Ron Paul on the Economic Crisis

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  1. TheBrew

    TheBrew The Hand of Smod

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLefrvxbq8

    Someone posted a link to this on TNZ and I figured you guys would like it. Here, I think that Ron is right and we need to suck it up and let the bubble deflate/burst. I don't always agree with Ron, but he is right that we need to stop propping up the weaknesses in our economic system, starting with the narrow view that companies take of not looking at long term growth, but at what will increase their quarterly statement the most.

    To quote Kirk "Let them die!"
  2. enlisted person

    enlisted person Black Swan

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  3. Archangel

    Archangel Primus Peritia

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    Most of Ron Pauls ideas sound good at first...but fall to pieces after 2 seconds of thought.

    Most of his popularity stems from...

    1) No regulating the internet.

    2) No taxes...or income taxes...or whatever he said.

    3) You could also throw in his wanting to disband agencies responsible for public safety.
  4. Order2Chaos

    Order2Chaos Ultimate... Immortal Administrator

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    And come back together after 30 seconds. But that's beyond the attention span of your average liberal or conservative.
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  5. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    And?

    So... you don't even know what he advocates, then. Right?

    I might agree on this point. However many of them are in dire need of reform.
  6. Aurora

    Aurora VincerĂ²!

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    That is true, yes. Like all pure ideologies, it's deeply flawed. The only thing that works is taking the best of everything :shrug:
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