Former presidential candidate to speak on ISU campus Friday
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Former republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will hold a seminar entitled, “Free Market, Sound Money and Non-Intervention” at 7 p.m. Friday in the Benton Auditorium of the Scheman Building.
Paul, a physician and Republican congressman from Texas, will speak on the values of low taxes and free markets.
Tyler Pauly, president of the ISU Libertarians and junior in physics, insisted Paul’s greatest strength is that he doesn’t follow standard conservative ideas.
Paul is a lifelong Libertarian Party member, Pauly said, and is viable because he exposes more idealistic ideas. Pauly said Paul’s popularity among students comes from his ability to support more idealistic politics.
“Libertarianism means an end to welfare, homeland security and government-run education,” Pauly said.
David Olson, junior in economics and president of Iowa State Young Americans for Liberty, the group helping organize Paul’s visit, said it’s not a campaign stop and is more of a lecture.
Olson said he supported Paul because none of his positions have changed over time. He said Paul is a very consistent candidate and politician who has only recently become more popular.
Eric Cooper, adviser to the ISU Libertarians and associate professor of psychology, said Paul is popular partly because students who have an ideal of limited government have no other politician.
Cooper said students concerned about the government’s debt will see that government needs to be smaller. He said young people in particular have a reason to be concerned with what the country’s national debt will do to the nation in the future. Paul’s stances on the issue make him popular with younger voters.
Cooper stressed that Libertarians are not a pack of eccentrics — five Nobel Prize winners and Clint Eastwood are Libertarians.
He said Paul is important because, as a Libertarian who runs as a Republican, he is the only major and viable smaller-government candidate. Even if Paul doesn’t gather major support, Cooper said, his political stances and popularity with younger voters can help make Libertarian ideas more viable to a larger audience.
Jim Hutter, professor of political science, said Paul is in a similar position to many third-party candidates who suffer from a lack of funding. He said those who promote less popular ideas often end up seeing their positions sunk because they are not personally as dynamic as their ideals.
“People are always voting for a person as well as ideas,” he said.
Paul, a physician and Republican congressman from Texas, will speak on the values of low taxes and free markets.
Tyler Pauly, president of the ISU Libertarians and junior in physics, insisted Paul’s greatest strength is that he doesn’t follow standard conservative ideas.
Paul is a lifelong Libertarian Party member, Pauly said, and is viable because he exposes more idealistic ideas. Pauly said Paul’s popularity among students comes from his ability to support more idealistic politics.
“Libertarianism means an end to welfare, homeland security and government-run education,” Pauly said.
David Olson, junior in economics and president of Iowa State Young Americans for Liberty, the group helping organize Paul’s visit, said it’s not a campaign stop and is more of a lecture.
Olson said he supported Paul because none of his positions have changed over time. He said Paul is a very consistent candidate and politician who has only recently become more popular.
Eric Cooper, adviser to the ISU Libertarians and associate professor of psychology, said Paul is popular partly because students who have an ideal of limited government have no other politician.
Cooper said students concerned about the government’s debt will see that government needs to be smaller. He said young people in particular have a reason to be concerned with what the country’s national debt will do to the nation in the future. Paul’s stances on the issue make him popular with younger voters.
Cooper stressed that Libertarians are not a pack of eccentrics — five Nobel Prize winners and Clint Eastwood are Libertarians.
He said Paul is important because, as a Libertarian who runs as a Republican, he is the only major and viable smaller-government candidate. Even if Paul doesn’t gather major support, Cooper said, his political stances and popularity with younger voters can help make Libertarian ideas more viable to a larger audience.
Jim Hutter, professor of political science, said Paul is in a similar position to many third-party candidates who suffer from a lack of funding. He said those who promote less popular ideas often end up seeing their positions sunk because they are not personally as dynamic as their ideals.
“People are always voting for a person as well as ideas,” he said.
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