Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is calling the president’s State of the Union address nothing more than a “campaign speech” that doesn’t measure up to his own views on the domestic reforms needed to turn the U.S. economy around.
The Texas congressman has enjoyed a surge in popularity for his unique campaign message focused on individual civil liberties, a constitutional government and a reduced U.S. military presence overseas. His support base has included a great number of younger voters, the same demographic that helped President Barack Obama win the 2008 presidential election.
Mr. Paul compared the policies expressed in the president’s SOTU speech to his own policies expressed in his “Plan to Restore America,” which is posted to his presidential campaign website.
President Obama’s speech focused on job creation, tax reform and creating more “economic fairness” for middle class Americans. Mr. Paul compared this to his “Plan to Restore America” which proposes lowering the corporate tax rate to 15 percent, cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget in one year, and repealing the Dodd-Frank law, among other proposed reforms.
The Texas lawmaker also used a recent incident involving the TSA and his son, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul to show that the Obama administration does not support individual civil liberties. Senator Paul was recently detained by TSA agents for refusing a full body pat down for a flight to Washington D.C.
“In a speech where much of the rhetoric was devoted to job creation, it was strange that President Obama would brag about his job-destroying national health care plan, Obamacare, and the Dodd-Frank bill, which, contrary to the President’s claims, guarantees future taxpayer bailouts of large institutions,” said Mr. Paul in his response posted to his website.
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