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Originally Posted by Ethersync
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True, but Democrats have not exactly rolled back anything. A pox on both houses as far as I'm concerned.
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
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What have the democrats do to change that besides make the Patriot Act permanent? I dont know where you get the idea that I agree with what the Republicans did during the Bush years.
Ron Paul and Rand Paul are not misguided. Unless you believe freedom and liberty are misguided ideas.
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I got that idea mainly from how adamant you were about McCain/Palin a couple of years back. If I'm mistaken, I apologize.
I agree with a lot of what Ron Paul says. I like his ideas on focusing our effort and resources on problems at home before we try to fix problems abroad. I also think he genuinely cares about and represents the little guy.
That being said, his "smaller government" rhetoric goes a bit overboard at times. He voted against net neutrality. He puts way too much emphasis on deregulation and the idea that the "free market" will save us all. I'm not some dirty hippie that hates rich people...but we've given huge corporations a chance to do the right thing and they royally fucked it up. I think government oversight and regulation for business sectors that have the ability to drastically harm our economy, environment, or overall wellbeing isn't socialism or communism. It's just a safety mechanism.
I don't hate either one of them. I think they have good ideas on certain topics, and bad ideas on others. I'm all for personal freedom and reforming drug laws. I'm against returning to the gold standard and banning stem cell research.
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