1. Presidential Candidate: _Ron Paul_______________ Group Leader: __Lindsay Higgins____________ Class Period:_____6th _______
Background Personal Life and Issues Solutions Pros of the Candidate Cons of the Candidate (Negative
(Education and Beliefs (Positive qualities people are qualities people are discussing
Occupation) discussing during campaign) during campaign
1 An American Was born in immigration Enforce border Very good speaker Ron Paul is a little too old 76
physician Pittsburg security and the years old
birth right, no
amnesty, abolish
the welfare
state.
2 B.S. Degree in He relocated to abortion Passing Wants to avoid foreign wars His ideas would not be easy to
biology Michigan with his “Sanctity of life” implement.
wife Deems human life
to exist from
conception,
without regard to
race, sex, age,
health, defect, or
condition of
dependency and
requires that the
term "person"
include all such
human life.
3 Served as a flight He is a Christian taxes Wants us to quit Realizes that the war on drugs Paul thinks that the US
surgeon in the U.S. loaning money can never be won, and should Department of Education should
air force to people and be generally abandon be abolished.
other countries.
support a liberty
amendment to
the constitution
to abolish the
income and
death taxes

2. Presidential Candidate: _Ron Paul_______________ Group Leader: __Lindsay Higgins____________ Class Period:_____6th _______
Background Personal Life and Issues Solutions Pros of the Candidate Cons of the Candidate (Negative
Beliefs (Positive qualities people are qualities people are discussing
discussing during campaign) during campaign
4 Trained in He refuses to sign Healthcare Allow purchase Wants to give more power to Ron Paul opposes both of these
obstetrics and up for the govern of healthcare the states schemes and believes they will
gynecology pension insurance across only make illegal immigration
(ob/gyn) state lines. and the problems associated
Repeal Obama with it worse.
care.
5 Decided to be a Economy Vetoing any Is a medical doctor, so knows He believes each state should
Politian Has 5 kids unbalanced a lot about healthcare have the ability to make their
budget congress own law regarding abortion.
sends to his
desk. Refusing
to further raise
the debt ceiling
so politicians
can no longer
spend recklessly.