In what many are calling the most dynamic presidential race in history, the country has been

stirred up by a rare collection of diverse candidates that are determined to break away from the status quo. Although senators Barack Obama (D-ILL), Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and John McCain (R-AZ) and former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee have seen their diverse political viewpoints get across in larger numbers, Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) —notably labeled as a revolutionary by his own campaign—has also brought a distinctive approach to the forefront and represented a wide variety of people.

 

He has been criticized gravely by his own constituents for his peculiar policies stemming from the retrieval of troops from Iraq, the dismantling of the IRS, proposed foreign policy reformation and the demolishment of the Patriot Act. “We're spending nearly a trillion dollars a year overseas maintaining this empire,” said Paul at the 2008 Florida GOP Presidential Debate sponsored by MSNBC. “It's a sad story, because we started that war and we should never be a country that starts war needlessly.” Paul has not seen the numbers he would have hoped for, and is far from the delegates needed to win the Republican nomination.

 

Paul ran for president in 1988 as a Libertarian and his distinctive views have upset the top tier members of the GOP. And with a recent poll from NBC News that shows 76 percent of Americans believe that the two-party system has problems or is seriously broken, many political pundits have suggested that he may run as an independent. At the Florida GOP Presidential Debate Paul took the time to answer questions from the CLR.COM concerning college tuition and the education system:


Chris Lee Reyes: What will be your initiative on education as president, and what will you do with the increasing tuition of college students?

Ron Paul: This [high tuition prices] is a reflection of the loss of value of the dollar… When we’re talking about education and the cost of medicine where the government has been too involved, money gets in there but you don’t get more medical care or better education, what you get are increasing prices which is reflection of bad market policies. Taxes, regulations and many other things are involved with this [increase] as well.

Chris Lee Reyes: Will you reform the education system?

Ron Paul: Well, it would help to get rid of the inflation, but we have to take the government out of it as much as we can…I remember paying $300 a semester for my education in the 1950s. It is because of government involvement that prices have gone up.

 

 

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