Words: Paul is generally opposed to abortion and strongly opposed to any federal funding of abortion under any circumstances. “Abortion on demand is no doubt the most serious sociopolitical problem of our age. The lack of respect for life that permits abortion (more…)

Words: Paul is an advocate of equal rights, but opposes affirmative action. “The problem is that… we see people as groups and that they derive their rights as belonging to those groups. We don’t get our rights because we’re gays or women or minorities. (more…)

Words: Paul generally takes a laissez-faire approach to business and opposes most regulation. He supports debt repayment in bankruptcy cases.

Actions: Paul voted FOR a bankruptcy overhaul (more…)

Words: Paul opposes “hate crime” legislation. He has recently changed his position on the death penalty due to the number of mistakes and because “it has been issued unjustly. If you’re rich, you get away with it; if you’re poor and you’re from the inner city (more…)

Words: Paul feels that most federal drug laws should be repealed and argues that the “war on drugs” has been a total failure, that drug enforcement unfairly targets inner-city blacks. “We don’t have to have more courts and more prisons. We need to repeal the whole war on drugs. (more…)

Words: Paul advocates tax-credit programs for Christian schooling and reinstating school prayer. He believes that there should be equal funds for abstinence programs as for contraceptive education. He also feels that there should be guaranteed parity for home school diplomas. (more…)

Words: Paul believes that Big Oil profits are okay, but the Big Oil subsidies are not. He supports repealing the federal gas tax and the elimination of most federal agencies, including the Department of Energy. He also feels that nuclear energy should be considered (more…)

Words: Paul advocates easing the financial burden on families, such as introducing tax credits to be used for school-related purposes, but opposes a voucher system. He also feels that parents should decide on mental health screening for children. (more…)

Words: Paul tends to be isolationist and non-interventionist in terms of foreign policy. He feels our values should never be spread by force. “The president ran on a program of a humble foreign policy, no nation-building, and no policing of the world. (more…)

Words: Paul strongly supports the Second Amendment as an individual right and believes that all measures that restrict law-abiding citizens from owning legally-obtained firearms should be repealed. “Gun control makes people demonstrably less safe (more…)

Words: Paul argues that managed care hasn’t worked and is too expensive. “We need to get the government out of the way. … We don’t have enough competition. There’s a doctor monopoly out there. We need alternative health care freely available to the people. (more…)

Words: Paul feels that the immigration problem is a result of the “welfare state”. He opposes amnesty but acknowledges that rounding up 12 million illegal aliens is impractical. He doesn’t believe that a fence along the Mexican border will make much difference. (more…)

Words: Paul argues that the minimum wage limits opportunities, especially for minorities. He opposes “sexual orientation” being included in anti-discrimination legislation.
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Words: Paul believes that “don’t-ask-don’t-tell” is a decent policy and opposes gay adoption, but feels that LGBT rights should be left to the states.

Actions: Paul voted FOR banning gay adoption (more…)

Words: Paul feels the Department of Homeland Security is an unmanageable bureaucracy and should be eliminated. He argues that military aggression weakens our national defense and that we should be more isolationist. He also criticizes the use of the “war on terror” (more…)

Words: Paul believes that the Constitution was written to restrain the federal government and feels that we are rapidly drifting toward a totalitarian state. He is opposed to presidential signing statements and feels they upset the balance of powers. (more…)

Words: Paul believes that personal retirement accounts allow one to invest in one’s future. He argues that the federal government won’t keep its entitlement promises.
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Words: Paul feels that embryonic stem cell research is not authorized by the Constitution. “The trouble with issues like this is, in Washington we either prohibit it or subsidize it. And the market should deal with it, and the states should deal with it. (more…)

Words: Paul advocates immediately phasing out the IRS. He believes that the entire tax system needs to be overhauled, ending capital gains and estate taxes.
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Words: Paul opposes the Fairness Doctrine. He has also stated there should be no regulation of the internet. “I trust the Internet a lot more [than the mainstream media], and I trust the freedom of expression. And that’s why we should never interfere with the Internet.” (more…)

Words: Paul believes that the invasion of Iraq was illegal, that it was not about pursuing al-Qaeda, but pursuing neoconservative goals, and that we are more threatened by staying there than by withdrawing. He argues that intervention abroad incites hatred and feeds terrorism. (more…)

Words: Paul believes that one can’t legislate economic fairness (and that it is not the government’s job to “regulate the economy”), therefore government should be kept small. He feels spending should be reduced and based on constitutional priorities (more…)

Words: Paul believes that polluters are aggressors should be held accountable, but feels that environmental legislation, such as emissions standards, should be handled between and among the states. “We also face another danger in regulatory takings (more…)

Words: Paul supports free trade, but opposes free trade agreements and proposes unilateral trade through the abolition of trade barriers at home. He believes we should end economic protectionism and feels there should be no restrictions on import/export (more…)

Words: Paul believes that we should abolish federal welfare and leave it to the states.

Actions: Paul voted AGAINST responsible fatherhood (more…)