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I 'Have Not' Decided If I'll Vote for Romney
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"He certainly offers different things than the current president. "
It sounds like to me that he knows exactly who he is going to Vote for, he just isn't happy about having to vote for Romney.
I'm sure he'd love to give an in depth interview to the news organizations that pretended he wasn't even in the race, or wasn't the smartest person in the debates.
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CaptainShuddup says
Is anybody? Put aside the ideas, Romney is unlikable and a really poor politician.
I bet he endorses Romney unless he goes third party which at this point is pretty much impossible. 1. He wants a speaking slot at the convention 2. He wants to support his sons political career.
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Two problems I see with Romney:
1. He wants unlimited military spending and more war. That is not a libertarian position.
2. Every time there is deregulation of finance, only the wealthy bankers win and they are never shut down because they threaten not to lend. They have too much power and Glass-Steagall should be brought back. I am for downsizing these banks, but if the libertarians had their way they would all fail at once. That is something that cannot happen. Depressions are not that easy to get out of and libertarians fail to understand that.
They fail to understand that when they point to the 1921 "depression". The flaw in their argument was that even though there was deflation, it was because of regearing to a peace economy. There was always money to lend and there was not a credit crisis. Any depression we have going forward will involve a credit crisis as these banks are teetering.
So, I think Paul knows that the Republicans will just take advantage of the libertarians as they always do.
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bgamall4 says
Regarding military spending/adventurism Romney is worse than Obama, which might give Paul pause, not that Paul would ever vote for Obama. Military spending is an area Romney has to some degree taken a firm position a really bad position IMO.
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Hi Patrick,
Yes Glass-Steagall is the most necessary thing. I can not support any candidate that can not stand with me on that. Both the front runners are unacceptable, I would favor dumping them just for the sake of a better debate.
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Al the Electrician says
Just FYI, Ron Paul no longer supports Glass-Steagall, and Mish Shedlock took the libertarians to task for lack of regulation.
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HRHMedia says
Jus saying that the the libertarians want a system that will never happen, a good banking system with good people who make decisions based upon the common good. That is a fallacy of libertarians to believe that could ever happen.
I go back to the umpires in baseball. You don't take them away and have a viable sport. Same with banking, you need umpires. Libertarianism is a utopian dream that cannot be.
Since the Republicans are against regulation of banking you can't vote for them.
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HRHMedia says
Ruki does not realize that Romney is a bigger part of the problem than is Obama, as Obama at least wants to stop a housing bubble from forming again. Ruki doesn't realize that bubbles always get main street and Wall Street always knows when to get out first.
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bgamall4 says
I agree and if they did take charge it would be a society I would not be interested in living in. However parts of the libertarian view point can prevail such as keeping the Government and people who want to use the Gov. (certain religious and far left zealots) out of our personal lives as much as possible.
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Ruki says
I bet you didn't even know that Fannie and Freddie were not a major part of the worst part of the housing bubble, the one with the CDO's and bogus AAA ratings. The investment banks were at the center of that. Check out this chart and learn something Ruki. If you listen to Fox lies you know nothing about the housing bubble.
http://www.businessinsider.com/you-can-hate-fed-behavior-without-being-a-libertarian-wacko-2011-7