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A Personal Endorsement for Ron Paul 2012
- He has never voted to raise taxes.
- He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
- He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
- He has never taken a government-paid junket.
- He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
- He refuses to participate in the congressional pension program, calling it an "immoral" use of funds.
- He returns unused portions of his congressional office budget to the treasury to pay down US debt.
- He opposed the TARP bailouts.
- He opposes socialized health care.
- He opposes preemptive war.
- He opposes the Patriot Act.
- He opposes the use of torture as it is immoral and ineffective.
- He opposes the failed federal war on drugs.
- He provided free health care on his own dime through his medical practice instead of using Medicare.
- He proposed a plan to cut $1 trillion from the first year's budget.
- He advocates abolishing the income tax and the IRS.
- He predicted the economic collapse in 2003.
- He supports an exhaustive audit of the Federal Reserve.
- He is a defender of free markets and an expert in economics.
- He opposes cap and trade.
- He advocates for keeping the Internet free from government control.
- He gets most of his support from individuals, not large lobbying organizations.