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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Sure....convince others that a smaller, less intrusive federal government is the right thing to do...and I would agree with you to some extent.
But do it honestly and not by lying or misrepresenting current laws or federal social programs (among others) by saying they are unconstitutional...because at present, they are not.
If Ron Paul wants to make these programs unconstitutional, then that should be his message.
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Well, I believe Paul usually prefaces his statements about such things with "I believe"... its quite clear in my mind that its his opinion.
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I'll even offer some suggested remarks to Ron Paul  :"While I personally believe programs like social security and medicare are unconstitutional according to my understanding of he original intent of the framers, the Supreme Court has decided otherwise and we must respect that....so I therefore call for all Americans to support a constitutional amendment to bar the federal government from providing these services." Here's a good place to start...Ron Paul's position on medicare: Free market health care alternatives, such as medical savings accounts, should be available to everyone, including senior citizens.
The federal entitlement to Medicare should be abolished, leaving health care decision making regarding the elderly at the state, local, or personal level. Good luck on convincing seniors and the first wave of baby-boomers (soon to be seniors) that medicare is unconstitutional and should be abolished.
The same applies to so many other federal programs where millions of citizens are the beneficiaries.
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Yea, that would be an impossible sell... but I have never heard him advocate actually cutting off current beneficiaries of social programs that people have paid into with their tax dollars. Unfortunately, his positions are such that its easy for opponents to mischaracterize them, in that way. But I've never seen where he actually proposed to cut people off from the social programs like medicare and social security.