
Originally Posted by
Synbios
For me there are three big reasons I support Paul.
First is he's not another "more of the same" guy. If Obama or any of the other repub candidates gets elected, its going to be business as usual for another 4 years, and business as usual is pretty fucking shitty. With Obama we will have raised taxes to pay for all the entitlement programs he likes to create and continue to support. With the other repubs we will probably start another war or spend retarded amounts of money (and not raise taxes to pay for it, i know double standards).
The second is that while Paul is an admitted jeso freak(athiest checking in), he wants to let the states decide on issues, not the federal government, and he doesn't want the federal government ruled off of "jesus laws". Sure if you're gay in Alabama this probably isn't what you want to hear but at least you will have states that let gay people get married, instead of a federal law prohibiting it (i know you could argue that the federal law could allow gays to marry, but I don't see how any other candidate, dem or repub, would get that passed).
The final reason is Paul actually understands what it takes to get our economy going again. We can't keep outsourcing jobs. We can't keep regulating companies out of the country. Does the keystone xl pipeline create dangers? Sure, but it creates jobs and a source of revenue for the country, which is what we should be looking at adding.
I fully admit my views are radical and different from others. Dr. Paul to me is the first candidate I've seen that actually addresses issues I'm concerned with (I'm 28 fwiw).