Ron Paul 2012 Containment Thread - Page 182 - Politics and Economics

In Herman Cain's new book, Cain claims Paul’s campaign “sends one of its ‘Paulites’ everywhere I show up.”

Paul is a proponent of auditing the Federal Reserve.

“I get the same stupid question at almost every one of these events,” Cain writes. “I know it’s a deliberate strategy. How can a person randomly show up at a hundred events and ask the same stupid question to try to nail me on the Federal Reserve? It’s really becoming annoying more than anything else.”

10-01-2011 , 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Nichlemn

Public choice theory? It doesn't imply that the free market will necessarily be better than the government, but it leaves open the possibility - say, if agency problems are extremely bad.

I'd be shocked if Fly knows what either PCT or agency problems are prior to a google search.

10-01-2011 , 07:41 PM

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Boro- Stay classy there. Generally after you embarrass yourself like you did with that milk price cap trainwreck of a post you lay low for a little while. Turning over a new leaf?

Nichlemn- Public choice theory(and more broadly political science as a whole) is designed to explain WHY government produces inefficient outcomes when those outcomes happen.

It does not detail that government WILL produce those outcomes. It's not really the same thing, especially since the actual reality of the real world seems to indicate strict environmental regulations are effective. And you seem to know that based on your second sentence.

None of this really has anything to do with Ron Paul's 2012 campaign though.

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10-01-2011 , 10:55 PM

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20 question interview with Ron Paul

really interesting questions asked. Paul is blunt as usual.

Quote:

Q: Do you think radio talk show people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin fear that you’re making them obsolete because your views reveal them as the statists they are?

A: I think that if I gain influence it’s an embarrassment to them because they’re not really limited-government people yet they make their livelihood fooling the people into thinking they’re the real leaders of limited government. And when you look at it we find out that they haven’t been. Look at Bush’s eight years. The budget exploded.

10-01-2011 , 11:00 PM

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Well, yes, and economics doesn't claim that market failure WILL happen. It's theoretically possible for it not to happen, just as it's theoretically possible for goverment failure not to happen.

10-02-2011 , 12:27 PM

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Ron Paul Campaign Speech in New Hampshire (from this past week)

10-02-2011 , 12:57 PM

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Ron Paul Op-Ed: An unconstitutional killing: Obama's killing of Awlaki violates American principles.

10-02-2011 , 03:46 PM

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Herman Cain calls Ron Paul a "grumpy old man" on Leno. At 6:50 mark of video.

Also,
Herman Cain annoyed by ‘stupid’ questions from Ron Paul supporters

How whiny and childish. It's almost as though he is ashamed to be a former fed branch chairman. Not like the candidates around him are much better, but this guy is a real clown.

10-02-2011 , 05:56 PM

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Video: Ron Paul on Univision's Al Punto (SPANISH) 10/1/11

English text version here.

10-02-2011 , 06:01 PM

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wow RP's spanish translator has a much sexier voice than his.

10-02-2011 , 06:15 PM

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lol

bit strange that you find a man's voice sexy, though.

10-02-2011 , 08:45 PM

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10-02-2011 , 08:49 PM

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^lol that's genius

10-02-2011 , 08:57 PM

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Difference is Keisuke looks unintimidated and Paul looks bewildered. That hasn't changed in the weeks since that picture came out.

10-02-2011 , 09:12 PM

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kreese might be the greatest movie bad guy ever

10-02-2011 , 09:18 PM

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Difference is Keisuke looks unintimidated and Paul looks bewildered. That hasn't changed in the weeks since that picture came out.

True... Perry looks like alot like the bad guy though

10-02-2011 , 09:48 PM

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Fly,

I don't I've ever seen someone so righteously proud of not being able to comprehend simple concepts like "artificially lowering the cost of capital causes uneconomic allocations of capital", but you go girl.

10-02-2011 , 10:06 PM

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Picture filled blog post about Ron Paul supporters at Occupy Wall Street protests.

10-02-2011 , 10:26 PM

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I would be interested in learning:

Do you think this is the appropriate thread for this post?
Do you think it wise for you, specifically, to discuss the "righteous pride" of anyone else with regards to "simple concepts" in economics?

Feel free to elaborate on the wherefores as time, space, and disposition permits.

10-03-2011 , 12:16 AM

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I'm gonna bump the Central Banking Thread, I'm hopeful we can get some more lulz.

10-03-2011 , 09:21 PM

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Occupy Wall Street Protestor on Federal Reserve

which one of you was this?

LirvA I'm looking at you =)

10-03-2011 , 09:36 PM

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godd i hate the "its fake money" "only gold is real money" libertarian spiel.

10-03-2011 , 10:35 PM

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Ron Paul Op-Ed: An unconstitutional killing: Obama's killing of Awlaki violates American principles.

Ron Paul calling for Obama's impeachment is the most ridiculous garbage I've ever heard from his campaign. I wish I had the money back I donated to him.

10-03-2011 , 10:37 PM

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Ron Paul calling for Obama's impeachment is the most ridiculous garbage I've ever heard from his campaign. I wish I had the money back I donated to him.

I don't know, impeachment for murder seems like a pretty reasonable course to take.

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