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Comment by The Anti-Bush on August 28, 2011 at 4:59am

@KRYPKE: I actually agree with his thoughts on currency, even though it does have a few problems (the dollar suddenly becoming a hard currency would clearly result in the other currencies crashing - which could be a huge problem as long as import and export exist).

 

The things I disagree with are primarily:

• His tendency to want to abolish regulation of big business - e.g. abolishing the EPA, or weakening antitrust laws - I don't trust big government, but I don't trust big business either, if greedy criminals like Exxon-Mobil go unregulated, they will end up destroying the world (it's not like they haven't shown that already, with all the accidents they caused already by not implementing all thinkable safety measures simply to make even more profit)
• His idea of abolishing the department of education - education is important, and it is vital that a decent education is accessible even to the poor, it's their only hope of getting out of their poverty
• His idea of cutting down social programs. In an ideal world, this would work because people would just help each other voluntarily (and Paul has a track record of treating poor people for free, so in a world where everyone is like him, it would work) -- but in the real world, the rich who could afford helping the needy tend to be greedy scumbags who actually like to see the poor dying.

That said, I think that Paul is a reasonable person, and he'd see when some of his policies aren't working out, and he'd do what he can to fix it.

 

Comment by Cryptocurrency on August 27, 2011 at 2:17pm

I hear ya Anti-B. Paul is the only candidate representing main street, that much we can bank on. As far as his monetary policies and economic outlook, Dr. Paul advocated for sound money and an alternative to the fiat funny money the FED clowns create.

 

People have this idea that it will be backed simply by a "gold standard" which is illogical therefore they do not understand commodity backed currency. A gold standard would be a a "hard currency" much like Andrew Jackson establishing through executive order the Second Bank of America.

 

Technically you could back up a currency with, say, hemp, if you wanted to. Anything uniform in quality produced in large quantities could be a piece of the portfolio of a commodity based currency.

Comment by The Anti-Bush on August 27, 2011 at 11:43am

Ron Paul is very much electable.

While he would certainly cost his party some votes (he clearly wouldn't get the votes of the likes of Cheney or Bush), he'd make it up by getting numerous votes from people who would never support any of the "normal" Republican candidates.

 

I'm an Independent myself - one who has never voted Republican so far. I think Obama is a disaster, but only almost as bad as Bush. The likes of Perry and Bachmann scream out "just as bad as Bush" to me - they're addicted to war and repression.

 

Ron Paul, however, would change all that. While I disagree with him on many issues (I don't think the Laissez-Faire economy he's envisioning can work with evil big corporations that are already out of control while there's some regulation), he's the one who truly wants to restore freedom and end the wars. Those 2 issues are the most important things facing us today.

He has my support - and probably not just mine, but also the support of the entire "we could only HOPE he'd CHANGE things" crowd on the left.

Comment by TheLasersShadow on August 26, 2011 at 4:46pm