Is George for a wage law?--- In
[email protected], "goldrecordings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <HRearden@> wrote:
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> > I wish that Christine Smith was in the debate.
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>
> 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.
>
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>
> 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/
>
