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Bernie Sanders with 13 percent and Texas Rep. On Friday, a federal judge in Texas issued a long-awaited ruling that was about as drastic as legal judgments get: In the meantime, Obamacare remains in place. How do you rate the chances of this seemingly frivolous lawsuit swaying higher courts? Thanks to this lawsuit, Democrats can keep yammering on about the defining issue of the midterms: Possibly, though this could also signal the beginning of the end of the GOP drive to kill Obamacare.

Well, since then you had the whole fiasco in Congress. In other words, the election cycle is finally over! Not much of a message adjustment; you just substitute Ocasio-Cortez for Obama…. I also feel like it might have an Overton window effect on right-wing judicial activism. Even conservatives who supported the craziest, most tendentious legal strategies to overrule the ACA can say this one went too far. Internal red state GOP politics do seem to reward maximal anti-Obamacare positioning.

I think they are going to be happier shifting to a defense of employer-based insurance as opposed to single-payer, which is ironic, since they used to be for replacing employer-based insurance with tax credits. Sadly, Donald Trump does not possess the moral credibility necessary to successfully discharge the ceremonial duties of the commander in chief. It might be valuable for a different president to show his high regard for self-sacrifice and service to a cause greater than oneself—but no American is a less-credible vessel for that message than a famously greedy egomaniac who holds no cause above himself and constantly sacrifices others for his own benefit.

The farce would demean all forced to treat it seriously. The internal rift over the system has had massive ramifications, effectively ending work on the censored search engine, known as Dragonfly, according to two sources familiar with the plans. The incident represents a major blow to top Google executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai, who have over the last two years made the China project one of their main priorities.

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Ron Paul at December's Iowa debate. Enslaved Muslims in China are sewing sportswear sold in the U. Topics included conspiracy theories, anti-government militia movements, and race wars. In a interview, Paul did not deny writing the newsletters and defended some of their contents, but specified that he opposes racism.

Rockwell denied responsibility for the content. In April , Paul founded the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity , a foreign policy think tank that seeks to promote his non-interventionist views. In the same month, he began to offer the Ron Paul Curriculum , a homeschool online curriculum developed by Gary North and taught from a "free market and Christian" perspective; it is free from grades kindergarten —5 and available to paid members from 6— In June , Paul criticized the NSA surveillance program and praised Edward Snowden for having performed a "great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret".

On March 28, , Paul predicted the markets would lower during the year and said President Trump had taken a risk with crediting himself for the postelection market surge, reasoning Washington was still predominantly unchanged. Paul has been a critic of Donald Trump's plans to increase the number of military personnel in Afghanistan. In August , he said that Americans don't see Afghanistan as a threat to their personal security and being aggressive in foreign policy only loses Trump some of his support base.

Turn On the Truth. In a two-hour debate, I had 89 seconds. I thought, maybe there's something wrong with the media. Maybe they're not covering us fairly. I'm just using it as a pun, but there's a bit of truth to this. We don't get a fair shake. The people who believe in liberty and limited government don't expect it from the ordinary media. The country is ripe for the continuation of this revolution. According to Paul himself, it will not cost a thing, unlike the previous Ron Paul Channel. In the announcement of the ended relationship, Paul said, "But the message I have always tried to deliver over the years has always been the same, and that is spreading the message of liberty.

Right now I am very much engaged in doing that through the internet. But, I believe we can do better. Right now, the program has changed to the Ron Paul Liberty Report , and that is what we do, we report on liberty in context of what is going on in daily activity and what is going on in the news. Paul continued to say it will be produced out of Texas, instead of California.

In April , Paul began appearing in infomercials warning about an upcoming financial meltdown as a result of the imminent crash of the world's currencies. The Survival Blueprint , a book written by Porter Stansberry. Paul received one electoral vote from a Texas faithless elector , South Texas College political science professor William Greene who had been pledged to Donald Trump , [] in the presidential election, [] [] making Paul the oldest person ever to receive an electoral vote.

Paul has been married to Carol Carolyn Wells since Paul's son Randal is the junior United States senator from the state of Kentucky. Raised a Lutheran , Paul later became a Baptist. Paul and his wife currently reside in Lake Jackson, Texas. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 15 December Not to be confused with Rand Paul.

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He argues that the emergence of government as a payer for healthcare services in the form of Medicare and Medicaid, along with government policies of the s that led to the expansion of private insurance to cover routine medical services in addition to hospitalization and emergency care, and which required most employers to provide health insurance for their employees, interfered with the traditional physician-patient relationship.

The incentive for healthcare providers and patients to keep costs as low as possible was lost. He says that now providers always charge the maximal fees for services, since the government or insurance company can be counted on to pay the bills. Paul additionally argues that government contributes to rising healthcare costs through yet other ways, such as through government regulations, one example being restrictions imposed by the Food and Drug Administration on the manufacture and sale of medications and dietary supplements, and through licensing of physicians and other healthcare practitioners, which Paul says interferes with market-based competition for healthcare services.

