…I’m not sure what gave you that idea.
a) This is a large part of the reason a recurring theme you’re hearing here is education.
b) I think Ron Paul has been on the right track here. He understands you can’t abolish the Fed overnnight. (Literally or practically.) His book is literally called End the Fed, but has he authored a bill proposing that? Of course not. He simply introduced an audit. Just an audit. It got 319 cosponsors in the House and another 32 in the Senate. It got watered down and added on to some other bill, but was reintroduced in the 112th Congress and as of March 10th, 2012, has 214 cosponsors in the House and 19 in the Senate.
I’m not sure how you get more “pragmatic” than something as simple as an audit.
His budget plan many would argue is “draconian”, but then again, they called Paul Ryan’s “cut essentially nothing” plan “draconian”. This is the point BransonBow was making. The only things that would be at all effective don’t meet your apparent definition of “pragmatic”. So the only solution is to change people’s opinion…making such things become do-able and acceptible in the minds of voters…so that they become “pragmatic”.
And this is something that Ron Paul has arguably done more than any other (possibly two people) in history to accomplish. This is why he is such a big deal. I know assholes like to pretend they’re above it all, and dump on anyone who shows any sort of vocal support for Ron Paul simply because he is so popular (and therefore does have literally fanatical fans), but the reality is the guy is one of, if not the most important historical figure in terms of popularizing the ideas of libertarianism and the Austrian School…especially when considered the mood of the enviornment he’s had to work within.
People like Wendy McElroy and Stefan Molyneux feel a need to dump on him because they’re jealous they’ll never accomplish half of what he has in terms of popularizing the ideas they have spent their lives preaching.
You want pragmatism that will lead to any significant change? Do what Ron Paul has done. Educate people, and more importantly, motivate them to educate themselves.