I would argue that Ron Paul anti-government Libertarians are much better equipped to debate economic issues than their progressive counterparts. Progressive's simply don't understand economics, most libertarians I know make it a point to study economics in detail. The fact is a free-market economy is the ONLY type of economy on the planet that actually works. Any other system has to be constantly managed, controlled and monitored. It is this management and control that causes problems such as prolonged recessions, over supply of money & credit, devaluation of money and the list goes on...
The question of whether taxpayers should back an auto-maker that makes cars for the rich is flawed. To begin with the sole reason for taxpayer bail outs for any company, country or industry is to bail out the financiers who bankroll these companies. Even though the media portrays the company or industry as the entity or group of entities being bailed out, it's the banks that loaned money to these organizations that receive the benefit of bail outs at the taxpayer's expense.
Where did these sub-prime loans, that the quant-shops traded, originate in the first place? Google "Community Reinvestment Act"
Whenever something bad happens to our economy, you'll find the government's fingerprints on it somewhere along the line.
Now imagine if we could drill, refine and use our own Oil supply while the rest of the world struggles with the OPEC cartel... A boost in manufacturing output coupled with fuel prices held in check (by the free market as opposed to the clowns in Congress...)
Suppose NY state wins the law suit and coercively levies the sales tax on Amazon, it's the people of NY state and everyone else in the country that lose.
For every dollar the government takes (steals) in tax, is a dollar that will not be spent by the taxpayer elsewhere.
Companies don't pay taxes anyway, they may remit tax returns and funds to the government, but that cost is always passed on to the consumer. So it's consumers that end up footing the bill in the end anyway.
We don't live in a democracy. It's a rebuplic. No matter, our rights went out the window when the Government gave itself the power to tax our income and labor.
So our government can basically do whatever it wants, and hide whatever it wants.
I'm with you on that... seems these days ur not a "real" republican unless you "support the war" That's a bad corner to paint yourself into. The neo-republicans (compassionate-conservatives) are definitely for bigger-spending and bigger-government. Sooner or later the peeps in D.C. are going to have to stop spending money they don't have.
New deal??? Ummm... where's the money going to come from to pay for a new deal? That "old new deal" is one of the main reason's this country is in a recession in the first place.
Stop voting for big government liberals. This is what you ultimately end up with. "Do-gooders" creating silly laws they think everyone else should live by.
You shouldn't even be debating the degree to which the government wants to legislate morality. The founding fathers of this country wouldn't even recognize it today. The government has no business legislating morality, or anything else about what we do in our private lives. NONE! Stop voting for do-gooder liberals.
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I would argue that Ron Paul anti-government Libertarians are much better equipped to debate economic issues than their progressive counterparts. Progressive's simply don't understand economics, most libertarians I know make it a point to study economics in detail. The fact is a free-market economy is the ONLY type of economy on the planet that actually works. Any other system has to be constantly managed, controlled and monitored. It is this management and control that causes problems such as prolonged recessions, over supply of money & credit, devaluation of money and the list goes on...
The question of whether taxpayers should back an auto-maker that makes cars for the rich is flawed. To begin with the sole reason for taxpayer bail outs for any company, country or industry is to bail out the financiers who bankroll these companies. Even though the media portrays the company or industry as the entity or group of entities being bailed out, it's the banks that loaned money to these organizations that receive the benefit of bail outs at the taxpayer's expense.
Where did these sub-prime loans, that the quant-shops traded, originate in the first place? Google "Community Reinvestment Act" Whenever something bad happens to our economy, you'll find the government's fingerprints on it somewhere along the line.
This is how you transition from Nanny Statism to full on Communism.
America was built on equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. That is an impossible naive marxist/socialist and dangerous dream.
Now imagine if we could drill, refine and use our own Oil supply while the rest of the world struggles with the OPEC cartel... A boost in manufacturing output coupled with fuel prices held in check (by the free market as opposed to the clowns in Congress...)
Suppose NY state wins the law suit and coercively levies the sales tax on Amazon, it's the people of NY state and everyone else in the country that lose. For every dollar the government takes (steals) in tax, is a dollar that will not be spent by the taxpayer elsewhere. Companies don't pay taxes anyway, they may remit tax returns and funds to the government, but that cost is always passed on to the consumer. So it's consumers that end up footing the bill in the end anyway.
We don't live in a democracy. It's a rebuplic. No matter, our rights went out the window when the Government gave itself the power to tax our income and labor. So our government can basically do whatever it wants, and hide whatever it wants.
As for the railroad property tax problem... solution... here it comes...
LOWER OR GET RID OF THE PROPERTY TAX!
I'm sure our wasteful governments (local, state and federal) could find ways to cut back and do without the revenue?
I'm with you on that... seems these days ur not a "real" republican unless you "support the war" That's a bad corner to paint yourself into. The neo-republicans (compassionate-conservatives) are definitely for bigger-spending and bigger-government. Sooner or later the peeps in D.C. are going to have to stop spending money they don't have.
New deal??? Ummm... where's the money going to come from to pay for a new deal? That "old new deal" is one of the main reason's this country is in a recession in the first place.
Where do I sign up?
Stop voting for big government liberals. This is what you ultimately end up with. "Do-gooders" creating silly laws they think everyone else should live by.
You shouldn't even be debating the degree to which the government wants to legislate morality. The founding fathers of this country wouldn't even recognize it today. The government has no business legislating morality, or anything else about what we do in our private lives. NONE! Stop voting for do-gooder liberals.