Liberty Xmas List

Frank Cross: Grace, put yourself down for a towel, too.
Grace Cooley: What about my bonus?
Frank Cross: Towel and a facecloth.
--Scrooged

After lamenting the passage of the federal budget, Ron Paul offers a Christmas list supportive of liberty.

1) Shut down the Federal Reserve, an institution that not only degrades citizen's lives thru inflation, but also enables the federal government's massive borrowing habit.

2) Dismantle the IRS, as the federal government is capable of fulfilling its constitutional requirements without an oppressive income tax.

3) Cease US militaristic foreign policy by bringing home all troops and ceasing all foreign aid. Replace it with a policy of peace and free trade with all.

4) Shut down agencies that promote domestic militarization such as the CIA, NSA, TSA. End domestic spying and the unconstitutional war on drugs.

5) End all welfare, including corporate welfare and programs that benefit the politically connected. Phase out low income welfare over time.

6) Padlock the Department of Education and government-influenced education of our children.

7) Scrap Obamacare in favor of a true free market in healthcare.

Hit your knees and pray for these this Christimas.