LAKE JACKSON, TX—Sometimes adults will jump out and scare children with creepy costumes or presentations on climate change. But former representative and presidential candidate Ron Paul came up with a new tactic to frighten trick or treaters: jumping out and lecturing them on the ballooning national debt.
As the first trick-or-treaters rang his doorbell for the evening, Paul leaped from his front door and cried out, "The national debt is rapidly approaching $23 trillion!"
The kids froze in fright, their candy bags extended, their eyes wide in terror. "This has at least three dire effects on the country: higher taxes, a weaker U.S. dollar, and a cycle of increased borrowing to make up for the expanding deficit. You see, the Fed is an unregulated beaur---"
Finally, the kids found their voices. "AHHHHHHH!!!!" they screamed, scrambling to escape from Paul's front porch.
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