Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Need help

My friend is very close to becoming a big Ron Paul supporter, it started with national health care (he's for it). But he understands everything, big corporations and big government depend on each other etc. But he seems to think we need to eliminate the big corporations and have complete government control to fix things.
Here's his latest response:
where is this "true" free market. i have never seen one. there are none that i am aware of.

this is what i think:

the tie between corporations and government is too strong. they feed one another.
arguing about who's to blame (government or corporations) is moot. to even start an
analysis, the tie has to be broken. once the tie is broken, we can debate which is
more efficient: government of the market, but until that day they are the same
thing. government = corporations, market = corporations. for both ideologies,
conservative and liberal, the solutions merely appear different but are the same.

find me a candidate saying that and i'll vote form him/her/it.
Where's the best Ron Paul clip/article for this one?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

he says "the tie needs to be broken." ron paul is definitely the only candidate asking for governments and corporations to be less interconnected. i know he had some quotes in the kc event. the other candidates just want to tweak government - maybe some subsidies here, some regulations here. paul is asking for a complete revamping of the system, a return to constitional government, away from mercantilism where the government is intertwined in the economy. i'll see if i can find some articles.

Stilwell said...

Paul explaining on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWaKgXGh3PA&mode=related&search=
Here's an article: http://www.larouchepac.com/news/2007/06/25/rep-ron-paul-hits-american-corporatism-leaning-fascism.html