--- In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I wish that Christine Smith was in the debate.
paul) Steve Kubby is willing to debate Christine Smith. We haven't heard from her people about that before, but they debated yesterday in Oregon and hopefully we can get the media files soon. >Phillies and Kubby did not sound like they had any enthusiasm > during the debate or their separate interview on the LS show. paul) I think Steve did really well on his separate interviews on the Liberated Space, and especially the Liberty Cap Talk Live Check out all the media files http://www.kubby2008.com/node/24 I also think Phillies was much improved during the Liberated Space debate with Kubby. He is becoming a much better speaker. Now I'm more concerned with issue differences. ==================================================================== I'm glad to hear George is becoming a better speaker. I hope he becomes the best speaker he can possibly be to make his message as compelling as possible. I would prefer that this campaign be about issues a lot more than who is a better speaker. Although they agree on the vast majority of political topics, there are some issues on which Phillies and Kubby disagree. According to http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/25/badnarik-answers-charge-of-abandoning-party/ "Phillies told dozens of Free State Project members this weekend that he supported the Federal Reserve because they maintained "the elasticity of money." This from an article at the website Homeland Stupidity (which covers Michael Badnarik's endorsement of Ron Paul), and although in another thread George denies making any specific comments about elasticity, so far he has not given a direct answer as to whether he would in fact eliminate the federal reserve if able to do so. In addition, so far we have identified several other positions on which the candidates hold different views: 1) Immigration KUBBY: Traditional Libertarian open borders position: http://www.kubby2008.com/node/3 PHILLIES: "Borders - Americans who quote the Statue of Liberty's message `Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free' should remember that it was written when France, Germany and Russia were autocratic monarchies. The huddled masses of Europe now breathe free. When Americans want open borders, they will tell Congress to vote for open borders. George Bush has created many enemies for America. Keeping them from coming here to injure our children and grandchildren must remain a top priority for the foreseeable future." "Foreign Workers - All too often, we hear claims that we must import foreign workers because Americans won't do those jobs. `Those jobs' are hard, physically demanding, outdoor work that require constant, careful attention to detail. Those jobs should be receiving a wage premium, not be barely-minimum-wage sources of employment. If those jobs paid that premium, there would be Americans available to do them. Mr. Bush's foreign guest worker scheme is a corporate welfare deal at the expense of the American worker." http://phillies2008.com/phillies_on_immigration Paul) I have attempted to discuss this apparently Eurocentric position with Dr. Phillies on several occassions and while he has elaborated his positions somewhat, the impression remains the same, see the comments at: http://lastfreevoice.com/2007/01/04/immigration-and-the-2008-lp-presidential-race/ "George who is proud to be part of the 2500 year old Euro-American cultural tradition of law, liberty, and prosperity, a tradition that via the political market is in the process of taking the world by voluntary consent. And, remember, when the Founding Fathers refered to their legal forefathers, they referred to `our ROMAN forefathers', because the American structure of government can be traced back to the Roman Republic." paul) We also covered this issue in the posts and comments extensively at: http://lastfreevoice.com/2006/12/30/lpa-repost-great-wall-of-america/ http://lastfreevoice.com/2007/01/09/kubby-2008-update/ http://lastfreevoice.com/2007/01/03/kubby-in-the-news/ 2) Child Tuition Tax Credits PHILLIES: In the candidate debate in Nevada, George Phillies endorsed the idea of a tax credit to parents to be used for education. I did not find such a position in his issues page; however, the debate is available in our media files at kubby2008.com. KUBBY: Steve has also not published anything about this issue to my knowledge, but he expressed his disagreement with George's stated position on this issue in an email to the campaign team, saying government would inevitably abuse such a system, for example by tying it to drug convictions. 3) Trade PHILLIES: "When we place a financial burden however labeled on American manufacturers, fairness dictates that foreign imports be subject to the same burden, a tax equivalent to whatever minimum wage and environmental restrictions foreign manufacturers are avoiding." http://phillies2008.com/phillies_on_free_trade KUBBY: No written position yet, but has indicated he would oppose tax equalization schemes to resolve trade fairness problems in a memo to the campaign team. This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of issue differences between the two candidates; just what we have identified so far. -=paul http://lastfreevoice.com/ http://kubby2008.com/
