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TheRealMafoo on 25 September 2008
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rocketpig said:
TheRealMafoo said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
I was really pissed when Ron Paul and the Kooch both got shafted during all the debates of the primaries. I think if the election was between those 2 (and Barr and Nader on the side), the world would be a better place.

But seriously, I go to school on the tax dollars, so it's against my interests to vote for Ron Paul. And his whole "taxes are unconstitutional" argument is pretty stupid.

I love the guy and I want him to get more media coverage and think he's a great voice for libertarian ideas, but I could never vote for him.

 

I wouldn't say never. Some day you will be working, and realize 3 out of the 5 days you go to work are for the government, so they can pay for people to go to school. When you are on that side of the dollar, you will probably change your mind.

It's easy to be a Democrat when you are taking the money out of my hand, let's see how easy it is when someone reaches into yours.

School is a terrible example. I've been a registered Libertarian for almost a decade but even I have to recognize when the party is flat-out wrong about something.

School should be available to everyone. The greater the education level of a society, the better off everyone in that society will be. This is doubly true for our current global economy. We're no longer competing with ourselves but upstart countries like China, India, and Brazil as well. The government needs to ensure proper education for all its citizens for in the end, it will receive a return on that investment in higher wages and, ultimately, taxes. Education has a great ROI if it isn't completely bungled (don't get me started on teacher's unions and administrative problems in our K-12 system).

Change "school" to "social welfare" and I'll agree almost every time. But education is different. It's an investment in the future. An investment the government needs to make.

 

People should go to school under guaranteed student loans. Loan them the money they need at 0%, and then guarantee it through garnishing there tax returns if they don’t pay it back.

I think we should give everyone the opportunity to go to school. My issue is not with funding education, but with the attitude here of “why not vote for this party? They give me free stuff”.