Other-Worldly is getting all hot-to-trot on Ron Paul because of his stand on the Iraq War.
Unlike him, who probably just heard about Paul in the last month or so, I've been reading Paul for years now. As such, I know him to be BEYOND a libertarian: he's an anarcho-capitalist. So I said to Other- Worldly that aside from the Iraq thing, he's diametrically opposed to pretty much everything Paul stands for. So Other_Worldly challenged me to show him why. And here's why. Let's see if other_worldly agrees with Paul on THESE issues: GUNS Ron Paul wants students to be able to have concealed weapons and arm themselves ON CAMPUS: from: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul383.html "Only private individuals on the scene could have prevented or lessened this tragedy. Prohibiting guns on campus made the Virginia Tech students less safe, not more." ...and... "Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference." RACISM from: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul381.html "...it is the federal government more than anything else that divides us along race, class, religion, and gender lines. Government, through its taxes, restrictive regulations, corporate subsidies, racial set- asides, and welfare programs, plays far too large a role in determining who succeeds and who fails in our society. This government "benevolence" crowds out genuine goodwill between men by institutionalizing group thinking, thus making each group suspicious that others are receiving more of the government loot. This leads to resentment and hostility between us. "The political left argues that stringent federal laws are needed to combat racism, even as they advocate incredibly divisive collectivist policies. "Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals." ENTITLEMENTS from: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul372.html Paul wants to eliminate 60% of federal spending!!!!! For example, eliminate the entire Medicare Prescription bill. 60% pretty much does away with ALL entitlements. OIL and ENERGY from: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul322.html Paul doesn't want much help or encouragement from government to develope alternative fuels: "...fewer regulations that interfere with the market development of alternative fuels. " STEM CELL RESEARCH from: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul252.html Paul wants ZERO dollars from the federal government for stem cell research
