There’s a difference between thinking the US Constitution is the best thing since sliced bread and thinking that while we have a Constitution we might as well follow it.
I think it was a fox news anchor (youtube don’t remember) that asked Ron Paul what his tax plan would be and he answered somewhere along the line of “whatever tax they propose, I’ll go lower. If Romney says 9% I’ll go 8%.” and so on… This just seemed kinda disingenuous - it leads right into 0% taxation (read: no government!)
I truly think Ron Paul is an anarcho-capitalist, he always seems to answer questions about specific plans in this way. I think Ron is awesome so don’t hate, from my perspective it looks like a pretty dishonest plan (lying by omission really) to get people to latch on to small government ideals, in order to lead them more easily into all-out liberty. It worked on me i guess lol
At least if Paul says he is for less government, he actually is for less government. His act is a bit of a charade / sleight-of-hand, but he’s not lying to you about his intentions. That is what defines somebody as being honest. If you were to ask Paul if he were a total anarchist, he may dodge the issue a little bit and say as much in different terms. He realizes that in order to sit at the adult table in this country you can’t hold that fringe of a position. So what he does is argue for less government using the Constitution as a tool to expose others’ hypocrisy. If you want to call that dishonesty, then I guess you can do that. But if Paul were to remove, say, all restrictions and regulations regarding the health industry or something along those lines, he is technically advancing anarchy.
The reason Paul doesn’t come out often against the Constitution is because he is never asked whether or not he supports the Constitution relative to anarchy. Every question is in a statist context and Paul hardly ever agitates for more government in this context.
I don’t disagree with what I think is pragmatism on Paul’s part, I’ve never heard a straightforward lie but there is some dancing. True though the good doctor is always suggesting a government-free solution to our ills. I would really like to hear Ron articulate his ideas on anarchy for or against because you gotta know he has talked about this stuff at length with Rockwell and crowd. Judge Napolitano also while we’re at it 
I love that Paul focuses on spending, not taxation. Because cutting taxes is well and good, but you also have to cut the spending, which further causes distortions in the production structure.