A. J. WEBERMAN Promotion of an America First foreign policy, particularly in the realm of Middle East affairs; That meant cutting off all economic aid to Israel and siding with its enemies. Ron Paul of course has proposed cutting off ALL economic aid. Defeat of the Atlantic Union, the purpose of which was to merge the United States with Western Europe; Advancement of the concept of a "Taxpayers Bill of Rights" (ultimately enacted into law); On November 20, 2008 Ron Paul also expressed his displeasure with the IRS in a New York Times interview: I want to abolish the income tax, but I don’t want to replace it with anything. About 45 percent of all federal revenue comes from the personal income tax. That means that about 55 percent — over half of all revenue — comes from other sources, like excise taxes, fees, and corporate taxes. We could eliminate the income tax, replace it with nothing, and still fund the same level of big government we had in the late 1990s. We don’t need to “replace” the income tax at all. I see a consumption tax as being a little better than the personal income tax, and I would vote for the Fair-Tax if it came up in the House of Representatives, but it is not my goal. We can do better. Spearheading the drive for audit reform and the ultimate abolition of the Federal Reserve banking monopoly; Ron Paul has stated:
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