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Originally posted by airspoon
At least by electing a guy who believes in the Constitution, we don't need to put trust in him, as the Constitution provides for a government of, by and for the people.
--airspoon
Originally posted by Janky Red
My concern is Paul vaunting of Business via his love for the philosophies of the Rands of the world.
Corporate personhood will not be attacked by Paul
"I am a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. I do not want to tell the corporations what to do at all as long as they do not commit fraud and live up to their promises..." - Ron Paul, U.S. House of Representatives,May 1, 2002
"as long as they do not commit fraud"
Originally posted by Misoir
If you perceive Ron Paul as a Rockefeller stooge then who,
dare I ask, do you believe is not one?
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by Misoir
If you perceive Ron Paul as a Rockefeller stooge then who,
dare I ask, do you believe is not one?
ME !!!!
boondock-saint for president
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edit on 4/29/2011 by boondock-saint because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by airspoon
reply to post by Janky Red
Originally posted by Janky Red
My concern is Paul vaunting of Business via his love for the philosophies of the Rands of the world.
Corporate personhood will not be attacked by Paul
"I am a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. I do not want to tell the corporations what to do at all as long as they do not commit fraud and live up to their promises..." - Ron Paul, U.S. House of Representatives,May 1, 2002
"as long as they do not commit fraud"
In order to understand that quote by Paul, it has to be taken in the context of true free-market capitalism, with an understanding of the same. Even though our politicians claim that we have a free-market system, we don't, thus the corporations need regulation by government because the consumer and the people are not in a position to regulate.
With a true free-market, it is the people and the consumer that automatically regulate business, though such a concept is wholly dependent on an absolute free-market. While this idea might seem radical on first thought, its not. We know this idea as liberty, just from a different angle. This is what Paul suggests.
However, we are in a pretty sticky situation because there is no such thing as a gradual, seamless change to a free-market system from an influenced system (what we actually do have) and Paul is under no illusion that a seamless transition is possible, I have heard him talk about this very subject. In fact, there is a video on ATS now (Angry Dr. Paul) where he hits on this very issue.
For this reason, it has to get worse before it can get better, though it is going to get worse anyway as our current system is not only systematically flawed, but rife with inherent corruption.
I don't have the time or intentions to explain true free-markets, though I do recommend one's own research.
To someone not familiar with true free-markets or those under the illusion that what we have even resembles a free-market system, the notions presented by Paul would seem a little scary. However, such a model seems to be the closest economic model to perfection, with our current philosophical understanding at least. People tend to only hear "deregulation" and they get scared, understandably so. However, what Paul and other libertarians are calling for, is not "deregulation" as in business does whatever it wants. Instead, when you subtract all of the government favoritism and influence over industry, regulation is taken care of by the consumer and the people respectively. Those without an interest in an industry or business, will have no influence over it, exactly how it should be.
Due to Dr. Paul's record in Congress, I'm confident that he will run a Constitutionally sound government (as much as possible with the limited influence of the POTUS). The Constitution is the only thing that guarantees your liberty, thus your right to prosperity if you so choose it. What are the alternatives? The status quo? We know for a fact that the status quo is not working and we also know that the system presented by Paul is what lead this country to rise to the greatness that has become synonymous with "America". We have, ever since, ridden the reputation earned by the times in which our Constitution actually mattered.
--airspoon
This thought keeps me on the fence. Is he another puppet? I guess well have to see how open MSM is to him this election. Maybe they blocked him out last time because they were not ready for him?