Ron Paul is not a coder, and maybe not too strong in IT-savvy --almost
no doctors are--- but he is the most tech-friendly among 2008
presidential runners.
Policies mentioned at
<
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4237356.html>, and on
his own site www.ronpaul2008.com and here and there...
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***.Favorite in Silicon Valley! --At least among many companies like
Google, more of whom have given to Ron Paul's campaign than the others.
And lost at least one of their geeks to full-time volunteer footwork
campaigning.
It's food for thought when you're the favorite of geeks and soldiers
both at the same time! That's right folks, more of America's bravest
have also spoken with their pocketbooks. Like RP said, "Freedom brings
people together".
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***.Hands off the Internet!:
.......He consistently voted every time to keep government's hands off
the Internet. Allowing true competition in markets like telecom and
cable would obviate the need for any "Net Neutrality" laws.
Some spinmeisters say he's against an open Internet. That's because he's
in favor of a completely open technology market altogether. Even the
readers of a zdnet blog that opposes him make known what they thought
voting 96 percent for him on the very same page:
<
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2046> (Maybe it takes a geek to
know a geek)
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***.Battles against electronic spying!
Stop efforts to create a national ID system, including embedding
"standard indentifier data" in driver's licenses. Opposes centralized
databases! Especially when it's without judicial oversight. (Genuine
oversight) Opposes "Patriot Act" (so-called) provisions to monitor
Internet usage, and that require libraries and bookstores to report
private data.
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*** Alternative Energy (for real not talk)!:
----Co-sponsored legislation to encourage alternative energy investment.
"H.R. 550 extends the investment tax credit to solar energy property and
qualified fuel cell property, and H.R. 1772 provides tax credits for the
installation of wind energy property".
"In a free market, no one is allowed to pollute his neighbor's
land, air, or water. If your property is being damaged, you have every
right to sue the polluter, and government should protect that right ...
Currently, pre-emptive regulations and pay-to-pollute schemes favor
those wealthy enough to perform the regulatory tap dance, while those
who own the polluted land rarely receive a quick or just resolution to
their problems."
"Individuals, businesses, localities, and states must be free to
negotiate environmental standards..."
--That last means California is free to require 100 miles per
gallon if they want to, and DC go to you-know-where.
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***Education!----He introduced HR 1056, the Family Education Freedom
Act, that would allow parents tax credits up to $5,000 ("adjustable
after 2007 for inflation) for the cost of attendance at an elementary
and/or secondary school.", including "private, parochial, religious, and
home schools", which have consistently proven better results than those
of government schools on the average, including programs like the one in
Minneapolis that helped the poorest inner city kids at first.
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--Alan
midrange.com
