I don’t have insurance, because I don’t want it. That implies that I don’t want to pay for other people to have it either. I don’t care how many ‘Americans’ are not covered. If you are not willing to pay for the profit incentive, start your own non-profit. Don’t use the government to steal my rent money so that you can insure someone who would rather buy cable t.v. than health insurance, yes – it is that cheap if you buy a plan with a high deductable.

What I personally consider happening in the 2008 election is that Ron Paul is elected in a legitimate landslide because his message is liberty — and by year 2010 with President Paul’s bully pulpit — that many dedicated statesmen and stateswomen will run for Congress speaking the same message as Ron Paul of limited government and individual liberty (that is supposed to be guaranteed by the Constitution) and those are elected and America cleans house (and the Senate, too) and we are back on track to what the Founders envisioned with a Constitution-respecting federal government.

Of course, it could happen sooner — all in the year 2008 — provided that enough stateswomen and statesmen in time to get their message out actually run for office utilizing the Ron Paul platform (that is the ONLY platform that is reaching to the heart and soul of the masses) to have sufficient number voted into the Congress to ultimately outlaw (repeal) the laws that are not constitutionally authorized. Then our children and grandchildren can have the shackles of government loosened from them — and it will be up to them to be ever vigilant to see that anyone elected to public office — from local dogcatcher to president — has a historical record of living up to his or her oath of office (if previously elected to public office) or is reasonably expected to do so by personal history of keeping solemn commitments.

This country CAN be turned around, it really isn’t “politics as usual” anymore — as demonstrated unequivocally by the tremendous support that the Ron Paul Revolution has received by individual citizens aware of where we are heading if it continues as “politics as usual”.

There are literally millions and millions of Americans that are far more qualified to serve in the Congress than those that are presently “serving” [themselves]. If you are qualified — than step up to the plate, run on the Ron Paul platform and become elected — and be a part of steering America back on the constitutional course that the Founders charted for us. And while you are in the process of campaigning for local, state or federal office — please do so as Ron Paul does — humbly. Never make promises you have no intention of keeping. Ron Paul states often that it is NOT his Revolution — it is the People wanting to return to America’s roots of freedom and justice for all that is responsible for such outstanding support. If you do not run for public office on the platform of Hope for America — then, by all means, please encourage others to do so and actively support them.

And for US citizens…. You are becoming very poor right now. Ron Paul (or any candidate that endorses his economical views) is your only hope to save you from become a 3rd world country.

Dennis Kucinich is probably the best Demoocratic candidate for personal liberty. As far as ‘socialized medicine’ goes, what’s better? Spending enough for coverage of all Americans but taking 31% out for what could be called ‘privatized bureaucracy’ (profits, advertizing, CEO salaries and the like) where 46 million are uncovered or spending enough for actual coverage of all Americans in a Not-for-Profit system?

Also, unregulated markets will tend to feed greed every bit as well as what we have today.

Thanks for catching that one.

Politics is mostly about making compromises on little things to achieve a broader goal.

Even if Ron Paul is elected President there is a lot that he won’t be able to do without the support of Congress — and in order to get that support he’d have to give people who might otherwise disagree with him something that they want.

That’s the way politics has worked in this country for more than 200 years, and it’s unlikely to ever change.

Matt Welch was the co-author of this piece, not David Weigel.

When you put a bunch of elected people in a large room all year every year, they tend to want to DO stuff.

What happens then, is you get an expanding government with bloated rules and regulations, all as a direct result of people thinking they were chosen to DO, not simply govern. ALl one needs to do is look at the tax codes for American. I mean, WTF?

Ron Paul is telling me what needs to be UNDONE. He is standing on the mantle of ideas that tells me he recognizes the audacity of the Federal government. My social beliefs tend to lean Liberal, in that I believe society has an obligation to support its weakest members in one of the richest countries on the planet. However, it takes little imagination to see how this could be better accomplished in a more local arena.

Federal government downsizing is my main reason for supporting Ron Paul.It is time to take away the toys from “The deciders”…