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

Con didn't continue arguing individual rights, drugs, or energy policies, and he didn't address my two examples of unconstitutional and immoral Ron Paul policies from my last paragraph. Indeed, my opponent has actually rebutted none of my round three case as we head into the final round. It seems con still has some work to do. EconomyRemoving barriers to trade is socialistThat's practically what my opponent said about Obama's National Export Initiative. Socialist countries have more barriers to trade than anywhere else in the world. Cutting taxes = doing nothing to make small business . .. more affordable in the United States. Cutting taxes makes business cheaper as they have more income. Ron Paul would eliminate the income tax and decrease the corporate tax from 39% to 25%. .. .digging much deeper into the deficit in the process. He would not create a tax on spending. Besides this, both are examples of progressive taxes. Putting start-ups on a flat tax level with big business makes it harder for them to compete, reducing entrepreneurship. Furthermore, it's not as though capital investment isn’t happening under the status quo - Paul would merely be shifting the burden of responsibility for spending from himself on to others. Obama has done nothing to make the liabilities of being a small business owner easier and less threatening. He has driven down the cost of getting small business loans and cut their taxes to make repayment easier. That's not exactly nothing. "[American Jobs Act jobs] would be government created artificial jobs, not genuine jobs"It's clear my opponent hasn't actually read the policy. The American Jobs Act incentivises real companies, affected by real market forces, to create real jobs for real people. Indeed most of these jobs come from a series of sensible tax cuts in the policy. The plan costs the government nothing with Obama's deficit reduction plan. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "arose, because of federal government spending"The CFPB arose to regulate the finance industry. A deregulated finance industry means that the sort of dangerous financial practices that these companies were engaging in during and before the recession will return. Whether helped by the government or not, these kinds of dodgy and economically destructive practices can't be good news for America. Public sector jobs lead to market inefficiencyThat would presume that all public sector jobs interfere with the market. Is there a market for education for kids who can't afford it, for example? No, of course not. Markets do not provide stuff like that, people do. That's why the government helps people provide them. Ron Paul uses sound Austrian economics that stresses budget surpluses, savings, capital investment, manufacturing, and production. Ron Paul's plan is to veto budget surpluses, as my opponent has admitted. It is to increase the burden on businesses, and reduce entrepreneurship. It is to end most federal capital investment and hope that somebody else does the federal government's job. It is to repeal Obama's plans for massively increased production. Does that sound like sound Austrian economics to you? Healthcare"Buying health insurance will soon be mandatory. There is no choice. "Better that everyone has access to healthcare than that it remains the exclusive domain of the very rich and powerful. Why would somebody choose not to be healthy when they are sick? "Whenever government guarantees things in certain industries . .. those industries have carte blanc to raise prices, and lower quality. "Which is why the plan forces insurance companies to charge everybody affordable prices and not compromise on quality. Besides, in New Zealand we have a mandatory accident compensation system. That might sound socialist and evil, because we have no choice. However, New Zealand's Accident Compensation Corporation is among the most efficient insurance schemes in the world. For just a few cents per day we all have full cover with no loopholes. The ACC is free to raise their prices and lower their quality, but they don't. Government guarantee does not mean everybody abuses the system. "Whenever socialized medicine is implemented, waiting lines are interminable"Lines have reduced significantly, so clearly this plan must not be "socialised medicine. " In any event, ever notice how life expectancy in Russia fell sharply just after the USSR broke down? Don't get me wrong - the USSR was a bad place to live - but the one thing they did have was healthcare. The “American way” of denying the poor access to medicine is both immoral and unjust. Security"It’s been 3 years since he was elected, yet we have military interventionism in Iraq, Afghanistan. .. "The Iraq war has ended. The war on the Taliban is on schedule to end shortly. The entire middle east may hate each other, but they are not currently at war. If my opponent had actually gone over any of the military bases I would have been happy to show a good reason for their existence. "He believes the United States should only go to war with a declaration of war"So does Barack, but that doesn't mean you randomly cease fighting people who are trying to kill you while you are in a war. "Obama is easily swayed by the PMC lobbyists to continue these wars"Is that why he has already ended the Iraq war and has almost ended a second? Few presidents have ended two foreign wars responsibly, which Obama hopes to do. Obama's policy is superior because it works. It did for Iraq. It will for the Taliban. “He wants to expand and improve veteran's benefits. .. He wants to spend, then he wants to spend, then he wants to overspend and spend some more. ”It isn't overspending. With Obama's prudently calculated budget, the deficit still decreases and yet veteran's benefit's increase. How does he pay for it? By not cutting more than 50% of government revenue. "It stresses non-interventionism which eliminates the CIA's blowback principle"Having a military base abroad is not intervention. It's being ready for intervention. Unless Barack actually invades somewhere, there will be no intervention. Thus, Paul's policy is not superior in this way. "He is the only candidate that would cut military spending (more money for productive use). "If military spending is not productive, why even spend anything on the military? Because military spending IS doing something productive. Education"Barack Obama. .. help[ed] millions of kids from poor and middle class families attend university. .. The result of this has been [inflation], and an increase in the national debt. "National debt has not increased significantly as a result of this policy. Inflation does occur, but in the long-run, these students will be what drives American growth and innovation. This is an investment - just because the returns have not been fully realised yet does not mean it's a bad investment. "Federal government intervention in public schools has led to a drop in American education standards" etcObama has been the first president to do something about all of the above with his reform of No Child Left Behind and his Race to the Top program. With these changes, American schools are starting to change for the better. Just because there is still work to be done reforming the system doesn't mean you destroy it . .. it means you fix it! " student loans which gives colleges carte blanc to raise tuition rates while academic output declines. "Not true with academic output - researchers are motivated not by profit but by a desire to learn new stuff. Student loans ensure universal affordability, unlike part time work. The reality is there aren't even enough jobs for adults now, let alone students. Even so the proportion of Americans going to college is higher now than ever, and that's great. In summary, my opponent has failed to overcome Obama’s policies, defend Paul’s policies, or even respond to most of my arguments.