Ron Paul does not have the most socially beneficial domestic policies in the 2012 presidential race.

Deconstruction of Opponents Case“Obama created the National Export Initiative, which will double US exports by 2015”Notice how this is a centrally planned economic policy, a socialist policy. Obama didn’t repeal laws, regulations, and mandates that makes manufacturing and production easier in the United States, he just created something that removes barriers to trade. He has done nothing to make small business, or even business for that matter easier and more affordable in the United States.“cut taxes for small businesses 17 times”Ron Paul would eliminate the income tax and decrease the corporate tax from 39% to 25%. We should tax people when they spend their wealth, not when they create it. The money freed up from income taxes would incentivize savings. Savings enables capital investment which drives production, manufacturing, and economic growth. Obama has done nothing to make the liabilities of being a small business owner easier and less threatening.“Obama proposes his American Jobs Act to keep Americans working, and increase the pace of job creation”This is pure fallacy from beginning to end. It’s often called the most persistent economic fallacy. These would be government created artificial jobs, not genuine jobs that result from market forces. Because the government could pay someone to dig a hole and then fill it up again, it becomes clear that it’s not government spending that matters, but production.“Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is still in its infancy, and needs the protection of a supportive president to nurture their ability to protect ordinary folk from unfair practices”It is the proper role of government to protect its citizens from becoming defrauded. But this agency arose, because of federal government spending that stimulated artificial economic growth and bubbles. That’s what happens when the Keynesians of Washington send out economic “stimulus.” Whenever you see the word “stimulus” you can basically substitute the word “inflation” because that’s all you’re going to get. So, because of failed Keynesian policy, we have more bureaucracy, thus more public sector jobs that lead to market inefficiency and deadweight loss.Ron Paul uses sound Austrian economics that stresses budget surpluses, savings, capital investment, manufacturing, and production.“Thanks to Obama's leadership and his Affordable Care Act, insurance is no longer the domain of an elite few.”Why wouldn’t government intervention in health care be beneficial? It has never been. Government is here to protect life, liberty, property. That’s it. It isn’t here to redistribute wealth, to take over industries, to tell us what we can buy, to control our personal lives, or to grant us illegitimate rights of someone else’s services. Buying health insurance will soon be mandatory. There is no choice. Whenever government guarantees things in certain industries such as higher education’s student loans or Private Military Companies’ contracts, those industries have carte blanc to raise prices, and lower quality. The same is true for health care, in the only part of medical care that is not touched by this Affordable Care Act, Cosmetic Surgery, prices have been falling, and quality has been rising. However, in all other facets of the industry, prices are rising. Why? Because if everybody buys health insurance, the people charging for the surgeries or other medical procedures have carte blanc to charge whatever they want. A heart surgery in the United States that costs $20,000 costs only $10,000 when the exact same surgery is performed in Singapore: a country with more economic freedom and drastically less government intervention. Whenever socialized medicine is implemented, waiting lines are interminable. Just ask the USSR how well their policies worked; they didn’t.Ron Paul has spent his career in the health care industry. He knows exactly how to make our system better, inside and out with the free market.“America wasn't secure [until Obama]” “America needs a president with a proven track record of ending war to end this war too.”I’m sorry, but this is just pure nonsense. Obama lied in the face of every American by saying the first thing he would do when elected is get all US forces out of Iraq and Afghanistan. He didn’t even obey the 18-month time table when set. It’s been 3 years since he was elected, yet we have military interventionism in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Basically the entire middle east, and over 200 foreign military bases.Ron Paul isn’t an empty suit like Barack Obama. He isn’t easily swayed by the Military-Industrial Complex, the Keynesians, the lobbyists, or the powers keeping the status quo so detrimental. He is for ending military interventionism in all foreign countries. He is the most anti-war candidate. He believes the United States should only go to war with a declaration of war, which is what the US constitution says. However, Obama is easily swayed by the PMC lobbyists to continue these wars, because ripping off the government for military contracts is good business for them. Spreading our influence in harmful ways throughout the world decreases our defense, and as a result, blowback (a CIA word) from these conflicts results in events like 9/11.“He wants to expand and improve veteran's benefits.”Of course he does. He wants to spend, then he wants to spend, then he wants to overspend and spend some more. A quote by Edmund Burke in 1754 explains why: A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. “Barack Obama doubled financial aid investment to help millions of kids from poor and middle class families attend university.”The result of this has been the continual increase of college tuition, and an increase in the national debt. Politicians want to overspend to get votes from constituents, and whoever is in office wants to overspend to gain as many votes for reelection as possible. Not overspending in the first place removes the corrections of deep recessions and depressions. Because of Barack Obama’s reckless overspending, the next market correction will be far, far worse. “There can be little doubt that all of these policies and priorities are socially beneficial.” If you consider the crippling depression of the economy, military intervention’s terrorist blowback, and loss of personal liberties to be beneficial, then yes you could assume that. But, for any sane and rational person, these policies are the foundation of what is overwhelmingly contributing to the downfall of America.Miscellaneous Request for security/foreign policy: while foreign policy is not in the resolution, Ron Paul's foreign policy is widely considered to be the best in the 2012 race. It stresses non-interventionism which eliminates the CIA's blowback principle [see 9/11]. He is the only candidate that would cut military spending (more money for productive use). He has demonstrated how the current callous foreign policy is bankrupting the country and harming our national security.Education: Ron Paul opposes government intervention in education, and for good reasons. Federal government intervention in public schools (Department of Education founded 1979) has led to a continuous drop in American education standards, increase in failing schools (currently 82%), and the encouragement of mediocrity [Milton Chen]. In higher education the government guarantees student loans which gives colleges carte blanc to raise tuition rates while academic output declines. In the 1950's college could be payed for with a part-time job, now because of gov't it's impossible.I will uphold my case in the next round as my opponent will do the same.Thank you.