Worst possible thing about a Ron Paul Presidency?

[integrity]

What do you guys tell CPA's? My future brother-in-law was like hell no I won't support Paul.

I tell CPa's they are selfishly putting their own $$$ before country. Thats (in my book) being un-american. I would rather be broke and free than rich and enslaved.

CPAs can still do my business accounting. Personal Tax preparers can mow my lawn, with the illegals gone we will need that service.

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

Well, there is one negative thing. If he wins, the economy will crash, fast and hard. It will be short-lived, and we will recover and end up with an economy vastly better than what we have now, but because of the lack of confidence, and the uncertainty, the massive changes that will take place like the destruction of the military industrial complex, the markets WILL crash. I expect it will take about 12 months to recover, and from then, the recovery should be beautiful and lead us to the strongest period of prosperity this nation will have had in a long time if not ever.

 

[Starks]

Wouldn't letters of of M&R entail the deployment of at least a few hundred troops?

 

[maghi85]

CIA will do everything possible to cause havoc all over the world before it gets shut down...
so that when RP gets off presidency the next president will have a thousand reasons to bring CIA back in to power

 

[virgil47]

I would hope he would be smart enough to keep the CIA around. Perhaps a bit more controled but still available to be the eyes and ears overseas for America. Without information of the doings of other countries the U.S. could easily be blind sided. Hopefully he will bring the military home from their overseas deployments. I also believe it would be in Americas' best interests to keep the active duty troops and release the guardsmen and reserves back into the economy. If we dismantle the dep. of Defense as some on these boards so gleefully advocate it will cause alot more than financial grief down the road. What say you?

 

[bcreps85]

The downside would likely be the transition period to true freedom. Welfare kings/queens would probably be starving on the streets asking for handouts for a while before they realized that our money isn't going to bail them out and get themselves a job.

 

[VoluntaryMan]

Worst possible thing about a Ron Paul Presidency?

Only 8 years.

 

[nikolai]

Why not? CPA's will still have to handle state taxes and sales taxes with some states, and they'll probably handle the influx of money that people will get without the income tax.

The vast majority of any CPA's work is on federal and state income taxes. There will be alot of CPA's (and the unlicensed accountants that work for them) out of work without the IRS. The workload would fall through the floor.


I personally think that the worst thing would be all of the people in government jobs that would be out of work. Private businesses won't be immediately booming as a result of our new sound fiscal policy and these people will have a hard time finding new work. I think this is especially true for those that have job experience that is specialized in the government service they used to provide....like the FBI and CIA. The only way to counter this would be to try to transfer these people into parallel/similar government jobs, like moving CIA employees into contract civilian positions with the military, who would then be managing intelligence.

In fact, in terms of intelligence, I think this would be critical. You can't just put all the people in the CIA on the street and expect the military to accumulate all of that experience and knowledge overnight. I think this would be something that needs to be handled very carefully to prevent this gap in intelligence.

 

[bcreps85]

I would hope he would be smart enough to keep the CIA around. Perhaps a bit more controled but still available to be the eyes and ears overseas for America. Without information of the doings of other countries the U.S. could easily be blind sided. Hopefully he will bring the military home from their overseas deployments. I also believe it would be in Americas' best interests to keep the active duty troops and release the guardsmen and reserves back into the economy. If we dismantle the dep. of Defense as some on these boards so gleefully advocate it will cause alot more than financial grief down the road. What say you?

He has said that some of what they do is necessary, but they are out of control before. I think he wants to get rid of the CIA because they are essentially MIA, but agrees with gathering necessary intel and whatnot.

 

[nate895]

Hey all, I've been an avid reader of these forums since around the Ames Straw Poll. I migrated over here from DailyPaul, and I spend hours at work during slow time just browsing the forums. I don't post very much, but I was thinking about something that I wish more Americans would think about

What is the WORST possible thing that could come of a Dr. Ron Paul presidency? I can think of SO many worse case scenarios most of the other candidates like Hillary, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, etc.

Before anyone calls me a troll, my wife and co-workers would beg to differ, seeing as how Dr. Paul is all I ever talk about. But I'm really trying to contemplate, what is the worse thing that could come of Dr. Paul being our President? Stepping back from my "supporter" self, I still can't think of anything, except maybe the welfare-dependant will suffer at first, until the economy picks up and more jobs are created. Many government employees would lose their jobs due to the cutting of departments, but that's about all I can think of, honestly!

