Sen. Paul's Speech Analysis

Within this passage certain aspects of Sen. Paul’s ideology, can be compared to his father’s ideology. Sen. Paul believes that government efforts in combatting economically impoverished areas, should be done so through the promotion of laissez faire economics. His proposed “economic freedom zones”, would lead to deregulation within economic matters in these zones. Sen. Paul’s advocation for free-market economics, is the second aspect that aligns with Ron Paul’s libertarian ideology.
The final aspect of Ron Paul’s libertarian ideology, that can be identified in his farewell address, is his opinion on the size of government. Within libertarian ideology, is the belief that the government must be kept to a minimum size. In the speech he states,
Rubio’s campaign announcement speech to be analyzed, can be found in his opinion on the size of the government. Sen. Rubio believes that government regulations, taxes, and involvement in the economy should be minimized. In his speech he states, “And small business owners, left to struggle under the weight of more taxes, more regulations and more government” (Rubio 2015). Sen. Rubio is stating his opinion on how a larger government is hurting the small business owners of America. Leaving aside the aspect of economics, Rubio points out people are left to struggle due to the size of the government being
According to Paul, the government's current military spending budget is unsustainable. He believes that if the nation continue to spend an overwhelming amount on defense, then it will lead to a very dangerous debt crisis. During the November 11th republican presidential debate, Paul voiced this concern to the audience and Sen. Rubio. In the debate he states,
“As we go further, and further into debt, we become less, and less safe. This is the most important thing we’re going to talk about tonight. Can you be a conservative, and be liberal on military spending? Can you be for unlimited military spending, and say, Oh, I’m going to make the country safe? No, we need a safe country, but, you know, we spend more on our military than the next ten countries combined? I want a strong national defense, but I don’t want us to be bankrupt.” (Paul 2015)
Rand Paul believes that the United States, must be protected from its enemies, in order to ensure security for its citizens. However, he does not see the benefit in spending more than the next ten countries combined. This is due to the fact that the United States is currently already in debt, and shouldn’t be partaking in unnecessary