So why do YOU like Ron Paul so much?

I truly want to know.  All bullshit, flaming, and racial slurs aside (which, I know, is impossible on 4chan), why do you (or anyone) like Ron Paul so much?  I just don't see what is so revolutionary about his campaign.  It seems he is sort of a Jeffersonian Republican... but if you know American history, you'd know that that didn't really work out so well.  His stance against the war is admirable, but not revolutionary.  A candidate like Gravel is far more appealing to me, with the National Initiative and his economic stance.

"Does it not follow that in order to best promote the freedom of our people we safeguard their prosperity, prevent the widening of the gap between the wealthy and the poor"

No, because that can only be done by violating the liberty of others.  What you are proposing is slavery, which is the antithesis of liberty.

It's not the job of government to promote some sort of social outcome deemed "desirable".  Government's job is to stay the hell out of the way, period--that is precisely what liberty is.