Ron Paul One on One Interview

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — “If they believe in liberty, limited government and a prosperous economy and peace they would vote for me,” says GOP Presidential hopeful, Congressman Ron Paul. That’s the message Congressman Ron Paul is sending potential voters in South Carolina. “I don’t want to tell people what to do with their money, I don’t want to tell people what to do with their schooling,” says Paul. For Paul, this election isn’t about liberal versus conservative, but government intervention. “I like to say I’m a non-interventionist, I don’t like to intervene in people’s lives, in their personal choices and I don’t want the federal government to intervene in their economic choices either,” says Paul. During a debate in Myrtle Beach Monday night, Paul mentioned getting rid of federal agencies. “It’s something that you don’t have to say, if the Federal government doesn’t do it, you don’t have it, because it may well be done in a much better fashion,” says Paul. Those agencies include the Department of Education. “I don’t see them doing very many things productive,” says Paul. “Nobody is happy with ‘No child left behind,” says Paul. Ron Paul is also gaining attention with his Golden Rule approach to foreign policy. “How can anybody turn down the Golden Rule?,” says Paul. “We shouldn’t do to other people those things that we don’t want them to do to us. So if we put troops in another country and occupy the country like we did in Iraq, nothing was accomplished there,” says Paul. Speaking of occupying, Ron Paul, says he does agree with some complaints in the recent Occupy Wallstreet movement that fueled a nearly two month battle between South Carolina lawmakers and demonstrators on State House grounds. The movement also swept the nation. “Governments have failed and they need to understand that governments failed because they bailed out all the rich,” says Paul. But he says, he isn’t against the rich. “I don’t mind the rich if they have made an honest living producing, good products and we buy those products,” says Paul. He says, it’s not about choosing one set of people over another. “If they think it just means that we have to subsidize one group vs. another, it’s not that simple. What we have to do is protect the liberties of all people, equally,” says Paul.