On President Obama
“I think he’s probably an intelligent person, a reasonable person, but the thing is, our views and vision of what we think government should do, like what we believe the responsibility or the role federal government should be, is just so opposite,” said Paul, who has never personally met the president.
“I mean, I truly am a believer in the private marketplace and that jobs — useful jobs — are created by private individuals. And I think his side, his philosophical beliefs, are that government is the answer to most of our ills.”
A recent topic Paul disagrees with Obama on is the mosque planned near ground zero in New York City. “I’m not sure I think the federal government should weigh in on it,” he said. “I think it’s probably a mistake for the president to be weighing in on favor of it as well.”
If the goal of the building’s organizers is to reconcile, Paul thinks there’s a better way to do that. “I think reconciliation is best promoted by — instead of having a multi-million dollar mosque — maybe having a multi-million dollar donation to the memorial site, would be better for all.”
He said he doubts he could change Obama’s mind on anything because they come at issues from such different philosophies — but if he could, he’d change the president’s mind on the government’s runaway spending.
But that’s an issue he thinks he can work on with other Democrats.
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