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RON PAUL ON DEFENSE SPENDING
The Ron Paul Survival Report | October 15, 1993 | Ron Paul

Posted on 11/09/2007 11:40:58 AM PST by LSUfan

Ron Paul Survival Report

October 15 1993

Volume IX Number 10

Page 8

Occasional Truth

It's odd to hear someone admit the real reason for any government program, much less those that benefit the military-industrial sector. Yet Deputy Defense Secretary William Pery accidentally stated the truth recently when discussing nudear submarines, aircraft carriers, and tanks and other armored vehicles. "We need to maintain some sort of capability for designing, building and producing armed vehicles." Not a word about defense, the supposed reason we need these things in the first place. Perry also said some type of protection of these industries is necessary to preserve jobs. Increasingly, the military looks much like a huge public works project.


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1 posted on 11/09/2007 11:40:58 AM PST by LSUfan
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To: LSUfan

Ok, enough with the Ron Paul bashing...it’s almost like we’re making fun of the mentally ill.


2 posted on 11/09/2007 11:47:05 AM PST by Def Conservative
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To: LSUfan

In a way, on this one, Paul DOES have a point. There is a lot of military spending that’s nothing more than home-district pork for certain Congresscritters. Defense spending should be judged on what’s needed for the overall defense of the interests of the United States, but a lot of times, it really does end up being corporate welfare, or vote-buying.

}:-)4


3 posted on 11/09/2007 11:50:05 AM PST by Moose4 (Ron Paul is like a beautiful plate of food ruined by a cow patty.)
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To: LSUfan

Bump


4 posted on 11/09/2007 11:53:56 AM PST by mnehring (I am free not to support Ron Paul... Wow, I feel special...)
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To: LSUfan
Paul is absolutely right. Pork barrel spending is just as big a problem in the defense budget as it is in the domestic budget. Unfortunately, Republicans tend to give Congress carte blanche as long as it is nicely (perhaps deceivingly) labeled as "national defense."
5 posted on 11/09/2007 11:57:49 AM PST by UncleDick (Ron Paul '08)
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To: LSUfan
Perry also said some type of protection of these industries is necessary to preserve jobs

You just can't turn on major ship manufacturing in an emergency. Either we continue to build ships, major capitol ships, or we don't. If the Chi-coms build them then we HAVE to build them. So yes, to the non-stretegic thinker it may appear to be a waste. If you know history, it is the smartest thing we can do as a nation. Don't ask Ron, ask the Chicoms if it is good idea to stop making major investments in infrastructure to support major military hardware and see what kind of answer you get. While you're at it, ask the Japanese the same question.

6 posted on 11/09/2007 12:20:49 PM PST by central_va
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To: LSUfan

I can tel that Ron Paul is going to be this elections Ross Perot.
Diminutive Texans that have the “Napolean Complex” and are hell bent in forcing a Clinton upon us.
Do you think Hillary is paying him?


7 posted on 11/09/2007 12:43:22 PM PST by JerseyDvl (If You Support America - Thank a Soldier; If You Support Al-Qaeda - Thank a Democrat!)
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To: JerseyDvl

There are a lot of things that Ron Paul can be called, but I don’t think “diminutive” is one of them. I think he’s pretty close to being 6 feet tall.


8 posted on 11/09/2007 12:54:24 PM PST by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: basil

Really?!? He looks like such a shrimp and acts like a weasel so I just consider him a small man.
I couldn’t find the info on the web so I’ll have to take your word for it.


9 posted on 11/09/2007 1:22:05 PM PST by JerseyDvl (If You Support America - Thank a Soldier; If You Support Al-Qaeda - Thank a Democrat!)
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To: LSUfan
Increasingly, the military looks much like a huge public works project.

Ain't it the truth! A good portion of the stuff being built the military doesn't even request.
10 posted on 11/09/2007 4:21:42 PM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
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To: LSUfan

Interesting that none of your links are valid.


11 posted on 11/09/2007 4:24:36 PM PST by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: Moose4

Gee, didn’t Ike warn us about that same thing?


12 posted on 11/09/2007 4:25:26 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (We must beat the Democrats or the country will be ruined! - Lincoln)
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To: mgstarr
"Interesting that none of your links are valid."

But is it in any way surprising?

13 posted on 11/09/2007 4:26:29 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Actually no it isn’t.

Sad but predictable.


14 posted on 11/09/2007 4:28:09 PM PST by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: mgstarr

Wrong. I have hard copies of these newsletters. They aren’t online, so there was no web site to link to. Paul has refused to open his own archives of the Ron Paul Survival Report and the Ron Paul Political Report when asked by reporters. Now we know why.


15 posted on 11/09/2007 4:29:50 PM PST by LSUfan
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To: LSUfan

No offense but I’m not just taking your word or your paraphrase for it.

Someone once told me to “Trust but verify”.


16 posted on 11/09/2007 4:32:48 PM PST by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: Moose4; ejonesie22; lormand
home-district pork for certain Congresscritters

Something Paul knows well. I believe his excuse is, better in the home district than in Washington.

17 posted on 11/09/2007 4:53:21 PM PST by mnehring (I am free not to support Ron Paul... Wow, I feel special...)
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To: LSUfan

He refused to release his old newsletters, sounds like a Hilldog trick.


18 posted on 11/09/2007 4:54:04 PM PST by mnehring (I am free not to support Ron Paul... Wow, I feel special...)
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To: LSUfan

No controversy here, even Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex.


19 posted on 11/10/2007 4:42:05 AM PST by rob777 (Personal Responsibility is the Price of Freedom)
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To: traviskicks

“Ain’t it the truth! A good portion of the stuff being built the military doesn’t even request.”

Those are ‘earmarks’. At least the military doesn’t ‘request’ them unlike Ron Paul who does request earmarks for his district.


20 posted on 11/10/2007 6:02:13 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Ron Paul isn't mentioned in the Constitution either.)
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