About this title: The best way to understand Congressman Ron Paul is to take a look at his voting record. He has never voted to raise taxes. He has never voted for an unbalanced budget. He has never voted to raise congressional pay. He has never taken a government-paid junket. He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch. He voted against the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446537513ISBN:0446537519
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover Edition-Average Wear-Few Markings. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 173 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446537513ISBN:0446537519
Description: New in New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, 173 pp. BRAND NEW. Textsellers is a PRO-LIBERTY Bookseller with a 99% Amazon Rating! Compare that with our competitors. Go Ron Paul! read more
Binding: AudioCD
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781600243554ISBN:160024355X
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Binding: AudioCD
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781600243554ISBN:160024355X
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780446537520ISBN:0446537527
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Pub
Date Published: 2008-04-30
ISBN-13:9780446537513ISBN:0446537519
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Binding: cd Compact Disc
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781600243554ISBN:160024355X
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never played or owned. May have a remainder mark. 5.80 x 5.30 x 0.80 in. 5.6 oz. From the depths of the ultra-secure prison on Ice, Tristan continues to fights against Devon. read more
Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2008-04-30
ISBN-13:9781600243554ISBN:160024355X
Description: NEW. Spoken Word Compact Disc. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781600243554. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781600243554ISBN:160024355X
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Edition: First Edition/1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publication, New York, NY
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446537513ISBN:0446537519
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 173 pages, clean text, boards, and dust jacket. Looks new. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446537513ISBN:0446537519
Description: As New in As New jacket. Signed by Author A 1st edition/2nd printing with the complete number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Signed at Goucher College on April 14, 2008. I will also include a photo of Ron Paul signing this book to the buyer. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446537513ISBN:0446537519
Description: New in New jacket. New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 173 p. Audience: General/trade. SIGNED BY RON PAUL First Edition/First Printing Opened only for signing. Brodart protected. Flawless condition. Ships priority box. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446537513ISBN:0446537519
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by Ron Paul on the title page. The book was obtained when Ron Paul was in Louisville for a Borders Bookstore book signing on May 17. Included with the book is a flyer describing the event and the paper issued by Borders with the number 534 written in black marker. The book is a first edition, fifth printing. It is in fine condition with no other writing in the book. The dust jacket is in fine condition (price of $21 ... read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, NY
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446537513ISBN:0446537519
Description: New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 173 p. Audience: General/trade. First edition, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED by RON PAUL directly on the title page (simply signed, not inscribed to anyone); hardback with dustjacket, unread in MINT condition (no marks/flaws, not book-club ed., not price-clipped, etc); comes with a GLOSSY PHOTO of RON PAUL at the signing event, and various promo items: "Meet Dr. Ron Paul" PROMO CD, BUMPER STICKER, BOOKMARK, ... read more
"I read this book at my brother's request after he went to hear Ron Paul speak a while back. I agreed with almost all of the problems he presented in the book, but needless to say, my liberal leanings had some problems with some of the solutions he presented. Abolishing income tax, smaller government, more states rights are not the answers I don't think. While I agreed with most of the civil liberties chapter, I don't think that homeschooling is a "right" people have. He presented his arguments a bit strangely as well. Sometimes he credited his quotes to "a philosopher who once said..." and that bugged me. Then other times he mentioned people by name, but they were "famous" historians that I'd never heard of. Finally, there were times that he criticized policies of past politicians, esp. in the foreign policy section, and while he openly criticized the policies of the most recent Republican government he didn't name any names, whereas he had no trouble calling Clinton, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt out on their problems. He was clearly hedging his bets, not wanting to put blame on specific members of the Bush administration just in case he could lock up a Republican Presidentail nomination in the future."
