Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator Ron Paul of Texas
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U.S. Candidate Sees Fascist Leanings
The United States is developing in the direction of a moderate form of fascism, in which civil rights are lost and the corporations runs everything, stated Republican presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul on NBC television network.
“I think this country, our movement in the last 100 years, is moving toward fascism,” Paul said. “We have more corporatism, more abuse of our civil liberties, more loss of our privacy, national ID cards, all this stuff that's coming has a fascist tone to it, and the country's moving in that direction… I think we're approaching it very close.”
"We're not moving toward Hitler-type fascism,” Paul continued, “but we're moving toward a softer fascism: Loss of civil liberties, corporations running the show, big government in bed with big business. So you have the military-industrial complex, you have the medical-industrial complex, you have the financial industry, you have the communications industry. They go to Washington and spend hundreds of millions of dollars."
Between October and December, Paul has collected $19 million in campaign donations, leading all of the candidates in his party. Nonetheless, surveys show that Paul does not lead in popularity and has a support base of about 10 percent. He has been a member of the House of Representatives from Texas for the last 18 years.
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