He also criticizes the legal system's approach to the handling of medical malpractice claims, which he says needlessly inflates the cost of healthcare further still. Paul has long opposed government funding of medical research. Although he considers himself "pro-research," [] he believes that "all research in a free society should be done privately.

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The individual suffering from AIDS certainly is a victim — frequently a victim of his own lifestyle — but this same individual victimizes innocent citizens by forcing them to pay for his care. Crash research programs are hardly something, I believe, the Founding Fathers intended when they talked about equal rights. More recently, Paul has called federal funding for medical research unconstitutional and has complained that "neither party in Washington can fathom that millions and millions of Americans simply don't want their tax dollars spent on government research of any kind He argues that the availability of federal research funds distorts "the natural market for scientific research" by inducing scientists to eschew pursuit of radical lines of potentially promising research that might not appeal to politicians and bureaucrats who hold influence over the allocation of grant monies.

Scarce tax resources are allocated according to who has the most effective lobby, rather than on the basis of need or even likely success. Federal funding also causes researchers to neglect potential treatments and cures that do not qualify for federal funds. In , Paul went against the majority of Republicans and voted to block implementation of the Medicare Part D program, which expanded Medicare to cover the costs of medications for the elderly and disabled, and which prohibited the government from negotiating directly with pharmaceutical companies to try to get lower prices for the covered medications.

Paul voted in and against reauthorization and expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP , which is a joint state-federal program to provide health insurance for children and pregnant women in low-income families who do not qualify for Medicaid. He has been a consistent advocate for offering tax credits for healthcare expenses.

Since , Paul has several times introduced into Congress proposals to provide tax credits for the cost of health insurance premiums, and to increase the allowable tax deduction for healthcare expenses by removing the 7. He has also advocated expanding the tax benefits of health savings accounts. Paul was the only member of the entire Congress to vote against the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act in , which prohibits health insurers and employers from discriminating against an individual on the basis of carrying a gene s that is associated with an increased risk for developing a disease.

Paul opposes the federal law that requires physicians to treat all patients who go to emergency rooms seeking medical care regardless of the patient's ability to pay. He asserts that the law is unconstitutional: Therefore, the clear language of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment prevents Congress from mandating that physicians and hospitals bear the entire costs of providing health care to any group. Paul opposes laws that require health insurance to cover pre-existing conditions. He argues that "once insurance companies are required by government to insure against preconditions, it's no longer insurance — it's a social welfare mandate and will result in bankrupting the insurance companies, or they will be bailed out by a government subsidy, further bankrupting the government.

So far no one has mandated insurance companies sell fire insurance to a person whose house is on fire. During a primary debate in the presidential election campaign, Paul was asked who would pay for the medical care of a previously healthy year-old man without medical insurance who suddenly falls seriously ill and requires six months of intensive medical care. Following the debate, Paul was criticized by some political commentators for his refusal to yield in his opposition to the health insurance reform law "Obamacare" , which prohibits insurers from denying coverage on the basis of a pre-existing condition, when it was pointed out that Paul's presidential campaign chair and friend had contracted a sudden severe illness necessitating a prolonged hospital stay before dying.

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He had not had any medical insurance through his employer and had been unable to purchase insurance due to a pre-existing condition. Paul has proposed radical changes in the way medical malpractice claims are handled. If the patient were to experience a negative outcome in association with the medical procedure or treatment, he or she would then seek compensation through binding arbitration , rather than through a medical malpractice trial before a jury. Paul claims that "using insurance, private contracts, and binding arbitration to resolve medical disputes benefits patients, who receive full compensation in a timelier manner than under the current system," as well as physicians and hospitals, since their litigation costs, and malpractice insurance premiums, would be markedly reduced.

Paul proposes that all government funding of medical care be eliminated with the exception, perhaps, of care for veterans. His Plan to Restore America budget proposal would begin a phase out of Medicare starting in , when workers younger than 25 would be able to opt out of participating in the program. Paul proposes sharply reducing the government's regulation of medications and health supplements by reducing the role of, and ultimately eliminating, the Food and Drug Administration FDA.

So, yes, government just gets in the way on so many of those things. In the interest, as he sees it, of fighting for greater freedom of choice for consumers, he has also introduced bills that would significantly reduce the government's ability to prevent manufacturers or sellers of dietary supplements and certain other health products from making what government regulators believe to be false or misleading claims about the health effects of the products.

