New School Politics

Meeting Ron Paul

Ryan | 2 08 2007

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Last Thursday, while at Boys Nation, myself and 97 fellow Senators had the privilege of meeting with one, if not both, of our US Senators. Additionally we were also free to pursue appointments with any other congressman on the hill (whether or not we attained such an appointment was of course, a different issue). I, as well as some other Ron Paul enthusiasts attending Boys Nation with myself, were lucky enough that the great man himself was able to find time in his schedule to meet with us.

I must say that he was a very pleasant man and he asked how we attained interest in his campaign. He also took pictures with us individually and gave us all copies of a speech Davy Crockett made when he was in Congress (“Not Yours to Give”) as well as copies of the constitution, which he was nice enough to sign.

One of the lighter moments came when he was mentioned that if he was president that he’d advocate repealing the 16th amendment (income tax) and someone asked, “Then how would the government pay for things?”

Dr. Paul responded, “Well, there wouldn’t be much to pay for…”