Ron Paul’s policy ideas a step in the right direction

Published:Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Updated:Tuesday, September 17, 2013 02:09

CLARISSA ZINGRAFF / THE DEPAUW

Sarah Wilson

Never in my life have I left a room feeling so inspired.

Dr. Ron Paul is truly one of Americas most inspirational people, especially to young students like us here at DePauw. I truly believe that this country is realizing that the way to true freedom is not through government protection, but through individual decisions. I am a strong believer that Pauls noninterventionist policy is the best way to make this country more economically prosperous, globally stable, and socially free.

One of my favorite parts of Pauls speech was his response to the liberals argument for the redistribution of wealth. It is not acceptable to go steal one of your neighbors cars because they have three and you have none, but it seems to be okay when the government does it.

To quote Paul, the government can not do anything that we can not do.

We cannot steal from our neighbors, so we should expect the government to do the same. Governments only role in our financial situations and the economy should be to protect our property, not to take it away.

Government intervention does not increase the number in our middle class, but shrinks it. As Paul said, I believe the only way to strengthen our economy is to remove government intervention and remove the ridiculous amount of entitlement and welfare spending.

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