He essentially feels that consumers should be able to buy whatever health aids they want from whomever they want, without the need for guidance by the government. Paul argues against the prevailing system of government licensure of physicians and other healthcare practitioners. I mean, they're not going to go to the nurse if they need brain surgery. They can go there for a sore throat. Paul feels that anyone who claims to be a healthcare practitioner whether of allopathic, homeopathic, or naturopathic medicine should be able to offer healthcare services, without interference from the "nanny state.

Paul favors the right to use marijuana as a medical option. He was cosponsor of H. Paul contends that prohibition of drugs is ineffective and advocates ending the War on Drugs. Constitution does not enumerate or delegate to Congress the authority to ban or regulate drugs in general. Paul believes in personal responsibility, but also sees inequity in the current application of drug enforcement laws, noting in , "Many prisoners are non-violent and should be treated as patients with addictions, not as criminals.

Irrational mandatory minimal sentences have caused a great deal of harm.

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We have non-violent drug offenders doing life sentences, and there is no room to incarcerate the rapists and murderers. When asked about his position on implementing the Tenth Amendment , Paul explained, "Certain medical procedures and medical choices, I would allow the states to determine that. The state law should prevail not the Federal Government. People should have freedom of choice. We certainly should respect the law and the law says that states should be able to determine this. Paul believes that the Veterans Administration should not be building more hospitals, and that VA hospitals should instead be phased out.

He believes that government should pay to treat veterans in private hospitals, arguing they will get better care more cost-effectively. Paul has also stated that "The government shouldn't be in the medical business. Paul, was asked a hypothetical question at a Tea Party debate by CNN host Wolf Blitzer about how society should respond if a healthy year-old man who decided against buying health insurance suddenly requires intensive care for six months. Paul said it shouldn't be the government's responsibility.

Paul mentioned he does not believe society should let the aforementioned hypothetical man die but emphasized that churches and communities — rather than governments — should take care of those in need. As a former Libertarian Party candidate for President, Paul has been a proponent of ballot access law reform, and has spoken out on numerous election law reform issues. In , he introduced H. He supported this bill in a speech before Congress in In , Paul joined 32 other members of Congress in opposing the renewal of the Voting Rights Act , originally passed to remove barriers to voting participation for minorities.

Many of Texas' Republican representatives voted against the bill, because they believe it specifically singles out some Southern states, including Texas, for federal Justice Department oversight that makes it difficult for localities to change the location of a polling place or other small acts without first receiving permission from the federal government.

Paul opposed the Civil Rights Act of on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional infringement on liberty and by leading to quotas had in his view increased racial disharmony [ citation needed ]. Paul would like to restore State representation in Congress. During a speech in New Hampshire in February Paul called for a repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment , [] which replaced state election of U.

Senators with popular election. Instead Paul would have members of state legislatures vote for U. Senators as they had done under Article One, Section 3. Direct popular representation would be retained in the U. Paul believes that increased representation of state interests at the federal level encourages greater sharing of power between state and federal government. In , he spoke out against efforts to abolish the electoral college , stating that "Democracy, we are told, is always good.

But the founders created a constitutionally limited republic precisely to protect fundamental liberties from the whims of the masses, to guard against the excesses of democracy.



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The electoral college likewise was created in the Constitution to guard against majority tyranny in federal elections. The President was to be elected by the states rather than the citizenry as a whole, with votes apportioned to states according to their representation in Congress. Paul's views are generally attributed to those of non-interventionism , which is the belief that the United States should avoid entangling alliances with other nations, but still retain diplomacy, and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first.

We need to keep him fighting for our country. Paul's stance on foreign policy is one of consistent non-intervention , [] [] opposing wars of aggression and entangling alliances with other nations. Paul advocates bringing troops home from U. In an October 11, interview with The Washington Post , Paul said, "There's nobody in this world that could possibly attack us today If anybody dared touch us we could wipe any country off of the face of the earth within hours. And here we are, so intimidated and so insecure and we're acting like such bullies that we have to attack third-world nations that have no military and have no weapons.

But over the years even though he initially supported the War in Afghanistan , Paul also advocates withdrawing troops from Afghanistan because he believes a decade of war in Afghanistan is enough. There really is nothing for us to win in Afghanistan. Our mission has morphed from apprehending those who attacked us, to apprehending those who threaten or dislike us for invading their country, to remaking an entire political system and even a culture … This is an expensive, bloody, endless exercise in futility.

Not everyone is willing to admit this just yet. But every second they spend in denial has real costs in lives and livelihoods … Many of us can agree on one thing, however. Our military spending in general has grown way out of control. Paul was the only Republican presidential candidate who voted against the Iraq War Resolution in , [] [] and he opposed the U. He believes a just declaration of war after the September 11, , attacks should have been directed against the actual terrorists, Al-Qaeda , rather than against Iraq, which has not been linked to the attacks. Congress, and it must be concluded when the victory is complete as previously planned, which would allow all resources to be dedicated to victory; he added, "The American public deserves clear goals and a definite exit strategy in Iraq.

