by Lone Shark
I promise I’m not going to refer to any of Ron Paul’s neo-liberal foreign policy silliness in the remainder of this article in order that I may praise his “Plan to Restore America” proposal that cuts $1 Trillion dollars from the federal budget. Now we’re talking!
While I take issue with some of the cuts he proposes- cutting all foreign aid rather than targeting the cuts, summarily ending our military commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan without regard to security concerns for our troops or what ensues in those theaters- these are grounds for fertile debate, but we’ll save that for another time.
But proposing cutting the entire Departments of Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Interior, and Education- that’s some change I can believe in. And yes, he gets rid of the inept Transportation Security Administration and freezes spending at 2006 levels in the other departments as well. Couple those with extending the Bush Tax cuts, reducing the corporate tax rate to 15 percent, eliminating the death tax, and now we’re moving in the right direction.
When Republicans were devising their counter budget proposals during 2010, it should have been clear that regardless of the scale of the cuts they proposed, whatever was ultimately put forward would be relentlessly demagogued as if it were the bastard stepchild of Freddy Krueger- so why not go bold rather than mild? The Ryan RoadMap and the Republican Study Committee’s proposed budgets are both mild in comparison to Paul’s Plan.
Ron Paul’s gone bold with his proposal, and even if it went through the budget reconciliation process with the Democrats fully prepared to go kamikaze on it, meaningful cuts would still be realized after the dust settled.
So kudos to Ron Paul for his fiscal gut-check proposal, and I’ll leave it at that- i’m wondering if his supporters will say that this piece is yet another Shark Tank “attack” piece on their guy because of the first sentence….;)
9 Responses to “Ron Paul’s Fiscal Plan Deserves Kudos”
The boldness of his plan and his unwavering commitment to his core principles make him the only real conservative running.
“Ron Paul’s Fiscal Plan Deserves Kudos”
GOOD POINT!
Now, hopefully part II coming.
THAT’S WHEN THE WHEELS COME OFF!
Keep up the good work Shark Tank!
RABID INDEED!!!
Awesome Ron Paul !!!
Ron Paul is speaking for the people and I am honored to be apart of Ron Paul’s election.
Thanks for the support but just for the record the current Obama foreign policy is actually the liberal Wilsonian foreign policy. It’s welfare for the world. Free security (even Germany, Japan, South Korea) and nation-building are forms of welfare.
p.s. Let’s keep in mind defunding all foreign aid is a net benefit to Israel. We currently fund their regional opponents 3 to 1 against them. That also compounds year to year. Some Israelis have argued this as well. And, when arguing with the lefties on this plan, it’s good to remind them the Constitution still allows them to do foolish things like RomneyCare, and all these other bloated wasteful programs, on the state level. I like to add that California and New York are never going to agree with Texas and other red states on what that might be… and it was meant to be that way. Dual federalism would work if we’d let it by just following the Constitution.
Thank you for your fair article on Ron Paul
Ron Paul 2012!
At least Ron Paul is offering realistic alternatives to our current system. Cutting entire departmental agencies is a necessary solution, and it would cut the tenacles of socialism.
The regulatory agencies have become the framework of a socialized society within the USA. These departments write laws and regulate without consulting elected officials who are accountable to the voter.
These agencies continually grow, regulate more, and slowly strangle our nation. The result is that we have a nation being run by unelected regulators instead of elected officials. That is an invitation to disaster. American’s will have the illusion of elected government, while living within a cage of untouchable regulation.