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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | If you've been on the internet for more than a few hours, then chances are you've stumbled upon the name Ron Paul. Paul is a former doctor (a gynecologist, to be exact) turned Republican congressman from Texas, and arguably one of the foremost examples of the libertarian "old guard" of the Republican Party—anti-tax, anti-spending, anti-welfare and pro-free trade, but also non-interventionist, anti-censorship, anti-surveillance and socially libertarian. Paul's positions are couched in the strictest possible interpretation of the United States Constitution—if the power to do something is not explicitly mentioned in the text, he and his supporters feel, then the federal government does not have that power. (The merits of this position versus other interpretations are best left for an entirely different article.) Combined with his history as a medical doctor, this has earned him the nickname "Dr. No" among his colleagues, consistently voting against nearly every piece of legislation to come down the pike. It's been said (of both Paul and libertarians in general) that, while nearly everybody agrees with some of his positions, few people agree with all, or even most, of them. |
