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Ron Paul made his farewell speech yesterday to the House of Representatives. Nailed it in the first 10 minutes:
“In spite of my efforts, the government has grown exponentially, taxes remain excessive, and a prolific increase of incomprehensible regulations continues. Wars are constant and pursued without Congressional declaration; deficits rise to the sky; poverty is rampant and dependency on the federal government is now worse than any time in our history. All this with minimal concern for the deficits and unfunded liabilities that commonsense tells us cannot go on much longer.
“A grand but never mentioned, bipartisan agreement allows for the well kept secret that keeps the spending going. One side doesn’t give up one penny on military spending; the other side doesn’t give up one penny on welfare spending; while both sides support the bailouts and the subsidies for the banks and the corporate elite. And the spending continues as the economy weakens and the downward spiral continues.
“The major stumbling block to real change in Washington is the total resistance to admitting that the country is broke.”
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“I’ve thought a lot about why those of us who believe in liberty as a solution have done so poorly in convincing others of its benefits. If liberty is what we claim it is, the principle that protects all personal, social and economic decisions necessary for maximum prosperity and the best chance for peace, it should be an easy sell. Yet history has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians, which are rarely, if ever, fulfilled.”
How to substantively shift that paradigm remains the challenge and the cause moving forward. You don’t have to agree with everything Paul says, but the whole speech is well worth your time:
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good riddance to the nut job.
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Many serious, well-educated people on both sides of the aisle hold your exact sentiment. Not sure how they back it up though unless they are either against or don’t understand mathematics, the Rule of Law, and Private Property Rights.
Of course most people – again across the spectrum – are more interested in using the threat of governmental violence to control other people whose beliefs don’t fall in line with their particular personal belief system. It’s quite simple really, just very inconvenient and sometimes hard to be so disciplined as to actually conduct one’s life on the First Principle of “Do No Harm”. However, it is our reluctance to that accept that inconvenience, hardship, and discipline (all of which used to be called self-sacrifice and personal responsibility) that has led us to where we are today.
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“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.” machaivelli
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Well, Hal, we’re screwed then. There is no shame in America any longer.
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