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#51 KH-mixerX
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[QUOTE="ColdExistence"]

Oh, and he's about as pro corporatist as it gets.

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I don't agree with everything Ron Paul stands for either, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. It certainly beats the indirect form of corporatism that Obama and morons like Romney are in favor of. Both of them are for several acts which offer huge illicit funding for military and security industries, as well as funding the illegal drug trade for the benefit of pharmaceutical corporations. Paul's statements on the illegality of these acts (and how he'd repeal them) reaffirms that, and if you do any of your own research you'll realize that most of them are what is bankrupting the (already bankrupt) US. Paul's version of corporatism (economics) is visible in several rising countries like Brazil and Southeast Asian nations.

There's definitely a reason the guy has tons of international support compared with other candidates. Plus his views on civil liberties are something a lot of candidates don't share and I think that's his primary appeal.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Ron Paul was against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Now, I don't know the specifics of why he was opposed to it, but that doesn't exactly scream civil liberties pioneer in my book.

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#52 shakmaster13
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The man changed his name from McPherson to Gingrich and then divorced his wife who had cancer. Who the hell does that?
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#53 KH-mixerX
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The man changed his name from McPherson to Gingrich and then divorced his wife who had cancer. Who the hell does that?shakmaster13

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#54 ghoklebutter
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His name is enough for me to dislike him.
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#55 QuistisTrepe_
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Oh, and he's about as pro corporatist as it gets.

ColdExistence

Methinks someone doesn't understand the difference between capitalism and corporatism.

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#56 Banjo_Kongfooie
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I can not stand him and if he ever crossed my path I would be tempted to lay him on the ground crying. I think others naild it when they said Gingrinch is the "stupid persons idea of what a smart man sounds like".
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#57 ColdExistence
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[QUOTE="ColdExistence"]

Oh, and he's about as pro corporatist as it gets.

QuistisTrepe_

Methinks someone doesn't understand the difference between capitalism and corporatism.

What do you think deregulation to the extent which Ron Paul supports would lead to? This is the man who wants to get rid of the EPA for ****'s sake! He talks against corporatism as if he is truly against it, yet his policies and ideas would basically give ultimate power to corporations. You can't say you're against something, but then come up with a system that would allow something like corporate capitalism to flourish.

Read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_capitalism

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#58 Sunfyre7896
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In my opinion, Gingrich Khan is a bloodthirsty political monster. I can't wait until he and Perry and Santorum drop out.

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#59 Nills
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Gingrich's slogan "I'm so much smarter than everybody else in this country, and thats why I should be running it"

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#60 Optical_Order
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Newt. Neeeewwwt. Newty.

I can't get past that. What an awful, awful name.

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#61 Banjo_Kongfooie
Member since 2007 • 3838 Posts

Newt. Neeeewwwt. Newty.

I can't get past that. What an awful, awful name.

Optical_Order

Exactly his parents deserve praise though... Imagine if his name was something like Steven, Ben, or something... We might have had another Adolf just saying.

Newts name is toxic just like he is. I can not think of one good thing Newt has done and he is the epitome of politician. Did anyone else see him stir the racial pot in the debate?

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#62 themajormayor
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Best candidate by far!!

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#63 Banjo_Kongfooie
Member since 2007 • 3838 Posts

Best candidate by far!!

themajormayor

You are joking right? go google him... Ugh **** wikipedia is down.

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#64 Inconsistancy
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[QUOTE="QuistisTrepe_"]

[QUOTE="ColdExistence"]

Oh, and he's about as pro corporatist as it gets.

ColdExistence

Methinks someone doesn't understand the difference between capitalism and corporatism.

What do you think deregulation to the extent which Ron Paul supports would lead to? This is the man who wants to get rid of the EPA for ****'s sake! He talks against corporatism as if he is truly against it, yet his policies and ideas would basically give ultimate power to corporations. You can't say you're against something, but then come up with a system that would allow something like corporate capitalism to flourish.

Read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_capitalism

Personally, I'd not use the EPA as an example of why you 'need' regulations... They fined, or are/were prepairing to fine corporations for not using a biofuel. Now, that biofuel hasn't been invented yet, and biofuels like ethanol generally aren't smart to use anyway, you're often converting Food into fuel, rather than keeping it as food, inflating prices, diminishing exports.

Government is fairly terrible at regulation... just look at this past housing bubble, who caused it? Government pushed banks to make sub-prime loans, inflated the market, printed money, bailed them out... great regulation. And, Fannie & Freddie... They don't know how to run a business, or regulate one.

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#65 themajormayor
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

Best candidate by far!!

Banjo_Kongfooie

You are joking right? go google him... Ugh **** wikipedia is down.

lol Banjo_Kongfooie talking about joking. lol
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#66 ColdExistence
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[QUOTE="ColdExistence"]

[QUOTE="QuistisTrepe_"]

Methinks someone doesn't understand the difference between capitalism and corporatism.

Inconsistancy

What do you think deregulation to the extent which Ron Paul supports would lead to? This is the man who wants to get rid of the EPA for ****'s sake! He talks against corporatism as if he is truly against it, yet his policies and ideas would basically give ultimate power to corporations. You can't say you're against something, but then come up with a system that would allow something like corporate capitalism to flourish.

Read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_capitalism

Personally, I'd not use the EPA as an example of why you 'need' regulations... They fined, or are/were prepairing to fine corporations for not using a biofuel. Now, that biofuel hasn't been invented yet, and biofuels like ethanol generally aren't smart to use anyway, you're often converting Food into fuel, rather than keeping it as food, inflating prices, diminishing exports.

Government is fairly terrible at regulation... just look at this past housing bubble, who caused it? Government pushed banks to make sub-prime loans, inflated the market, printed money, bailed them out... great regulation. And, Fannie & Freddie... They don't know how to run a business, or regulate one.

The government being terrible at their job isn't incentive to scrap the idea of regulation all together. What we really need is a better government, and I believe with some fine tuning, it is possible to have one. Besides, there is already far too much deregulation as it is. We don't need more.

Btw I don't believe the government forced anyone to make the loans. They did it purely on the basis of making a profit for themselves.

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#67 shakmaster13
Member since 2007 • 7138 Posts
[QUOTE="ColdExistence"]

[QUOTE="QuistisTrepe_"]

Methinks someone doesn't understand the difference between capitalism and corporatism.

Inconsistancy

What do you think deregulation to the extent which Ron Paul supports would lead to? This is the man who wants to get rid of the EPA for ****'s sake! He talks against corporatism as if he is truly against it, yet his policies and ideas would basically give ultimate power to corporations. You can't say you're against something, but then come up with a system that would allow something like corporate capitalism to flourish.

Read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_capitalism

Personally, I'd not use the EPA as an example of why you 'need' regulations... They fined, or are/were prepairing to fine corporations for not using a biofuel. Now, that biofuel hasn't been invented yet, and biofuels like ethanol generally aren't smart to use anyway, you're often converting Food into fuel, rather than keeping it as food, inflating prices, diminishing exports.

Government is fairly terrible at regulation... just look at this past housing bubble, who caused it? Government pushed banks to make sub-prime loans, inflated the market, printed money, bailed them out... great regulation. And, Fannie & Freddie... They don't know how to run a business, or regulate one.

That happened because there wasn't enough regulation for the lenders. Basically banks have very little to no regulation on them since they cherry pick our candidates and who gets put on the federal reserve. The problem is that in some areas the government has too many regulations(construction and manufacturing for example) where as in some areas there is little to no regulation at all(banking and other financial services).