Comments on: Cato Institute VP Sneers At Ron Paul: He’s Not Our ‘Kind of Person’!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:11:36 +0000

Subsequent events have, perhaps, proved Brink right.

By: no match

no match — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:12:23 +0000

A ticket of Kucinich/Paul would be effective to getting back our country and dumping the false entity called corporation.

There is at least one striking difference: Kucinich cares about protecting the environment and Paul, for all his acrobatics around the subject, obviously does not.

http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/10/16/paul/

By: Eugene Costa

Eugene Costa — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:22:20 +0000

Follow the money.

By: ranger

ranger — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:22:39 +0000

Therein lies the fallacy you mistakenly claim. A corporation is a piece of paper, an entity that exists only on paper and in people’s fantasies. A COMPANY is a group of people offering services.

A company does not take up the responsibility of its membership for its actions. A corporate entity does. There is no “company” entity… there is only a corporate entity, because the corporate is a fictional construct. A company is exactly what you were referring to, a “company of men, united in a common purpose or for a common endeavor”.

Corporations have reared their ugly heads in the past and every time they have done massive damage to the places they appeared in.

It is exactly this misappropriation and improper definition of terms that leads to the so called “bad guys” taking over.

So please, defend the right terms, because they refer to the right things or ideas.

By: jeffuppy

jeffuppy — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:48:59 +0000

Great comment! I’m a Kucinich supporter and a former Libertarian. I cast my first Presidential ballot ever for Ron Paul in 88. But I’ve come to realize that there is no such thing as a power vaccume. If the state has no power to act to prevent exploitation and abuse other powers will rise up to exploit and abuse. This is what even the mild libertarianism of Reagan has brought us - a governement co-opted by corporate interests and a population of debt slaves. If you don’t like imperialistic wars then I would suggest supporting a truly democratic state power enabled to manage the rise of corporate abuse. Laissez-faire makes for great Ayn Rand novels but in real life the elites will fuck you up one side and down the other if you give them free reign. Halliburton loves Libertarians, I promise.

By: Kraig

Kraig — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:50:43 +0000

Do you guys know something I don’t? Ron Paul has said many times that he will not run as a 3rd party if he doesn’t win the Republican nomination. Normally when a politician says these types of things I take it as a grain of salt, as they are likely trying to keep a positive attitude yet can complete change when support doesn’t go their way, however when Ron Paul says something I tend to believe him. Maybe you guys know something I don’t, maybe he has already changed his mind on running as a 3rd party. I really think he has a good chance to win the Republican nomination, his support is growing everyday, and if he was able to win that I think he is also the Republican Party’s best chance at defeated Hillary. They simply don’t stand a chance with a pro-war nominee, given where public opinion lies with both Bush and the war. I do have a big fear of voter fraud and voting machines, if Ron Paul was to win the nomination, would the voting machines agree with it?

By: Justin Raimondo

Justin Raimondo — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:40:11 +0000

I agree, Brian. Please tell that to Brink Lindsay.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:28:08 +0000

And also, Lindsey is dead wrong when he says that Paul doesn’t attract “forward-looking creative class” types.

From Ron Paul’s reception at Google…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKwlE3fO-Y

To the Ron Paul anthem put together by New York indie rockers…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-t_YD-sDhw

What Paul’s campaign has shown is that a message of freedom can unify everyone from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Manhattan hipsters to Goldwater conservatives and Bible Belt homeschoolers.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:26:43 +0000

I think the cosmopolitan vs. populist “divide” is an example of the left-wing Nation trying to create a division where none really exists.

Ron Paul is the first candidate I’ve donated money to in my 41-year lifetime. He’s the only major party candidate that I’ve been enthusiastic about in the last two decades.

When I do a search for Ron Paul on Cato’s website, all of the top ten hits are positive stories — including several very positive items by David Boaz.

It’s enough that we have to fight both the neocons and the liberals — we don’t need to be creating warring camps within the libertarian movement.

By: RobertJ

RobertJ — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:33:50 +0000

Yeah, what Tony said.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:22:28 +0000

I HOPE EVERYONE STOPS SUPPORTING CATO AND STOPS GIVING ANY KIND
OF DONATIONS FOR TRASHING RON PAUL…………THESE PEOPLE AT
CATO ARE LITERALLY SCUMBAGS AND ARE LIARS AND ARE CORRUPT AS
Bush……….Need I say more!!!!!! NO MORE MONEY FOR CATO!!!!!

By: Brendan t

Brendan t — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:21:34 +0000

I too am anti war and anti interventionist.

However, as to your complaints about corporations, I have to differ. Corporations are simply groups of individuals united to offer products and services. The are NOT fascist in and of themselves. A corporate form can exist without the state, through contract. Limited liability for investors is a privilege but it encourages investment which leads to better products.

The corporate monopoly STATE is the evil in the equation. The progressive era’s reliance on regulation was easily coopted by corporations to limit competition. So regulation is not helpful to achieve better results for consumers. More competition, which arises with less government regulation, is more of a check on corporate power than any government regulation can be.

Many of these problems you mention will disappear with sound money and the end of the FED. Support Ron Paul!