Re: Re: RELIGION POLITICS: Ron

[Guest guest]

On 1/9/08, Wanita <wanitawa@...> wrote:

> Another why on Earth is why is RP a U.S. Representative in the Federal

> government if he hates the Federal government so?

He doesn't hate the federal government; he supports using it within

constitutional boundaries.

> Yeah it's corrupt but so

> aren't the corporations that hire the lobbyists.

And he's said as much repeatedly.

> The state, free trade, gold

> and The Constitution will cure it all

He also wants to ban corporations who receive contracts from

government from lobbying. He also provides a disincentive to lobbying

by refusing to offer them anything and by striking down corporate

welfare wherever he finds it.

> while Texas executes retarded people

Ron opposes the death penalty. He would ban its use by the

federal government, and use the bully pulpit to influence states to do

the same. He has spoken out agains the death penalty on the floor in

Congress.

> and Enron, yeah Enron. I wouldn't have been surprised last night if a horse

> ran out with holster and gun for him to ride away on.

Ron on Enron:

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/paul12.html

Enron provides a perfect example of the dangers of corporate

subsidies. The company was (and is) one of the biggest beneficiaries

of Export-Import Bank subsidies. The Ex-Im bank, a program that

Congress continues to fund with your tax dollars, essentially makes

risky loans to foreign governments and businesses for projects

involving American companies. The Bank, which purports to help

developing nations, really acts as a naked subsidy for certain

politically-favored American corporations- especially corporations

like Enron that lobbied hard and gave huge amounts of cash to both

political parties. Its reward was more that $600 million in cash via

six different Ex-Im financed projects. ...

It is precisely because corporate welfare is so extensive that Enron

cozied up to Congress and the Clinton administration. It's a game

every big corporation plays in our heavily regulated economy, because

they must when the government, rather than the marketplace,

distributes the spoils.

This does not mean Enron is to be excused. There seems to be little

question that executives at Enron deceived employees and investors,

and any fraudulent conduct should of course be fully prosecuted. ...

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Chris

[Guest guest]

On 1/10/08, Wanita <wanitawa@...> wrote:

> It's bipartisan like every mess. One does one thing, the other does another.

> Bush Administration in it's beginning days had Ken Lay as a White House

> guest before releasing energy policy.

He has never suggested otherwise. Jay Leno couldn't get him to align

himself with any of the other Republican candidates but he got him to

reluctantly say he likes Kucinich best among the Democrats. So he

hardly tries to blame the Democrats for everything or exalt

Republicans as enemies of corporate welfare. He has levied massive

criticism of Bush.

Chris