The next step: The Campaign for Liberty
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Students from across the United States have been invited by the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign to travel to Iowa. We will be talking to Iowa residents about Dr. Paul and his platform of freedom, constitutional government, and sound monetary policy from December 27th through January 4th in preparation for the Iowa caucus. This is our story.
I have started to get ready for my upcoming adventure to Iowa to support the Ron Paul campaign. It is fantastically important that we make a difference in Iowa due to the looming Iowa caucus. I know that the campaign is going to hold training sessions for all of the students, but I feel that it is important be effective in sharing Ron Paul's message of freedom, economic prosperity, and return to the Constitution on Iowa's terms. In other words, I want to be effective in sharing or debating Ron Paul's message as it directly concerns Iowans. To give an example, I recently debated the idea of national socialized health care with a good friend. He was convinced that nationalized health care was not only a rational idea, but he believed that it would work. He argued that there are several nations in the world that have an effective socialized health care system. His examples were South Korea (where he lived for five years), Canada, and parts of Europe. I decided to play devil's advocate with him. I asked if he was under the impression that Congress is doing a good job of effectively managing the work load that they currently have. He said, "No." I went on to explain that the United States is a HUGE landmass. We have many natural resources and many region-specific jobs. To prove my point, I explained the difference in population vs. land mass. South Korea is 98,190 sq km. The United States is 9,161,923 sq km. How effective would the United States Congress be at providing effective health care to the 301,139,947 people in the United States when our population suffers from an incredible diversity of ailments often determined by expansive regions? He immediately understood. I believe that I will be asked the same question by many Iowans. More to come! -Justin Hamel |
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