
In a New York Times article, (yes, THE NYTIMES, that paragon of ______), Ron Paul is an exciting longshot candidate.
If anything, an article titled, "The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement-Administration, Anti-Medicare Candidacy" will tell you two things: 1.) Grammatically, the hyphen is difficult to consitently implement and 2.) No Fucking Way Ron Paul.
Ron Paul is a flash-in-the-pan man who's political ideas are so self-centered they aren't meant for government use. The planet is becoming more dense so we have to come up with government solutions that can capture the needs of the largest population, not simply cater to the people with the luxury of insular existences in the stix.
One thing Ron Paul doesn't want to pay for is other people's education. In his perfect world college and university wouldn't be subsidized by taxpayer dollars. The idea is that if one isn't attending college why should one pay for another's attendance?
It's a rhetorical question in treatment, to be sure, but there is a real and simple answer. The answer is this, We are a nation and our survivalibility is dependant on the success of all Americans.
So, if you want to drop out of high school and manage your father's furniture store then you can argue all you want about not wanting to pay for university - an altogether unecessary endeavor, eg, 'Look at me and my furniture store!' - when your husband gets Cancer and the people who would cure it couldn't afford college. Afterall, without government subsidies college will over triple in cost and as the funding dwindles Professors will be paid less and departments will be forced to close.
This is one example of Ron Paul's myopic viewpoint's damaging effects on our society. This is just one example of how he just says shit. He doesn't think it through.
He's exciting and the .net/iphone/XBOX world is falling for it in a way that surpasses logic and engenders the false dichotomies of binary thinking.