tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6579200948674115691..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Rand Paul Lets It Rip: What is Our World Coming To?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25798045095243807872017-09-10T15:09:48.004-04:002017-09-10T15:09:48.004-04:00When a medical marijuana CEO shows you up on stick...When a medical marijuana CEO shows you up on sticking to your guns you definitely have an issue. But Mises wrote an entire book on the subject of lack of knowledge called the Anti-Capitalistic Mentality. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139317422628492600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32785648313132079342017-09-10T15:05:08.217-04:002017-09-10T15:05:08.217-04:00Potato Potato. Essentially a tightly regulated eco...Potato Potato. Essentially a tightly regulated economy with fairness and redistribution is a centrally planned economy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139317422628492600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91202789194732076782017-09-10T15:03:28.350-04:002017-09-10T15:03:28.350-04:00There is nothing "right-wing" about capi...There is nothing "right-wing" about capitalism or liberty. The far left and right are both the same nonsense predicated on the supremacy of the state and central planning. One side is the complete organization of society by the state according to some arbitrary definition of "fairness" and the other is the complete organization of society by the state according to "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139317422628492600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12586260657913245962017-09-01T16:25:53.975-04:002017-09-01T16:25:53.975-04:00Rand is definitely a bright light in the cesspool ...Rand is definitely a bright light in the cesspool that is DC, but that's not a high hurdle. I don't mean to diminish his relative exceptionalism, but I don't think he's ever going to measure up to Ron. He capitulated on principle too easily in the presidential race, which Ron never did. And it seems as if he hasn't read the same books as his father did; I'm guessing The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35158325572796724752017-08-31T16:01:19.994-04:002017-08-31T16:01:19.994-04:00Rabd Paul said that the confederate flag needs to...Rabd Paul said that the confederate flag needs to be removed because as he put it, it is "a symbol of hate and murder" and he actually admitted in a Senate speech that he "meets with Israeli groups DAILY."(!)<br />He said in another speech that he wants the federal reserve to be more effective. <br />There is much, much more but I will spare you. <br /><br />This guy isn'LibertyFighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734388754415876849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21711976293862342982017-08-31T09:45:20.454-04:002017-08-31T09:45:20.454-04:00Alex, excellent analysis. What comes to mind as a ...Alex, excellent analysis. What comes to mind as a solution is a rebirth of scholastic form, with a proposal, arguments for, refutations of arguments for, and so on. Also, the egalitarianism that poisons young minds because of the government schools leads to a relativism that any opinion is just as good as another, with no attempt to find truth, since no one believes that truth is a thing.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603153065912441315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5187918613378491772017-08-31T06:39:32.930-04:002017-08-31T06:39:32.930-04:00Lol.Lol.Brutushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885083535036422093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2408607868589363762017-08-31T03:19:40.953-04:002017-08-31T03:19:40.953-04:00Trumpussolini isn't a statesman, he's a bu...Trumpussolini isn't a statesman, he's a buffoon who knows ZERO about economics or government limits. RDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15183395248183087792017-08-31T01:30:52.548-04:002017-08-31T01:30:52.548-04:00http://www.joemygod.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03...http://www.joemygod.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/trumprushmore-660x330.jpg<br /><br />We already have a statesman.Mark Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03058456529710901174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8496093738559942382017-08-31T00:10:03.501-04:002017-08-31T00:10:03.501-04:00What I find is that they cannot conceive of anythi...What I find is that they cannot conceive of anything other than what they have been told to believe. Conditioned to think is right and the only answer. No curiosity. No willingness to learn outside the program they were given. <br /><br />The primary argument of people who think they are educated is first treat an idea foreign to them as coming from someone who missed school that day. Secondly Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29263498685729540032017-08-30T23:54:09.140-04:002017-08-30T23:54:09.140-04:00But they think the people who made everything &quo...But they think the people who made everything "unfair" will magically make it "fair". Or deliver the plunder to them. Of neither is going to happen. Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71798078834514563072017-08-30T20:48:10.523-04:002017-08-30T20:48:10.523-04:00Most who read EPJ know the reasons why America’s m...Most who read EPJ know the reasons why America’s memory of the horrors of socialism has faded. For the same reasons we see the Lefties becoming more and more violent. These people have reached the point where they have so little ability to think for themselves they cannot form arguments sufficient for civilized debate. This combined with them being so propagandized that they not only will not AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86333515100925577202017-08-30T18:31:06.531-04:002017-08-30T18:31:06.531-04:00And good on him for pointing out that the real fas...And good on him for pointing out that the real fascist threat has been growing for some time and comes from the top...the extremes are just a distraction from the main threat.earth that washttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635503399458271477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3378425233406727252017-08-30T18:29:07.604-04:002017-08-30T18:29:07.604-04:00When Rand follows Ron he steps up. He should get o...When Rand follows Ron he steps up. He should get over his "following in dad's footsteps" hang up.earth that washttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635503399458271477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86532889204826896842017-08-30T14:57:51.555-04:002017-08-30T14:57:51.555-04:00Exactly. If he would stick to these guns like his...Exactly. If he would stick to these guns like his dad, he'd have given the GOP a good show. Rand is best when he isn't pandering to the neocon party-line. Nobody really likes milquetoast.<br /><br />Hopefully he's seeing the impact he's had with the Liberty Caucus and Obamacare and is actually learning a thing or two about sticking with the real right-wing conservatives.Cory Bricknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615059918614218841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45736509185261463782017-08-30T14:24:55.454-04:002017-08-30T14:24:55.454-04:00It was in my newsletter.It was in my newsletter.Tom Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233881308887276550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38662560410276528412017-08-30T14:05:59.952-04:002017-08-30T14:05:59.952-04:00But will he build a wall???
Ah-HAAAaaaa!But will he build a wall???<br /><br />Ah-HAAAaaaa!OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51911509217236890932017-08-30T13:49:12.741-04:002017-08-30T13:49:12.741-04:00Heh-heh -- exactly!
He might well be president no...Heh-heh -- exactly!<br /><br />He might well be president now had he not abandoned his supporters.Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22363610623250576052017-08-30T13:42:17.983-04:002017-08-30T13:42:17.983-04:00Where was this recent example on trucking regulati...Where was this recent example on trucking regulation from Tom Woods? One of his podcasts? I'd really like to hear this take on those regulations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14734354206002423982017-08-30T12:49:52.164-04:002017-08-30T12:49:52.164-04:00The meaning of "socialism" to most peopl...The meaning of "socialism" to most people is no longer a centrally planned economy, but a tightly regulated one with fairness and redistribution paramount. Even my most progressive friend does not want the government to take over business, just to milk it for all it's worth while enforcing "fair" outcomes at the same time. Hayek applies of course but his arguments are too Scott Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270655527655803743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22333676540706406542017-08-30T12:47:32.114-04:002017-08-30T12:47:32.114-04:00AmenAmenRebel Wophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555646039241735421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60572705634151728112017-08-30T12:31:36.496-04:002017-08-30T12:31:36.496-04:00Hopefully that won't all go into the toilet ag...Hopefully that won't all go into the toilet again when he runs for president next time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73331977188491076112017-08-30T12:06:50.739-04:002017-08-30T12:06:50.739-04:00Stick to your guns Rand!Stick to your guns Rand!Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970586845001280417noreply@blogger.com