Ron Paul's political positions are largely in line with his stance as a libertarian, Constitutionalist, and non-interventionist. He is an advocate of free trade, fewer taxes, smaller government, greater individual rights, and stronger national sovereignty.
Paul supports reduced government spending and reduced taxes. As Congressman, he has never voted to raise taxes or to approve an unbalanced budget. He has long fought for the prohibition of federal individual income taxes by repeal of the 16th Amendment. He has also called for the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the federal income tax, while acknowledging that he could only do so as president with the backing of Congress and the American public. Paul has been named "The Taxpayer's Best Friend" by the National Taxpayers Union every year he has been in Congress.
Paul supports a non-interventionist foreign policy and opposes foreign aid as doing more harm than good. He is the only 2008 Republican presidential candidate to have voted against the Iraq War Resolution in 2002. Paul believes in a strong national defense and voted for the War in Afghanistan in 2001, but suggested alternatives including giving the President authority to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, which would allow war to be carried out against individuals rather than foreign countries and allow local bounty hunters familiar with the Afghanistani terrain to be hired to capture Osama bin Laden and his co-conspirators. Paul stated that the bill "would allow Congress to authorize the President to specifically target Bin Laden and his associates using non-government armed forces. Since it is nearly impossible for U.S. intelligence teams to get close to Bin Laden, the marque and reprisal approach creates an incentive for people in Afghanistan or elsewhere to turn him over to the U.S." With respect to the Darfur conflict, he opposed the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 which called for a peacekeeping mission by African, Arab and Muslim nations, and U.S. humanitarian aid for civilian victims.
Paul supports strong national security that does not infringe on individual rights or privacy. In 2002 Paul also voted for the Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act that would create a program where commercial airline pilots would be deputized as federal law enforcement officers and would then be permitted to carry guns aboard airlines, the bill was eventually amended to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which Ron Paul voted against.
Paul supports secure borders and strong American sovereignty while opposing illegal immigration. He opposes the North American Union proposition and its proposed integration of Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada. Paul voted "yes" on the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which authorizes the construction of an additional 700 miles of double-layered fencing between the U.S and Mexico. Paul opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants. He also introduced legislation that would amend the Constitution to stop giving automatic citizenship to infants born in the United States to non-citizen parents, which has been in effect since the United States v. Wong Kim Ark case in 1898 extended U.S. jurisdiction to include all aliens lawfully residing within the United States, who were not explicitly protected from its jurisdiction by treaty.
Paul is a staunch defender of a right to self defense, a proponent of individual Second Amendment rights and is the only 2008 Presidential candidate with a voting record rated A+ by Gun Owners of America.
Paul identifies himself as strongly pro-life and accordingly has introduced H.R. 776 titled "Sanctity of Life Act of 2005" which would have defined life as beginning at conception and would have prohibited the federal government from regulating or funding abortions. Paul believes that abortion rights should be in the jurisdiction of the states citing that it is not an enumerated power of the federal government. Accordingly, he has challenged the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade. He has described the "rights of unborn people" as "the greatest moral issue of our time" and called for a federal ban ..ion via constitutional amendment, and says that Pro-Life action must originate from principle.
He supports the U.S. converting to a free market health care system, saying in an interview on New Hampshire NPR that the present system is akin to a "corporatist-fascist" system which keeps prices high. He contends that prices decrease in industries with free markets due to technological innovation. He opposes the universal health care.
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