Who Can Save America - 1539 Words

Who Can Save America? The Rand-yman can! Rand Paul, the son of famous libertarian Ron Paul presidential candidate, and Kentucky senator began running for the position of president of the United States of America, on April 7th 2015 under the Republican Party. He ran under the slogan Defeat the Washington machine. Unleash the American dream, and promised to be a non-establishment Republican president. Rand Pal is by far the best candidate for the presidency in all fields, but more specifically, for our economy, our foreign affairs, and our rights and liberties. The economy is a major part of any presidential campaign, as it should be, since our economy is very weak right now and susceptible to damage that could bring us further into a†¦show more content†¦He released a plan with a 14.5% flat rate on income that also replaces corporate tax. It would eliminate tax loopholes and other tricks that help big business (Rand Paul Presidential Campaign, 2016/Taxes – Ballotpedia). Paul’s tax plan would increase o ur GDP by 13%, create 4.3 million full time jobs, and it would increase after tax incomes for all income groups by 16%, as well as grow the economy about 13% (The Economic Effects of Rand Paul s Tax Reform Plan). Finally, Rand Paul released a document listing all the programs that he would cut and how he would stop the government from wasting citizens tax dollars, cutting these programs would save us over 1 billion dollars, all the programs listed can be researched and found out to be not needed, for example, our tax dollars are going towards, â€Å"researching the effectiveness of golf equipment in space† which cost us 15 million dollars (Airing of Grievances 2015). As important as our economy is, a presidential candidate has to be able to defend us from attacks, and Rand Paul has views different from many Republicans on how to do just that. Our national security and foreign policy are very important, since the safety of the citizens and our interests abroad