Drexel Student Op-Ed Says: Ron Paul's extreme domestic policies would impoverish many

Ron Paul's extreme domestic policies would impoverish many - Ed-Op
I wish I knew a little more about Justin Gero. All I have is the his writing. I think he needs to listen to those of us who work for a living after we got out of college.

I'm an unabashed Ron Paul supporter. I like a lot of things he says. I'm sure this college student is expressing his heart-felt opinion of what to do about the unfortunate in society. The problem comes when his solutions use my money.

The best way to impoverish a whole country at once is to devalue its currency. Instead of widening any gap, we all become poorer. Since we depend on other countries for most of the goods in this country, the less our money is worth, the more expensive those goods will become. Poor people will become more poor if their income is fixed and inflation accelerates. Working people become poor when they have to pay more in taxes--property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, social security taxes, etc., etc. The lottery is a tax that targets poor people, because they have lost hope in working to become rich. The government becomes the only winner. As you lose your money, you lose your freedom to make decisions for yourself.

The government "helps" you by spending your own money back on you. Gee, thanks.

I don't know what homosexuality and product safety have to do with poverty. Gero rambles a bit in his editorial.

Realistically, we will probably have some negotiated solution with national health care. People don't like the idea of getting sick and dying. We just have to figure out how to pay for it. There's got to be a better way than creating big bureaucracies. Once a Department of Iwanttorunyourlife is created, it's hard to eliminate it.

Spending more money on a program doesn't equate to how much you care. I don't think I've gotten my money's worth from FEMA and DHS. It's like saying the more money you spend on a car makes it go faster. With the right mechanic, a $4,000 pickup can run as good as a $40,000 one. That's a hell of a markup for that new car smell. Maybe I just smell something else.