Ron Paul
I have a very unfamiliar feeling this election season. I actually passionately support a presidential candidate! Although I thought that Geroge Bush was at least an equal or better option than John Kerry (and still do), my support for Mr. Bush was far from emphatic and was always tempered by my concerns about his intelligence on the global stage.
Up to this time I've been a very passive spectator in the the election campaigns, having watched none of the debates and expecting the usual uninspiring assemblage of Congressman and governors; however, now that I've learned something about all of the candidates I'm pleasantly surprised by Ron Paul.
Perhaps its my time at university or simply a natural maturation of my political ideology, but I'm as surprised as anyone that I've become a libertarian in many ways. But Dr. Paul is right when he opines that our federal government is not what the country's fathers envisioned and also codified in the constitution. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were horrified by the bureaucracy that sprung up under Alexander Hamilton in the Treasury department during George Washington's administration, and I think he had something like 30 employees. I am confident that even a high Federalist like Hamilton would be completely jarred if he saw how the federal government has ballooned over the centuries. With that said, the founding fathers would probably explain that it is only expected that a government will continue to grow as long as it is successful and governance becomes more complicated. This is why the powers allowed the federal government must be strictly enumerated and were in the Constitution. I'm no political theorist, but my personal experience makes Ron Paul's solution resonate. The more complex the problem, the more local the solution must be.
There's so much more to say but I guess I've already drained my overflowing exuberance. Maybe another day.
Up to this time I've been a very passive spectator in the the election campaigns, having watched none of the debates and expecting the usual uninspiring assemblage of Congressman and governors; however, now that I've learned something about all of the candidates I'm pleasantly surprised by Ron Paul.
Perhaps its my time at university or simply a natural maturation of my political ideology, but I'm as surprised as anyone that I've become a libertarian in many ways. But Dr. Paul is right when he opines that our federal government is not what the country's fathers envisioned and also codified in the constitution. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were horrified by the bureaucracy that sprung up under Alexander Hamilton in the Treasury department during George Washington's administration, and I think he had something like 30 employees. I am confident that even a high Federalist like Hamilton would be completely jarred if he saw how the federal government has ballooned over the centuries. With that said, the founding fathers would probably explain that it is only expected that a government will continue to grow as long as it is successful and governance becomes more complicated. This is why the powers allowed the federal government must be strictly enumerated and were in the Constitution. I'm no political theorist, but my personal experience makes Ron Paul's solution resonate. The more complex the problem, the more local the solution must be.
There's so much more to say but I guess I've already drained my overflowing exuberance. Maybe another day.
posted by Paul at 9:12 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Paul!
I was just thinking of you the other day with all of the political things we used to discuss in high school and during the election our freshman year!! Too funny that I stumbled back on your blog and there was a post about presidential candidates!! I hope all is well!!
-Kayla
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