I have mixed emotions about Ron Paul, much as I admire him ( full disclosure : his campaign is sort of a client ) Like you I have a bit of trouble with his orthodoxy applied to foreign policy and national defense issues but the like list below is pretty attractive.

I would probably not vote for him for President, but I'd probably vote for somebody who promised to put him in charge of all the stuff on the "like" list below.

>I give it a 8 out of 10.
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>What I like :
>Eliminates Departments of Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior, and Education
>Eliminates TSA, corporate subsidies, foreign aid, and returns most other spending to 2006 levels
>Honors Social Security to our seniors and veterans while allowing young workers to opt out
>10% reduction in the federal workforce,
>Cut Congressional pay and perks, and curbs excessive federal travel.
>Lower the corporate tax rate to 15%
>Allows American companies to repatriate capital without additional taxation
>Abolish the Death Tax
>End taxes on personal savings
>Repeals ObamaCare, Dodd-Frank, and Sarbanes-Oxley
>Mandates REINS-style requirements for any new regulations
>Cancel all onerous regulations previously issued by Executive Order
>Conduct a full audit of the Federal Reserve and implement competing currency legislation
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>What I don't like :
>All war funding ended
>DHS still exists
>EPA still exists
>Presidential salary of $39,336 (apx median personal income of the American worker)
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>What's just ok (basically a good start or better than nothing)
>Block grants Medicaid and other welfare programs to the states
>Extends all Bush tax cuts
>
>http://c3244172.r72.cf0.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/RestoreAmericaPlan.pdf