that master the system of lobbying and special interest legislation are the ones who truly
benefit.
The steady erosion of real wealth in this country, and the dependency on government
generated by welfarism and warfarism, presents itself as the crisis of the ages. Lobbying scandals
and the need for new leadership are mere symptoms of a much, much deeper problem. . . .
Dealing with lobbying scandals while ignoring the scandal of unconstitutional runaway
government will solve nothing. . . .

For Ron Paul’s full statement see http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2006/cr011806.htm

Before the House Banking Committee, May 6, 2002
Opposing the reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank
“Mr. Chairman, Congress should reject H.R. 2871, the Export-Import Reauthorization
Act, for economic, constitutional, and moral reasons. The Export-Import Bank (Eximbank)
takes money from American taxpayers to subsidize exports by American companies. Of
course, it is not just any company that receives Eximbank support; the majority of Eximbank
funding benefit large, politically powerful corporations.
Enron provides a perfect example of how Eximbank provides politically-powerful corporations
competitive advantages they could not obtain in the free market. . . . Enron has received
over $640 million in taxpayer-funded “assistance” from Eximbank. This taxpayer-provided
largesse no doubt helped postpone Enron's inevitable day of reckoning.
Eximbank's use of taxpayer funds to support Enron is outrageous, but hardly surprising.
The the vast majority of Eximbank funds benefit Enron-like outfits that must rely on political
connections and government subsidies to survive. . . .
It is not only bad economics to force working Americans, small business, and entrepreneurs
to subsidize the export of the large corporations: it is also immoral. In fact, this
redistribution from the poor and middle class to the wealthy is the most indefensible aspect of
the welfare state, yet it is the most accepted form of welfare. Mr. Speaker, it never ceases to
amaze me how members who criticize welfare for the poor on moral and constitutional
grounds see no problem with the even more objectionable programs that provide welfare for
the rich.
The moral case against Eximbank is strengthened when one considers that the government
which benefits most from Eximbank funds is communist China. In fact, Eximbank
actually underwrites joint ventures with firms owned by the Chinese government! Whatever
one's position on trading with China, I would hope all of us would agree that it is wrong to
force taxpayers to subsidize in any way this brutal regime. Unfortunately, China is not an
isolated case: Colombia and Sudan benefit from taxpayer-subsidized trade, courtesy of the
Eximbank!
At a time when the Federal budget is going back into deficit and Congress is once again
preparing to raid the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, does it really make sense to use
taxpayer funds to benefit future Enrons, Fortune 500 companies, and communist China?”
For Rep. Paul’s full statement see http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr050102.htm

For other information on Ron Paul see: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Interview of Ron Paul on MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec07/paul_10–12.html

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A Robustly Christian America

I am voting for Ron Paul and I urge you to as well because . . .

Ron Paul believes in and is fighting for
A Robustly Christian America

Please consider Dr. Paul’s own words:
“Through perverse court decisions and years of cultural indoctrination, the
elitist, secular Left has managed to convince many in our nation that religion
must be driven from public view. The justification is always that someone,
somewhere, might possibly be offended or feel uncomfortable living in the
midst of a largely Christian society, so all must yield to the fragile
sensibilities of the few. The ultimate goal of the anti-religious elites is to
transform America into a completely secular nation, a nation that is legally
and culturally biased against Christianity. . . .”
“The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis
in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding
Fathers. On the contrary, our Founders’ political views were strongly
informed by their religious beliefs. Certainly the drafters of the Declaration
of Independence and the Constitution, both replete with references to God,
would be aghast at the federal government’s hostility to religion. The
establishment clause of the First Amendment was simply intended to forbid
the creation of an official state church like the Church of England, not to
drive religion out of public life.

The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously
tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would
eclipse the state in importance. Throughout our nation’s history, churches
have done what no government can ever do, namely teach morality and
civility. Moral and civil individuals are largely governed by their own sense
of right and wrong, and hence have little need for external government. This
is the real reason the collectivist Left hates religion: Churches as institutions
compete with the state for the people’s allegiance, and many devout people
put their faith in God before their faith in the state. Knowing this, the
secularists wage an ongoing war against religion, chipping away bit by bit at
our nation’s Christian heritage. . . .”

The above excerpts are from Ron Paul’s article entitled "The War on Religion" and were published December 30, 2003. For the full article, see http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul148.html
For other information on Ron Paul see: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

for liberty, justice and the restoration of our republic

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