I believe that IF there were another attack on our country that Dr. Paul's approach of Letters of Marque and Reprisal is the most logical and toughest on terror. Rather than involve us in more wars, like other candidates. Dr. Paul has all the right ideas, and he gets them directly from the Constitution. When I watch Dr. Paul speak, it nearly brings tears to my eyes, because I see a man, almost to the point of desperation, saying "I care so much for this country. I'm terrified of where we are headed, this isn't how America is suppose to be, PLEASE LISTEN to me!" And yet, the voice of liberty and reason, is drowned out by cheers of Americans marching, unknowingly, to the drums of war saying "Take everything from us, just give us a sense of protection."

Sorry to go on like that, it's just SO FRUSTRATING! But back to my original question. Taking a step back from a completely un-bias prospective, what, if anything, would be the worst possible thing that could come of a Ron Paul presidency?

Worst possible thing: the neocons were right about the Middle East and thousands of Americans will die after we withdraw, but we'll go and kick their arses if they really are out to conquer the World with no good reason.

 

[mconder]

The day someone from the ruling global elite has him assassinated.

 

[Caravello]

EDITED by Caravello

 

[UK4Paul]

Simply that... according to the (soon-to-be-defunct) mainstream media, the U.S.A will not have a President for those 4 years.

 

[zackmario]

EGAD! No one will watch fox news anymore!! but..but.. where we get our fair and balanced news then!

 

[acptulsa]

Daily Radio News Transcript March 27, 2009

Former President Bush and former Vice President Cheney appeared in court today, where they were bound over for trial. The prosecutor denounced their administration as the greatest single example of treason the nation had ever witnessed. The trial is set to begin July 4th.

Home prices from Fredrick, Maryland to Fredricksburg, Virginia continued to fall unabated as another round of layoff notices plauged the federal bureaucrats. Meanwhile, the latest tax cuts announced by President Paul led all fifty states to raise their taxes. The total income tax savings to the citizens ranged from three percent in New York State to forty-five percent in Wyoming. Governor Brad Henry of Oklahoma gleefully announced that in addition to saving the citizens of his state twelve percent, on average, in income taxes, the state would "...get our schools in such good shape that we expect to rise thirty-six places in national rankings on education by the end of the current school year just by diverting the money that the federal government used to keep and the money that we used to spend meeting federal paperwork requirements to computers and textbooks."

In other news, the prices of Ferraris and Lamborghinis were reduced again as the used car market was flooded with exotics. The president of Kraft Brands was overheard telling a friend, "We are having to pay the fruit and vegetable pickers more than minimum wage, and it has eaten my bonus alive. I won't be able to clear more than two million this year!" Crocodile tears were shed far and wide...

 

[affa]

The downside would likely be the transition period to true freedom. Welfare kings/queens would probably be starving on the streets asking for handouts for a while before they realized that our money isn't going to bail them out and get themselves a job.

a) he's clearly stated on multiple occasions that he would not dismantle any program that would leave people on the streets, and would rather keep them on their programs and work towards transition programs. So you score +1 for misinformation.

b) the welfare king/queen is by and large a myth. yes, some people abuse the system. the majority don't. this idea that poverty stricken people are somehow magically living the lives of royalty is a big fat lie pushed by big fat radio personalities with agendas.

 

[affa]

Worst possible thing: the neocons were right about the Middle East and thousands of Americans will die after we withdraw, but we'll go and kick their arses if they really are out to conquer the World with no good reason.

This makes no sense. The only reason any Americans have died in the War on Terror since 9/11 is because they died while in Iraq or Afghanistan.

If there is another 'terror strike', it could happen whether or not we are in those countries. But by leaving, we certainly take away many of their reasons for caring about us and they can go back to figuring their own sovereignty out.

 

[Goldwater Conservative]

The 22nd Amendment?

What do you guys tell CPA's? My future brother-in-law was like hell no I won't support Paul.

Tell him to stop being selfish and think of the over 100 million taxpayers who get screwed year after year. As long as that's the case, there's nothing wrong with making a living off it, but don't justify opposition to such a positive change because you're selfish.

 

[acptulsa]

Tell him to stop being selfish and think of the over 100 million taxpayers who get screwed year after year. As long as that's the case, there's nothing wrong with making a living off it, but don't justify opposition to such a positive change because you're selfish.

Tell that to Cheney and the other Halliburton stockholders, and Bush and the other Carlisle Group stockholders!

 

[robert4rp08]

some of those would transfer to State positions.

True, true. Plus, a lot of jobs would open up in the free market.