Indeed, I would love to support Ron Paul, and, perfectly frankly, I likely shall. He's definitely the most principled and consistent man in the race, and perhaps even in Washington.
However, though I tend to agree with most of what he says, there's one thing I can't quite fit my head around. Yes, regulations need to diminish, freedom of commerce needs to flourish, and civil liberties must be upheld. However, Paul (and his ideological kindred like Lew Rockwell) seem to think that the reduction of state power in economic and personal life will somehow make us all want to be Protestant main-street merchants straight out of the 1920s. My own experience of the many classes, ages, and races of men shows me that this is likely not the case.
I myself, moreover, am not business-minded; I'm more a literatus and philosopher. In all, this seems like the supremification of the merchant so prominent in 18th-century Whiggish thinking. Yes, the merchant class has a place in society, and a prominent one, I add, but what about everyone else? And am I the only one who thinks this "paleolibertarian" thinking somewhat deluded about human nature?
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Remember-Paul is going to come up against Congress so none of this is going to come out purely anyway. He is so refreshing that he just might have the businesspeople hopping like in the twenties especially if we break out the anti trust laws and Capitalism can be what it really is, competition in the market place. Wouldn't it be fascinating to see them have a Work Ethic. There is nothing wrong with a Protestant Work Ethic. To Put God back in the Business World in any way will encourage ethics and Family like behaviour rather than this sick economic hit man environment we have now with Neocon Wars and then Viral Corp.Takeovers.
This was a cool link on Ron Paul and the Supercongress I just read http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/04/ron-paul-debt-li...
Let me help.....over regulating any class causes a negative impact to commerce. Over feeing and taxing causes a negative impact on the the working class. Every minute & tax collected the state or the fed spends on socialistic hand outs vs. getting people productive in a capitalist nation so clearly outlined in the Constitution - is reverse Darwinism in its impact to the nation. Need verification? Look at economical reality today in the country on any level.
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