01-23-2006, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Elphaba
I really would like to see the elimination of earmarks, but I suspect your are right, Maximus. I believe those of you that pointed out that we need to enforce the anti-corruption laws currently on the books are also correct.
I found this statement today by Ron Paul (R-TX), and I think he makes a very compelling argument that it is not lobbyists bribing congressmen that we should be concerned about. His primary concern is how our government is financed, and I hope the economy literate among us will chime in with their opinion.
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I especially liked his 13 policy reforms.
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1. No more "No Child Left Behind" legislation;
2. No more prescription drug programs;
3. No more undeclared wars;
4. No more nation building;
5. No more acting as the world policemen;
6. No more deficits;
7. Cut spending-everywhere;
8. No more political and partisan resolutions designed to embarrass those who may well have legitimate and honest disagreements with current policy;
9. No inferences that disagreeing with policy is unpatriotic or disloyal to the country;
10. No more pretense of budget reform while ignoring off-budget spending and the ever-growing fourteen appropriations bills;
11. Cut funding for corporate welfare, foreign aid, international NGOs, defense contractors, the military industrial complex, and rich corporate farmers before cutting welfare for the poor at home;
12. No more unconstitutional intrusions into the privacy of law-abiding American citizens;
13. Reconsider the hysterical demands for security over liberty by curtailing the ever-expanding and oppressive wars on drugs, tax violators, and gun ownership.
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