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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23ABC Bows Down - Ron Paul on Poll!
http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/ABC_Bows_Down_Ron_Paul_on_Poll - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Dr. Ron Paul is a 10th-term Congressman, Veteran, flight surgeon, and a medical doctor specializing in obstetrics and has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He has earned the nickname "Dr. No" for voting against any bill he believes violates the Constitution; In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the "one exception to the Gang of 535" on Capitol Hill.
Check this out:
He's never voted to raise taxes.
He's never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war
NOTE: Paul is the ONLY Rep. candidate to vote against Iraq. Clinton, Biden, Hagel, Edwards, etc. voted for and has since flip flopped like John Kerry...which cost him the 2004 Election.
As if these salient points aren't enough, Ron Paul wants to:
- Bring our troops home from Iraq & end the war
- Secure our borders from terrorism
- Stop illegal immigration & no amnesty for illegal immigrants
- Get rid of the IRS for fairer taxes for you
- Limit big government in your private affairs & lives
Vote Ron Paul for President in 2008! RonPaul2008.notlong.com - Walgreenz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20http://www.comedycentral.com/help/questionsCC.jhtml
Comedy Central's website showed in the video. - painted82, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16This is a fight between the people and the establishments. I refuse to give up without a fight... If you care about our future, you shouldn't give up either! Digg and contact comedy central~!
- rolf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I'm a fan of Jon Steward and Colbert both - but get him on the Daily Show.
Jon may not be as funny as Colbert, but he is the greatest interviewer and has interesting intellectual guests and actually listens to his opponents (does not steamroll them) and will allow Ron Paul to get his message out.
I like Colbert too and find his show funnier, but he will lampoon you as he is out for a laugh.
Get Ron Paul on the Daily Show! - AKBryant54, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I just sent them an email, it's very easy to do and as long as you ask politely it may even work, I recommend fellow diggers and Ron Paul supporters do this. Getting him on the Colbert report would be awesome too.
- bryanedds, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11everyone,
Your conclusions are quite backward. It is through regulation that the cost of doing business is increased and potential competitors to large corporations are barred from entry into the marketplace. This is known as the "compliance barrier". Big corporations lobby for regulation because it increases the compliance barrier so much that the little guys can't even afford to get into the game. Regulations allow large corporations to band together to form de facto cartels to screw the consumer. Regulations, combined with corporate subsidies, are what keep the big corporations immune from the marketplace. Ironically somehow, since regulations increase the cost of doing business, increases in the price of goods must result. After all, someone has to pay for it. Along with regulation and corporate subsidies, the third mainstay of the government intervention is licensure. Licensure is where only people who have the license required by law are allowed to enter into an industry or workforce. Licensure artificially restricts the supply of entrants (IE - doctor's, and thus pushes up prices (IE - doctor's visits).
This trifecta of government interventions is pro-monopoly, anti-competition, increases costs for the consumer, bars free entry of workers into the workplace, and generally wrecks industry. Knowing this, we can start to see how all the problems of the energy industry and the healthcare industry could be caused by existing government intervention, instead of what little (if anything) remains of the free market in those sectors. If you follow the money, you'll see the big corporations are lobbying FOR increased government intervention, not less. You'll do well to see government not as a fighter for the rights of consumers or workers, but rather as the coercive arm of big business. That is the purpose of all government - to exist as a tool for the rich and political class to benefit at the expense of everyone else. Capitalism, on the other hand, exists as a tool by which the sovereign consumers use the democracy of the market where each dollar is a vote to help themselves, at the expense of nobody. A country run for profit (IE - lassiaz faire) does not put corporations first, it puts the consumer first, since the consumer is the gate keeper of all profit.
Where consumers go unsatisfied, profits go unmade. That is unless of course you can -
1) Block your competition by getting the _government_ to increase the regulatory compliance barriers
2) Ensure your profits by getting the _government_ to subsidize your bottom line with corporate welfare and bailouts
3) Can demand higher prices for your services by artificially restricting the entrance of competing service providers in your market by getting the government to mandate licensure for your field.
- side note about CA's supposed "deregulation" -
Deregulation in California did not happen. This is a very pervasive myth. What happened in California was a shell game where some of the less harmful regulations were removed WHILE more harmful regulations were put in place. Libertarians watched from the sidelines and tried to call it what it was - fake deregulation - and predicted the catastrophe for that reason. But noone listened. And now that the fake deregulation failed, people have been sold the myth that deregulation is thus bad.
There is a lot to learn about the free market. A great place to get started is with this book, "Economics in One Lesson". It is freely available here from mises.org - http://www.mises.org/books/onelesson.pdf
Please take the time to read it :) - nokla, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8A friend sent me this (John Stewart interviewed by Bill Moyers):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzXktRWDRs
So I dugg up a Bill Moyers interview with Ron Paul from October of 2000.
http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/Bill_Moyers_Interviews_Ron_Paul_on_NOW_10_2002_RealVideo
Paul would be a great guest for John Stewart - and he'd be a great candidate who is ready to end this mess in Iraq.
Like he said in the GOP debate, Republicans can be very strong when they promise to end wars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7yJgqnQ5Rc
The Democrats ran on ending the war and received a mandate from the American people. The Dems have failed. Ron Paul could succeed. The question is, are we ready to give his wisdom from 2000 a chance? - rolf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I just dugg you down by accident (buttons too close dammit) - someone digg interpaul up for me. Sorry about that.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@rolf
No problem. :D As long as we're all together in getting Ron Paul as President in 2008! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4 The real question is will Stewart want him on? Paul speaks against the banks and the banks have always been a sticking point for anti-semites, Jews are very aware of this and a result of it have been wary of people who oppose the banking establishment. Is this a factor to Stewart? We can't really know but I assure you the phenomenon I speak of is a real thing even if it's not very visible.
- Humptydank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3
You've made several comments now on the relationship between Jews and the banking establishment, and I realize I may have been a little harsh on you in the past, since you haven't been entirely clear and I may have jumped to conclusions about you being an anti-Semite yourself. Would you give a clear explanation of what the "banking establishment" consists of, and your opinion on how Jews are related to it?
Thanks. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3 Here's a Youtube video of all of Pauls' debate answers strung together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBGJwE9NXo
Pass it around and rate and comment on it. - AKBryant54, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3I like Ron as much as the next guy, but at some point you're just a spammer.
- clistpaypal, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1yeah it is pretty funny how little the internet libertarians actually know what libertarians stand for. and those that DO realize that the platform consists of dismantling the public sector, fail to realize the internet developed through public sector funding and research (through public universities and the military).
a country run for-profit does not put people first. it puts corporations first. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Deregulation leads to monopolies, less competition which is bad for consumers - high prices, less progress. In addition, workers rights' are thrown away and the environment is no longer protected. But at least you'll have less taxes.
- colberrep, on 10/12/2007, -9/+0yeah deregulating the energy system in California worked great. Enron was able to come in and make all their own rules. Those rules involved turning off power for thousands in order to jack up prices and stealing BILLIONS AND BILLIONS from Californians. Awesome!
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