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Ron Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gettysburg College and the Duke University School of Medicine, before proudly serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s. He and his wife Carol moved to Texas in 1968, where he began his medical practice in Brazoria County. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He and Carol, who reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents of five children and have 17 grandchildren.

Dr. Paul is the leading advocate for freedom in our nation’s capital. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Paul tirelessly works for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies. He is known among his congressional colleagues and his constituents for his consistent voting record. Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution. In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the "one exception to the Gang of 535" on Capitol Hill.

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Facts:

* Ron has never voted to raise taxes.
* Ron has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
* Ron has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.

* Ron voted against the Patriot Act.
* Ron votes against regulating the Internet.
* Ron voted against the Iraq war.
* Ron voted against NAFTA and CAFTA.
* Ron votes against the United Nations.
* Ron votes against the welfare state.

* Ron votes for conservative principles.
* Ron votes to cut government spending.
* Ron votes to lower healthcare costs.
* Ron votes to end the war on drugs.
* Ron votes to preserve civil liberties.
* Ron votes to secure our borders with real immigration reform.
* Ron votes to eliminate tax funded abortions and to overturn Roe v Wade.
* Ron votes to protect religious freedom.

* He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
* He has never taken a government-paid junket.
* He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
* He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
* He returns a portion of his annual budget to the U.S. treasury every year.

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The Ron Paul Library (all Ron's writings by topic)

Debt and Taxes

American Independence and Sovereignty

War and Foreign Policy

Border Security and Immigration Reform

Privacy and Personal Liberty

Property Rights and Eminent Domain

LOTS of videos on Ron Paul from my friend, Rad Joe.

Learn more about Congressman Ron Paul:
Official Campaign Website
Texas Straight Talk - Congressman Paul's weekly column
Paul's Principles Are Guided by Constitution - Ron Paul column
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Fox News Interview w/ Congressman Paul
The Revolutionary Candidate
Not Your Average Republican Presidential Candidate



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Ron Paul: The Story So Far



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What is Libertarianism?

"Libertarianism is the view that each person has the right to his life in any way he chooses so long as he or she respects the equal rights of others. Libertarians defend each person's right to life, liberty and property-rights that people have naturally, before governments are created. In the Libertarian view, all human relationships should be voluntary; the only actions that should be forbidden by law are those that involve the initiation of force against those who have not themselves uses force-actions like murder, robbery, rape, kidnapping and fraud." - Charles Murray, author, What it Means to Be a Libertarian


Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman with the most brilliant case for limited government I have ever heard. Definitely worth watching!



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The Issues
Platform of the Libertarian Party.
Badnarik's INCREDIBLE Constitution Class
Something everybody should watch.
The Free State Project
"Liberty in Our Lifetime."
Hammer of Truth
My favorite Libertarian blog.
Cato Institute
Great think tank with lots of good articles and studies.
Ron Paul's Website
Great articles by the only good member of Congress.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia entry on Libertarianism.
Liberty Haven
With a ton of very good articles.
Ludwig von Mises Institute
Great articles and blog.
Answers to common questions about Libertarianism
Dr. Mary Ruwart answers the tough questions about Libertarianism.


Why Vote Libertarian? by Bill Peirce

By now you've probably heard something about the Libertarian Party. Libertarians have been active for over 30 years. We have candidates running for local and state level positions all across the country. In fact, there are more than 600 Libertarians in public office. Thats more than all of the other minor political parties combined.

In spite of this familiarity with the party, the one question that many people still seem to have is, What exactly is a Libertarian?

The ideas behind Libertarianism can be traced back over 400 years, to a period in history when the concepts of individual liberty & consensual government were first finding a foothold through the writings of people like John Locke and Algernon Sidney. The right to free ones self from tyrannical government was an infuriatingly-radical notion at a time when kings were thought to be divinely-ordained rulers. It was the bravery and clear-thinking of these early libertarian writers that served as the inspiration for the American Revolution, and the founding of our country as a free and independent nation. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Declaration of Independence, which makes the libertarian case perfectly, that government should exist to secure the life, liberty, and property of every one of its citizens.

Despite the historical connection behind the ideas of Libertarianism and the roots of our own nation, todays political pundits seem to have a difficult time figuring out how to label us. These misconceptions say more about the prejudices of the people who hold them, than they do about the Libertarian perspective.

Despite this confusion, the Libertarian philosophy is really very easy to understand. Libertarians are, quite simply, people who believe in Self-Ownership: You are responsible for yourself, and no one else on Earth has a higher claim to you or your labor than you do. So long as people act in a way that doesn't interfere with anyone else's freedom, Libertarians believe that people should be free to live their lives.

The idea of Self-Ownership is what distinguishes us from both liberals and conservatives. Every political position that Libertarians take can be traced back to this simple idea.

We believe that personal responsibly and individual liberty are two sides of the same coin. For example, Libertarians are opposed to liberal attempts to use the government to regulate peoples buying practices, by imposing tariffs on certain goods & industries. We oppose this kind of regulation not because we think that all goods and industries are equally wonderful, but because we believe that people are responsible for themselves, and should be allowed to buy what they like, based on their own beliefs and values.

Likewise, Libertarians are opposed to conservative attempts to use the government to regulate peoples morality, by imposing laws that restrict their behavior on the Sabbath, or at the pharmacy, or in the bedroom. Were opposed to these kinds of legal restrictions not because we think that all lifestyle choices are equally worth pursuing, but because we believe that people are responsible for their actions, and should be allowed to decide how to live their lives as they see fit, so long as they aren't hurting anyone else in the process.

Wait a second, if you're not conservative and you're not liberal, then where do you fit on the political spectrum?

Political scholars have recognized the traditional left-right spectrum has been incomplete for some time. In fact, its really only useful for tracking the answer to one question: What part of your life do you think government should control? On the left-hand side of the spectrum we find people who believe that its the governments job to regulate our economic lives. Democrats and Greens tend to be on this end of the spectrum. On the right-hand side, we find people who believe that its the governments job to regulate our social lives. Republicans and Constitution party members tend to be on this end of the spectrum. This one-dimensional view of politics as something for controlling one area of life or another explains why Libertarians cringe when we hear politicians talk about passing bi-partisan legislation!

When you think about it, its easy to see that the simple left/right political spectrum fails to accurately describe the various mix of political opinions held today. Several ideas have been conceived about how to address this problem, the most prominent of which has resulted in something called the Nolan Chart, which has been used as the basis for the Worlds Smallest Political Quiz.

More important to notice, however, is the fact that the current two-party political system with its major players fitting neatly along the left/right line fails to accurately represent the range of political opinions held by voters today. Even when you include the other minor parties, without the Libertarian Party, the system fails to provide a political home for people who value both economic and social freedom. Though they all still use the rhetoric, there is no other party that is willing to trust you to make all of your own decisions, or to respect all of your rights to life, liberty, and property.

People still agree with Libertarian ideas in great numbers. Unfortunately, too often, people are led to believe that they don't have a choice, that they must give up something in order to have a just society or worse, elect the lesser of two evils.

There is another choice: If you think as we do, and if you want to send a clear message to politicians, a message that, if nothing else will force politicians in both major parties to think twice about passing laws that restrict your self-ownership, then vote for the candidate that you agree with most, instead of the candidate that you fear the least. Vote Libertarian!