November 10, 2008 - By True Patriot and
Congressman
Ron
Paul
With the election behind us, our country turns hopeful eyes
to the future. I have a few hopes of my own.
I congratulate our first African-American president-elect.
Martin Luther King, Jr. certainly would be proud to see this
day. We are stronger for embracing diversity, and I am hopeful
that we can continue working through the tensions and wrongs
of the past and become a more just and colorblind society.
I hope this new administration will help bring us together,
and not further divide us. I have always found that freedom
is the best way to break down barriers. A free society emphasizes
the importance of individuals, and not because they are part
of a certain group. That’s the only way equal justice
can be achieved.
We will face more tough economic problems during this new
administration. In fact, the worst is yet to come. A vast amount
of problematic mortgages have not begun to reset their variable
interest rates and go into default. We already have unprecedented
deficits, spending is out of control, and more big industries
are coming to government with their hands out. My hope is that
this administration will handle this economic crisis better
than the interventionists and big government spenders of the
1930’s, the bureaucrats that prolonged the Depression.
I hope that new government programs and spiderwebs of red tape
do not pop up to interfere with American productivity, and
that we can quickly get our financial footing again. We have
to understand that an economic correction needs to take place
and the only way out of the coming recession is to go through
it. Efforts to avoid it can only prolong it. I hope we can
somehow find our way back to sound money and reject corporate
cronyism.
We cannot address our budget problems at home without changing
our disastrous foreign policy abroad. I am hopeful that the
new administration can take on the mantle of peace and diplomacy
in foreign policy that many Americans feel they were promised.
Many other nations also have this hope, which exudes from their
congratulatory sentiments offered after the election. They
hope that national sovereignty will be respected. They hope
that through diplomacy violence and war can be averted. I hope
so too. One thing is unquestionable: our aggressive foreign
policy of the past has been costly, in blood and in treasure.
Our treasure is running out, and fewer volunteers are stepping
up to enable that foreign policy. So for these reasons, if
we are to continue to have an all-volunteer military, and see
prosperity again in the future, I have every reason to hope
our foreign policy will change. In order for it to remain the
same, mandatory military service would have to return, as well
as accelerated theft through debt and inflation to pay for
it. I have a hard time imagining popular support for these
policies, simply for the sake of war and conquest, when we
clearly want peace.
I have many hopes for the future in this time of transition.
But I have seen this country face many forks in the road, and
sadly take the wrong one too many times. We have heard a lot
of talk, and it remains to be seen what actions and specific
policies that talk will translate into. So while I may be hopeful,
I remain deeply concerned about our future.
Read more Articles by Ron Paul at http://www.house.gov/paul/legis.shtml
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