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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
Most people don't agree with eliminating certain bureaucracies because they get in a mindset that once something is created it's there to stay, and that getting rid of it isn't a viable option. Ron Paul explains this much better in his books than I can, and I'll make a new thread soon about this exact issue with parts from one of his books.
Oh, and do I honestly think he could pull it off? Well he would need congress to work with him, obviously. But if he actually won the presidency that would mean that many Americans "woke up," so that would give me hope that congress would also "wake up" and work to get these things done.
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While I agree with you that many people are of the mindset that once something is in place it is there forever and you can't remove it, I think there are a good number of people see benefit from some of these things. For example. If we pull all our forces home and stay out of foreign wars we will be able to greatly cut defense spending. With those cuts many defense contractors will close their doors and many people will lose their jobs. So while a person might agree with pulling our troops home, if they work for a defense contractor and doing so means losing their job, they likely won't be so gung ho about it. The same could be said if you work in the education system. The system is so bloated that many people now rely on it to live and those people are not going to take well to these changes.
I just think for him to be elected and then actually carry out any of his ideals here would have to be such a fundamental shift in ideology in this country that for it to happen is nearly impossible. Most people don't want to be told that they should take responsibility for themselves and think for themselves, they want it handled for them and Paul is just the opposite of that. He wants people to sacrifice in the short term for the ideal of longer term prosperity, liberty and self reliance and most people have no interest in that.