"I remember studying the U.S. Constitution for the first time in eighth grade and being perplexed by what it said and yet seeing very clearly that things were not the way they were intended by the founding fathers. Since then I have always yearned to see our government work the way it was intended to work. Yet at the same time I was firmly committed to the principles espoused by the conservative wing of the Republican Party. I enthusiastically voted for Bob Dole for President in 1996 when I was first eligible to vote. I had been persuaded that if Republicans were in power in Washington that the government power would be restrained and we would thrive as a nation. I believed that the way things were was basically working. The Federal Reserve System was managing the economy well, we have freedoms many other nations yearn to possess, our economy was strong and showed no signs of mortality. Though I still wished things were as the Constitutional framers had intended them to be, things were working, and I thought it wasn't realistic to upset a functioning system. So I supported George W. Bush for president in 2000 and 2004, believing that he would govern fundamentally differently than Al Gore and John Kerry. After 9/11 I too began to believe that we must take action against radical Islamic terrorists and part of that action must ultimately include dealing with Iraq, which I'd believed that George H. Bush and Bill Clinton had dealt with inadequately. I was enthusiastic about the prospect of overthrowing the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein and bringing peace and democracy to Iraq. I fiercely defended the war and had contempt for those that opposed the war and later worked to end it. I was a strong proponent of the Patriot Act and believed it was a much needed piece of legislation that would protect America from Islamic terrorism. As for the massive budget deficits of the Bush administration I wished that he and the Congress would use restraint, but I still supported the president and much of the other policies he enforced. I kept thinking, if only Bush had restrained spending, what a great president he could have been. I honestly believed that George W. Bush would go down in history as one of our best presidents-going against the conventional wisdom of the day. But these beliefs have undergone a radical transformation since Barack Obama took office in January. President Obama has continued many of the policies of his predecessor including bank bailouts, continuing in Iraq, and continued trust in the Federal Reserve System. While President Bush pushed the budget deficit into unprecedented heights, President Obama has already spent more than Bush ever did. The likeness between the two men's policies has given credence to the notion that the two parties have more in common than not. The two political parties have false disagreements-meaning they are arguing over the wrong questions, arguing with the wrong presuppositions. Enter Ron Paul, Austrian Economic Theory, and Libertarianism. I was introduced to Austrian Economics through Peter Schiff, a financial pundit that is all over cable news shows. He predicted the economic collapse years ago, and was ridiculed for it. I wanted to know why he was so prescient, so I found that he was connected to the Austrian school of thought on economics. The more I read the more convinced I was that the current political and financial structure was inherently immoral, deceptive, and destructive. I found that Congressman Ron Paul of Texas had also been predicting economic collapse for years and had been actively opposed to most everything that Congress has done during his tenure in Washington. I'd known of Ron Paul during the 2008 Republican Primaries and I thought he was a naïve third party candidate with no hope of winning, and I didn't even consider supporting him for these reasons. I finally broke down and read Ron Paul's book entitled The Revolution: A Manifesto. I thought that I might at least appreciate his stance on small government and sound money, but I thought I would be unconvinced about his opposition to the Iraq War and supporting Israel financially and militarily. To my surprise I found myself in complete agreement with everything he wrote in the book. Ron Paul's manifesto is precisely the desire of our founding fathers. I was delighted to see these issues are not Republican or Democrat issues-these are fundamentally American issues. All freedom loving Americans ought to resonate with Ron Paul's message of peace, prosperity, and freedom. In The Revolution Paul demonstrates that both major political parties have far more in common than not. The Democratic Party has the reputation (and deservedly so) of being the party of big government. They often say they want it to be "smarter" or "more efficient," but it is always big. Republicans want "smaller" government, but their idea of small is clearly only relative to other national governments. Our federal government is massive-there can be no doubt about this. It is undeniable that both parties are for big government, they disagreement is merely concerning how much bigger or how much smaller. This is a false disagreement. The framers sought to devise a system of states allied with one another through a small, central government. They gave limited rights to the central government bestowing all other rights unto the states. This is clearly not the way things currently stand. Over the years Washington has centralized the power given to the states, subordinating state's rights. This power grab has had profound effects on our nation and has led toward what Ron Paul calls the "Imperial Presidency." The "Imperial President" has taken upon himself powers not granted to the executive branch by the Constitution, and this has been accepted by both political parties. Congress has been complicit in this power grab, granting rights to the executive branch that only they can wield. I am now fully persuaded that our nation will not have positive, meaningful change until either the Democratic or Republican parties embrace the kind of limited government that the framers intended. I do not believe that either party is capable of this right now. What is required is a fundamental change in governance. There must be a third party to overthrow the tyranny of the American government. The revolution must happen to save America from the certain ruin that both political parties are driving toward. Read this book!"
