Ron Paul

[momentimori]

Ron Paul made a bit of a mistake there.

foreign aid just helps our enemies

Is Israel an enemy of the US now?

[KingCash]

Ron Paul made a bit of a mistake there.

Is Israel an enemy of the US now?

No mistake at all.

Israel has already stated that they do not need the U.S. Foreign aid never reaches the people that really need it. It goes to building massive infrastructure projects that corporations and the wealthy few benefit from. The poor are totally irrelevant when it comes to foreign aid. Foreign aid is basically poor people in the U.S giving money to rich people overseas - that is the argument. If you really want to help the poor in third world countries, support private charities on the ground, never top down government foreign aid.

[seanmacc]

Well, Ike did warn about the takeover of the Military-Industrial Complex, so perhaps he was the last authentic President.

The assasination of JFK could of been seen as the coup and the point of takeover. That's a can of worms for another thread though.

[momentimori]

No mistake at all.

Israel has already stated that they do not need the U.S. Foreign aid never reaches the people that really need it. It goes to building massive infrastructure projects that corporations and the wealthy few benefit from. The poor are totally irrelevant when it comes to foreign aid. Foreign aid is basically poor people in the U.S giving money to rich people overseas - that is the argument. If you really want to help the poor in third world countries, support private charities on the ground, never top down government foreign aid.

So because some govt aid is misappropriated therefore it all is?

It's a common furfy that the poor of America pay for most of the foreign aid budget. The poor in America pay relative little to it, the bulk of their taxes are earmarked for internal use like Social Security.

Private charity is relatively small in comparison to a govt aid budget. They are just as capable of being misspent on high administration as well as graft and corruption.

Look at the administrative and advertising costs of private charities and you'll notice they can be extremely inefficient.

Being private doesn't guarantee greater efficiency; that's another neoliberal lie.

[KingCash]

Extremely entertaining video - just goes to show how pathetic it has become...

Being private doesn't guarantee greater efficiency

And government does?

[KingCash]

Ron Paul questioning Ben Bernanke today.

Paul: "Mr. Bernanke, tell me....do you do your own shopping at the grocery store?"

lol.

[rhonda15]

Ron Paul Defeats Obama In Head To Head Polling

Here's a chart you won't see anywhere in the mainstream media - not the right, and certainly not the left. According to Rasmussen's 2012 Presidential Election Matchups, which pit Obama against any of the four GOP presidential candidates, while the balance of challengers certainly appear to have no chance of defeating the incumbent (something we touched upon yesterday), today, for the first time, Ron Paul has managed to unseat the standing president, by a thin margin of 43 to 41, for the first time in this series.

Ron Paul Defeats Obama In Head To Head Polling | ZeroHedge

[smitchy2]

Ron Paul Defeats Obama In Head To Head Polling



Ron Paul Defeats Obama In Head To Head Polling | ZeroHedge

The same poll has Romney beating Obama by 46-45.
They are very much outliers in terms of other recent polls though.

Pauls main concern should be his poor performances in February.
Coming a distance 3rd or 4th in the majority of states is not going to get him anywhere near the delegates where he can influence the nomination.

[Cassandra Syndrome]

Ron Paul has already won. Everything from here is a bonus. Revolution 2.0 isn't about arms, its about freeing minds and illustrating the principles of liberty to people. Remember no-one rules, if no-one obeys.

[KingCash]

Questioning Hillary Clinton yesterday about Iran.