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My First Town Hall Meeting

The town hall meeting today with Georgia Senators Chambliss and Isakson was a very neat experience. I went with Chase and one of our friends, Jim. We all sported Ron Paul tees which attracted quite a bit of positive attention. Having never went to one, I wasn’t sure what it would be like, but as soon as we got there, I felt so much like I had done it many times before. We were greeted as we approached the school by some very friendly people from around the Gilmer County area. A lot of people seemed very surprised to see people our age there, and were excited to see it as well.

The Senators took quite a few questions, and also took quite a bit of criticism from some very angry constituents. As expected, on some questions that were addressed as ‘yes or no’ questions the Senators did what politicians do best, and water down the answer trying to get by without a one word answer. This angered someone in the crowd who made it known that he was not happy with the dodging of the question.

The Federal Reserve was a talking point, as was the debt ceiling, and even the United Nations. Senator Chambliss had one point wrong though, the Federal Reserve does not get it’s powers from the Constitution.

On the United Nations, believe it or not, they don’t see that it serves the United States as it once did. This surprised me, as they are obviously career politicians, so I expected defending arguments for the UN, but I was happy with their answer.

Senator Chambliss responding to a question at the Ellijay, Georgia town hall meeting

Senators Chambliss and Isakson taking questions at the Ellijay, Georgia town hall meeting