During the invasion, Paul found himself "annoyed by the evangelicals being so supportive of pre-emptive war , which seems to contradict everything that [he] was taught as a Christian". Paul argues that if the United States cares about Israel , the U. He states that "the surrounding Arab nations get seven times as much aid as Israel gets and also a recent study came out that showed that for every dollar you give to an Arab nation it prompts Israel to spend 1.

Our foreign military aid to Israel is actually more like corporate welfare to the U. We send almost twice as much aid to other countries in the Middle East, which only insures increased militarization and the drive toward war. We have adopted a foreign policy that has left Israel surrounded by militaristic nations while undermining Israel's sovereignty by demanding that its foreign and defense policies be essentially pre-approved in Washington. That is a bad deal for Israel, as sovereign nations must determine on their own what is a most appropriate national defense.

On foreign policy as well, the U. Paul was in Congress when Israel bombed Iraq's Osirak nuclear plant in and—unlike the United Nations and the Reagan administration —defended its right to do so. He says Saudi Arabia has an influence on Washington equal to Israel's. He votes against support for Israel due to his opposition to foreign aid by the US in general. In an interview with Don Imus, Paul was asked for his view of the Gaza flotilla raid.

I think it's absolutely wrong to prevent people that are starving and having problems, that are almost like in concentration camps, and saying yes we endorse this whole concept that we can't allow ships to go in there in a humanitarian way And that's just stirring up trouble. And I believe in a non-interventionist foreign policy. I don't think we should get in the middle of these squabbles. But to go out of our way and say that so-and-so is not a real people?

Technically and historically, yes-- you know, under the Ottoman Empire , the Palestinians didn't have a state, but neither did Israel have a state then too. Paul rejects the "dangerous military confrontation approaching with Iran and supported by many in leadership on both sides of the aisle". House of Representatives, only Paul and Dennis Kucinich voted against the Rothman-Kirk Resolution, which asks the United Nations to charge Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating its genocide convention and charter.

In his speech before the House on a related bill, H. Paul argued the proposal was unrelated to "the US national interest" or "the Constitutional function of [United States] military forces". Paul was the only "no" vote on H. Paul advocates ending the United States embargo against Cuba , arguing, "Americans want the freedom to travel and trade with their Cuban neighbors, as they are free to travel and trade with Vietnam and China.

Those Americans who do not wish to interact with a country whose model of governance they oppose are free to boycott. The point being — it is Americans who live in a free country, and as free people we should choose who to buy from or where to travel, not our government Considering the lack of success government has had in engendering friendship with Cuba, it is time for government to get out of the way and let the people reach out. Paul advocates withdrawing U. Paul states that the WTO is a barrier to free trade and that the economic argument for free trade should be no more complex than the moral argument.

Tariffs are taxes that penalize those who buy foreign goods. If taxes are low on imported goods, consumers benefit by being able to buy at the best price, thus saving money to buy additional goods and raise their standard of living. The competition stimulates domestic efforts and hopefully serves as an incentive to get onerous taxes and regulations reduced By endorsing the concept of managed world trade through the World Trade Organization, proponents acknowledge that they actually believe in order for free trade to be an economic positive, it requires compensation or a "deal".

Paul is a proponent of free trade and rejects protectionism , advocating "conducting open trade, travel, communication, and diplomacy with other nations". FTA , the U. He believes that "fast track" powers, given by Congress to the President to devise and negotiate FTAs on the country's behalf, are unconstitutional, and that Congress, rather than the executive branch, should construct FTAs.

Paul considers it a " boondoggle " for the U. Paul favors legal immigration to the United States—today, approximately 1 million people per year— [] and opposes illegal immigration. Paul believes illegal aliens take a toll on welfare and Social Security and would end such benefits, concerned that uncontrolled immigration makes the U.

Paul believes that illegal immigrants should not be given an "unfair advantage" under law. Paul believes that mandated hospital emergency treatment for illegal aliens should be ceased and that assistance from charities should instead be sought because there should be no federal mandates on providing health care for illegal aliens. Paul also believes children born in the U. Calling the September 11, , attacks an act of "air piracy", Paul introduced the Marque and Reprisal Act of Letters of marque and reprisal , authorized by article I, section 8 of the Constitution , would have targeted specific terrorist suspects instead of invoking war against a foreign state.

Paul supports reopening investigation into the attacks to discover why the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not act on 70 internal field tips: But, it wasn't something that was deliberately done. In May , Paul said he would not have ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden , calling the operation "absolutely not necessary".

Paul also stated that other alternatives were viable that were less of a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty. On September 30, , Paul said "If the American people accept this blindly and casually — have a precedent of an American president assassinating people who he thinks are bad. I think that's sad. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience.

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