The "trust fund" is just IOUs from the feds to the feds. There's nothing tangible in it. No productive resources have been developed or set aside to form the basis for payments. There is only the blind trust of older Americans that politicians will continue to rip off younger generations to pay their expenses.

"1) Santorum is the most prominent socially conservative politician in America." Lost me right there, pal.

The old Soviet Union had thousands of nukes, missiles, and boats. We're still here. Please get off this nonsense about "suicide." Sure, the preference would be for Iran not to get nukes. But adults think not just in terms of their preferences, but of the practicality and cost of trying to impose their will literally everywhere, as our politicians unfortunately have gotten into the business of trying to do. Iran doesn't have a missile that will carry its hypothetical nuke here. Just because it has a boat does not mean that the boat will successfully get a nuke here. And if somehow they did manage to explode one here, they would be fried and they know it.

Right on, John.

I referred to World War I, and yes, I believe the world would have been a better place if the US had stayed out of that one.

To be a member of what? What the hell are you asking? Vote for Ron Paul if you recognize the need for serious cuts in the federal government, if you want to see the Constitution respected, and if you don't believe the US should be, or try to be, the world's policeman.

And how did the Nazis come to power in Germany in the first place? If the US had stayed out of WWI, Germany would have barely won, would have taken a few square miles of territory from France. The Germans would not have been beat down with the Treaty of Versailles, which led through resentment directly to Hitler's ascent. Imagine the history of the 20th Century if Wilson hadn't lied through his teeth, had simply minded his own business.

A fair and reasoned comment, Johnm h. Thanks for elevating the discussion.

Looks like MarcosCamara is making Libertegalite's point. 'Nuff said.

Millions of people support Ron Paul. If the worst you can come up with against Paul is what a few people who support him have said, I think it counts as an endorsement. Ron Paul stands for serious cuts in the bloated federal government, for respecting the Constitutional limitations on the federal government, and for and end to the self-bankrupting, self-defeating global military interventionism. Get on board.