Ron Paul: Allow young people to opt outEXCLUSIVE: Possible GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul says young people should be able to opt out of entitlements like Medicare. Watch the full interview tonight "In The Arena" at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. MT on CNN. And CLICK HERE to read an excerpt from Paul's new book, "Liberty Defined," that covers his views on abortion. Here's a transcript of the exchange:
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keep fighting the power Dr.Paul. Your message of liberty is spreading.
I would have definitely loved to hear what Ron Paul actually had to say had he been able to get a word in; I'm not positive why anyone would bother bringing him on for an interview if he didn't plan on letting him speak at all. Very atrocious behavior on the interviewer's part, and I think Ron stated perfectly – the interviewer represents the status quo. I would love to hear an actual interview with someone who might have a less annoying personality and a bit more abillity to listen to the responses given to questions asked. Hopefully, CNN will have something better to display in this area; if not, I'll definitely be watching another station over this one.
Wasn't this supposed to be an interview? I don't care what S thinks. He is not gov anymore (thank God). The interview was more about proving S was right. What a crock! I care about what Ron Paul thinks since HE is running for president. No wonder I don't watch CNN.
In a free society I should have the RIGHT to opt out. I thought slavery was abolished aparently not.
hey way to cut him off
I would happy to vote Ron Paul in 2012
Good editing job trying to take him out of context. This man is the only one not taking money from lobbiest, he actually believes in the concepts AMERICA was founded on and as we all know america has strayed far far from those ideas. Corporate and banking interests have taken washington hostage by financing everyones campaign and controlling the medias perception of everything. This all must end or we're going to be in big trouble.
Don't get suckered into the Left Vs Right fighting, it's merely a distraction, they are both the same when it comes to things that matter, no matter what they say. Dr Ron Paul 2012! Register as a republican and vote for him in the primaries!!!!!!!!
I'm over 50, and the way it's being run now I certainly don't expect the Social Security system to remain solvent for much longer. I think people would be amazed at how we'd be able to allow the younger people to opt out of paying into it, but easily provide Social Security payments to those who have already paid into it... if we draw back on our worldwide military empire, which is a big part of what is bankrupting us. But there is too much big business in building weaponry, using it, then building more. What a scam.
What an obnoxious man Spitzer is. Why doesn't he shut up for a while and let the guests speak. I have heard numerous guests complaining .
Ron Paul is a genius! I can't believe that Spitzer guy wouldn't even let Ron finish a sentence. Ron destroyed him anyway though. In the future CNN, you better give Ron Paul a fair shake in the interviews, or I am boycotting you. Ron Paul deserves to be treated in a fair way by your interviewers.
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Why we bring Anjem Choudary to this show and give him this kind of explosure? He is a nut case and make no sense, guys like him no matter what faith they belong too, love attention and CNN is providing that and will use this to attract more nut cases like him.
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Mr. Spitzer would not let Dr. Paul answer his questions before rudely interrupting him by injecting his own legal reasoning; keep in mind that Mr. Spitzer's own personal legal ethics are quite suspect, as he wantonly broke the law after having been attorney general and governor of NY!
If a power plant destroys the air I breath, I have to sue the plant to stop. Thats ridiculous. Ron Paul has no intellectual substance. Just look at what he said, the Pittsburgh Code stopped the black sky. Thats government, not the market. When you do not regulate the market, you get worthless CDO's, CDS and all the other "bad" stuff that ruined the economy. You also get the BP Spill when regulators are too lax or the industry is allowed to write the law and regulations governing them. Lets stop the nonsense. Government, unfortunately, is the only vehicle protecting the middle class and the poor from the market forces that this guy exalts. When you have the top 1% making 40% of the income, the market is clearly not efficiently distributing wealth. It is absurd to believe, after what we just went through with the Bush Adminstration looking the other way and promoting the market as self correcting, to believe that anyone could spout this BS and run for the Presidency.
I am african american and I am a Ron Paul supporter. I can't believe how he was treated on this show! I pray to God that more people will wake up and listen to what he has to say! RON PAUL 2012!
Is Ron Paul willing to give up his salary and ins when he leaves office then there would be money for SS and medicare for the people who worked and payed into it so what does he except the elderly to live on as it is we are the poor not the middle class Ron Paul need to take a good look at who is helping pay his salary Thank You
Mary
He does not participate in the lucrative pension program that the government votes for themselves. Look under 'Controversy':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_pension
He also gives back or donates to charity his salary from Congress.
Also he wants to stop the wars and use the money to take care of the elderly and sick who have been dependent on it until everyone has opted out and the medicare(caid)/social security ponzi scheme is destroyed.
It's a shame that under this mounting and un-payable debt that looms over this country, people still only think about getting theirs. Well good luck scraping your SS/Medicare check of the ocean floor after this ship goes down.
Finally a guest with enough class to make this show respectable. Not an easy job. Ron Paul is a miracle worker.
I realy don't think they wanted to hear anything Ron said. He never got the chance to speak without being cut off! RON PAUL 2012!!!
My husband has wanted to opt out of social security and be allowed to invest it on his own for a very long time. I think it is a good idea and do agree with it.
This is 2008 all over again. The name of the game is to try your very best to frame Paul's views as crazy and impossible to implement. Republican and Democrat politicians are in lock step on this issue: it is once again time for everyone to gang up on the guy that dares suggest restraint of the government. Some of the things Spitzer said were absolutely ridiculous and he knew it, thats why he was stammering and stuttering. Paul is right, Spitzer is a mouthpiece for the status quo.
Spitzer you apologized for interrupting your terrorist guess many times but Ron Paul you insult!
I would've enjoyed the interview more if they had given Sen. Paul and Mr. Spitzer more time to debate. Not to mention the fact that everytime Sen. Paul was about to make a point Spitzer just talked over him. Maybe they should let Elliot know that we tuned into to hear what Sen. Paul had to say, not to listen to Elliot's, "Follow the status quo message!"
I for one have been asking for years why the government won't let young people opt out of social security! Why pay into something that isn't going to benefit us in the future?
The Catholic church and all omssiins of charity are bankrupted and many of the hospitals associated with churches have closed. Ron Paul stopped practicing medicine last century and has no clue what he is talking about when he says this. Otherwise he seems to be right on when referring to the the wars and the policing the US does in foreign countries. Being in Irak and Afghanistan is costing us trillions. That is what we have to fix first! Nothing uneducated about the truth.
Senator Paul has my vote in 2012. Keep fighting the good fight, sir! We see how far following the "status quo" has gotten us. Now we the people have almost no say in what our government does. Everyone down here on planet earth wants our troops home and out of the middle east, but we're lied to and told we have to "stay the course." Pleeease!
Obama promised on his campaign that he would get us out of there and now we're in Libya! That's why we want RON PAUL in 2012! Obama didn't keep his promises! SURPRISE, SURPRISE!