Scotty, I think the issue here is the federal government is spending money on things it has no right to be involved in.

I'm not a supporter of Ron Paul, but he's right to criticise the way federal government is getting involved in areas where it has no constitutional basis to do so. You highlight many of them yourself in your reply.

With all due respect I do find liberals are quick to criticise conservatives for bringing religion into politics or otherwise encroaching on the constitution. Yet they're slow to recognise their own "social equality" programmes are equally unconstitutional. If Bush's actions are so wrong perhaps the Democrats need to look at the Pandora's box THEY opened.