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Where Ron Paul Stands on the Issues  
INFORMATIVE 

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A concise list of where Ron Paul stands politically and philosophically.

	He is a strict Constitutionalist who professes a libertarian ideology.
	He opposes presidential autonomy and judicial activism, and rejects a welfare state or nanny state role for the federal government.
	He regularly votes against almost all proposals for government spending, initiatives, or taxes.
	He has voiced support for re-opening the 9/11 investigation.
	He advocates a strict non-interventionist foreign policy that avoids entangling alliances. He voted against the Iraq War Resolution.
	He has spoken out against torture and the abuse of executive authority in the Iraq War to override human rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
	He is a proponent of free trade, although he has opposed some "free trade agreements".
	He is a proponent of secure borders as means to addressing immigration.
	He believes that all immigrants should be treated fairly and equally under the law.
	He has spoken strongly against amnesty for illegal immigrants because it undermines the rule of law and grants pardons to lawbreakers.
	He opposes virtually all federal interference with the market process.
	He supports the abolition of the income tax, most Cabinet departments and the Federal Reserve.
	He endorses defederalization of the healthcare system.
	He is frequently considered an advocate of small business.
	He believes our monetary system should be tied to a currency like gold.
	He has been a proponent of ballot access law reform.
	He is against any campaign finance reforms that place any restrictions on citizens and businesses making campaign contributions to the candidate of their choice.
	He is pro-life. However, Paul holds that the United States Constitution does not grant the federal government any authority to legalize or ban abortion.
	His position on gay marriage is that defining and recognizing marriages is not a Federal or constitutional matter, but should be left as the States' right
	He has called for passage of tax relief bills to reduce health care costs for families.
	He opposes Federal participation in the drug war.
	He opposes Government regulating the Internet.
	He is pro Second Amenment.
	He is against Government spending money to recognize people or historical events (e.g. medal for Rosa Parks, Slavery Memorial, etc.) saying it’s easy to be generous with other people’s money.

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