"I was a reluctant reader of Ron Paul. Having watched his recent run at presidential politics, I dismissed his shrill ranting as unfailingly naïve; then, once I deemed him not having a snowball's chance at victory, I ceased to listen. At a friend's urging/prodding/threatening, I read his book The Revolution: A Manifesto and found that Paul has a treasure trove of ideas about making American government serve the people rather than serving itself and elected representatives.
In The Revolution, Paul makes a credible case for correcting many of the government's past missteps. Foreign policy interventionism, foreign aid, and entitlements have, perverted the intended outcomes and, to make matters worse, achieved them by means that are a direct contradiction of articles of the U.S. Constitution. Foreign policy intervention has caused excessive military spending and unrest in countries where we have chosen to institute America-friendly but people-repressive regimes. Foreign aid is often absorbed by corrupt institutions and leaves the needy as bereft as before the money arrived. Finally, entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare have replaced charities, family and community in caring for the elderly and infirm; they are also being provided at significant cost to future generations. He provides facts and arguments that are hard to ignore, then he offers the rationale for why the political chattering classes and journalists do just that during every four year presidential election cycle.
One of Paul's revolutionary proposals is the elimination of the income tax. While I decry the complexity of income taxes and the unfair burden I feel is imposed upon me as a taxpayer, I had never thought of income taxes as forced unpaid labor to support programs that I do not utilize or that I philosophically oppose. In concept, I love the idea and see how the elimination of government spending could offset that loss of revenue. Seems too simple to works as he describes it, and I would need to hear/read the thoughts of noteworthy economists before my wholehearted embrace of the concept. Additionally,neither Congressional will or self-interest exists to donything this radical.
Reading the book made me ask how could we the American electorate have allowed so many of the Federal government's ill- conceived programs to take root and become perpetual budget line items. How did we allow legislative dithering, taxation, presidential fiat, and irresponsible budgetary behavior that does align with Constitutional intent to prosper?
I concluded that these things developed as a result of the public's lack of intellectual curiosity about how government operates, abdication of electoral responsibility, and a collective failure to take action when we see government running afoul. Or in my case, as a government contractor, a healthy dose of self-interest.
Although Paul makes some recommendations about how to reverse these ex-constitutional programs and actions, his recommendations rely heavily upon generating popular and focused dissent, thus causing the people of this nation to rise up in revolt. I am afraid and dismayed to admit this, but I think Barack Obama's election as President is all the revolution Americans can stomach for at least four score and I don' know how many more years.
The revolution as defined by Paul would require a diet of substantive dialogue, lessons in the content and intent of The Constitution, a healthy exercise of civic responsibility, and engagement in the political process (that involves more than chanting, "Yes we can."). Further, it would demand American Idol-like devotion to government proceedings, like watching Congressional hearings and reading issues of the Federal Register. Unlike him, I have no hope that the public wants to do what would be required, but I wish him well.
All in all, the book has good content and is an easy read. You'll read and be better informed, even if his writing style leaves you wishing his editor had exercised the red pen more readily."
"This is a very thought-provoking book. It makes you question the conventional political wisdom and presents very clearly how a lot of the supposed choices that are considered on Capitol Hill neglect other, perhaps better choices. It's rare to have a politician lay out why he or she votes the way he or she does on given issues. Ron Paul lays out a number of his positions and defends his beliefs. Amazingly, a lot his positions are actually carefully considered, in contrast to a lot of the other federal politicians.
Whether you agree with his positions or not, the book is worth a read. It really makes you think about the issues that he raises. And it causes you to reflect on why it is that major parties' candidates for king -- excuse me, president -- of the United States put so much effort into trying to make their planks look different and then vote exactly the same on the major issues. I was disgusted that both major-party presidential candidates prior to the election took exactly the same positions on all the paltry solutions presented to "fix" the economy in the lead-up to the 2008 election.
*sigh* Oh for a politician who actually thinks the issues through thoroughly..."
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