Ron Paul (R)
| Campaign Website | http://www.ronpaul2008.com/ |
| Political Base Page | http://www.politicalbase.com/people/ron-paul/15712/ |
| Net Neutrality | Against net neutrality, but also in favor of dropping subsidies that help large telecoms. |
| Immigration and H1B Visas | In favor of increasing the number of visas |
| Taxes & Internet Taxes | In favor of cutting taxes, and eliminating the IRS |
| Technology Education | Voted against the "10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act", to authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes. |
| Digital Divide | N/A |
| Identity Theft | Introduced the Identity Theft Prevention Act that would "halt the practice of using the Social Security number as an identifier by requiring the Social Security Administration to issue all Americans new Social Security numbers within five years after the enactment of the bill." |
| Mobile Spectrum Auction | "One of the many problems with federal government ownership of the spectrum is that it has facilitated the monopolization of telecommunications by a few large companies. While limiting the amount of spectrum that [a] given purchaser can buy may not be the best solution to these problems, I would favor taking action to make sure that government auctions not compound the damage done to free, competitive markets by government ownership of the spectrum." |
| China | "Each year the people of the United States write a check to subsidize China, one of the most brutal, anti-American regimes in the world. Lately it has been in vogue for everyone in Washington to eagerly denounce the egregious abuses of the Chinese people at the hands of their communist dictators. Yet no one in our federal government has been willing to take China on in any meaningful way." |
| Intellectual Property | N/A |
| Renewable Energy | Voted against Kyoto protocol and raising cafe standards |
| Other | N/A |
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