My thoughts on Rand Paul

     All of last year most of us were campaigning or somewhat involved with the Ron Paul Movement, and in August when it came apparent that the GOP leadership was not interested in listening to the voice of the people in order to win the White House and when they instead put as their GOP nominee Mitt Romney, we turned our attitudes to the realization that the two party system was corrupt, that both sides were in league with one another, we felt that to really change the political structure ( notice I didn't use the word GAME) we had to get a real liberty candidate. It seems that most if not all of the Liberty seeking Republicans and some of the Libertarians have chosen their candidate. Rand Paul, son of Dr. Ron Paul, has grown in popularity since his 13 hour filibuster on the Senate floor mere weeks ago. Now everyone is back to side with the GOP because they say it’s cool to Stand with Rand.

     Is he really the one that can bring the house divided back to an agreement or are we just playing with the puppet who has us all convinced he is not being used by the establishment?

     His record is one that makes even the staunchest Republican look as though they are sitting across the aisle in the Democrat section.

     The way that he almost mirrors his father’s strong belief in personal freedom is only faulted by his utterance that he would support legislation that would make same sex marriage something that America would not see in his presidency. Is this a big enough deal not to support him, to some no it is not, they use their religious belief in order to discriminate against those couples who wish only to have the same right as heterosexual or mixed gender couples. Why should we care about that one group of citizens that must pay taxes and live under the same guidelines as the rest of our society, but cannot enjoy the same sort of respect for their established relationships? To some like myself I believe in the notion that if one person is not free than no one is free, until we can eradicate the bigotry and hatefulness from the walls of our society we can never be truly free, not all of us, only those select few who can muster special rights for themselves can claim a certain aspect of freedom.

     In any society there is a split between thinking that the state is there to protect and it is there to ensure freedoms and rights are reserved by the individuals. In our present day America we have a majority who believe that any military action taken against any purposed threat even as irrelevant as small nations with little to no military is in defense of our freedoms at home. Some will argue that the best defense is a strong offense, that what we need to do is ensure our safety by bullying the rest of the world, by showing dominance and military might, by showing no mercy, by policing the world. Rand Paul is in some ways on the side of the state being used for defense here at home, but he still believes that using economic, industrial and monetary sanctions against sovereign nations is our only recourse to a secure country. I do not believe that, my though on it is that Any type of sanction has he effect to hurt the citizens of that country first and hard, in most cases the government and military of that nation are not affected until its people demand a course of action be taken. Sanctions have a way of causing more enemies than it cures and we have seen that many times over. The recent threats coming from North Korea are a result of intervention into a nation for far too long and it will either escalate or de-escalate by the actions that we take next. End the sanctions and end the threat or continue with them and prepare for nuclear war.

     The recent remarks at CPAC that ended just hours ago of this writing, Senator Paul explains that he would purpose a flat tax of 17% across the board. That sounds great to everyone who is above that percentage as of now, but what about those that are not, what happens to them? I firmly believe that IF WE MUST be taxed it should be on our consumption not on our labor. It does not benefit man to toil in the dirt to receive partial pay while the shade sitting government collects from your sweaty back. This point you cannot argue. With the raising of the tax it would increase revenue, but what about spending? Wasteful government spending is the real culprit in the downfall of the American economy as of late, so what happens to the spending under Rand Paul? He called for, in his CPAC speech the abolition of the department of education. While that is a fantastic start, it still would only alleviate a portion of the spending and does nothing to curb the rampant inflation that is destroying our currency's overall value. So what does he purpose? He has entered into the Senate bill that calls for an audit of the Federal Reserve. That should be a major issue with everyone because it is the Federal Reserve’s doing that our money is losing value both domestically and internationally. An audit would reveal that the system that Congress bestowed its job to protect our money and to preserve its inherent value does not work and has for some time now been causing the very pain which we feel making everyday purchases. The Audit the Fed bill died out with little to no emotion coming from either side and will in the future return for a vote, if we get so lucky.

     With all of this being said and all of the emotion that is flowing right now and the fever that is following the liberty movement as of late I do want to make this point. While I may not agree with Senator Paul’s stances on certain issues, and I make my case that he is not at this point a guaranteed presidential pick for me, he has in his time in politics done more to help the people of this country realize they are not free, he has done more to secure and fight for those rights of liberty than most others in politics, I do not discount his father Ron Paul, because to me he is the man who started a movement everyone else will be merely followers and practitioners  of this cause. Ron Paul may have retired from his career, but to many he is the leader of a R3VOLution.

     WE will see where we are in 2015 when things start to heat up at the national level but for now we stay focused for the upcoming races. There is much to be done and much to be seen and heard.

P.S. I think Rand Needs a mustache like John Stossel    #LiveFree or die trying!