| Sirstopp said:
So either you're saying that the laws have no effect other than giving the Government more power where it shouldn't and was never supposed to have, or you're saying that we need to give preferential treatment to a specific race of people (Racism is racism whether it is on minorities or majorities.). You do realize regulation of the economy is needed right? Do you remember when they pumped cows full of TB so it would get fatter? Or when American cities used to look like what Beijing does today? I'm going to say no because those aren't around today due to the efforts of the government. Now for the latter part I would have to say I don't agree with that, they are compensating for shitty primary schools in areas with huge amounts of minorities. If anything, they need to fix those schools instead of compensating for it later. It really is quite a dumb idea. You believe the Government has made this country great, I believe the government has held it back and squarely put the United States in the situation it's at. You do realize OVER regulation is why the United States is getting killed by our competitors right?
Patriot Act and SOPA are examples of poor regulations where the government is trying to limit the civil liberties of the person and doesn't generally know what the fuck they are talking about. You see that's the thing. When the government actually knows the problem they can find a solution. But they don't know. Wake up. Government never knows. It is wrong more than it is right, it's too large to make wise choices. This has been a standard since the dawn of time. That is why this country was founded in the first place, was to avoid, escape and get away from Big government.
Lobbying from huge corporations to increase their interests cloud what really needs to be done. T That's not going to go away. None of these candidates (Including Obama) have done a damn thing to stop that. They are snake oil salesman who will do anything and say anything to raise a few points in the polls. That's not going to fix this country. We owe trillions to China (Who has a fairly booming economy themselves) and we refuse to stop spending.
hey don't know they are doing wrong, they have all this information from corporations on bills like those and they make it sound good. Would you say that the Clean Air Act or the Pure Food and Drug Act is bad? These are regulations that prevent companies from doing certain things, and it has helped the populace. Regulations aren't bad in themselves, its just poor ones that are bad. The problem you see, is that government consistently makes poor ones upon poors ones. This is a fundamental point of smaller limited government. This broad brushed approach will never, has never and today shows it will not work.
Now you did mention a rhetorical question of why we have the highest incaration rates. That's due mainly because of the Drug War. Such a stupid thing. I support decriminalization of drugs. We are fighting a stupid war on drugs and it is getting worse, not better. This is another example of poor regulation. Again, why are you against Ron Paul then? He doesn't want to De-regulate everything like an Anarchist. He just wants the States to have power and by that essence, people will have a much LARGER voice in the political process. That's the biggest problem we face today. How many people have you heard say 'Im not going to vote, it won't matter anways!' ? The political process feels like it doesn't matter anymore. It's gotten too large. Tell me honestly how much people around you care about your 'State' elections.
The attack on our civil liberties is a problem that Social Conservatives have been placing on people for forever. Ron Paul isn't a cure for this. Why not? Ron Paul is Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative. If he isn't the cure, then who or what is? When you remove the walls between state and religion, bad things are going to happen. There is a reason why gay marriage is illegal. Why sexism is still prevelant. Things that directly affect me (considering I am a gay american, and for that reason alone I will fight Ron Paul to the death), and things that affect millions of people. Ron Paul isn't the cure, he's the problem. He's another conservative that wants to let religion into government, and I and millions of other Americans will NEVER get rights if that is allowed to happen. You do realize Ron Paul supports gay marriage right? You do realize his whole stance is, no one should be punished for their belief system, regardless of race, creed, sexuality, etc? You have as much rights as anyone else does. However, you don't get to decide the thoughts or control what other people think or feel or how they act either. Freedom is a two way street. Freedom and Liberty doesn't mean you have everything the way you want it, it means that everyone gets Freedom and Liberty.
Ron Paul has things I agree on him with (non interventionism (although I'm not particularly as much of an isolationist like he is), decriminalization of drugs, and lowering of our deficit) but there are things that cannot be accepted (dismantling separation of Church and State, and letting Christian rule enter the country, deregulation of the economy). Those are dangerous things, and will reverse everything we have worked so hard to get to. Obama may not deserve a second term, but Ron Paul doesn't deserve a first. I've never once see him support a specific sect of religion or make it more valuable than another. He has said he himself is a Christian, but that has no bearing on anything. His whole point is to allow people to choose and do what they want as long as it doesn't physically harm someone else. I don't , will not and can not find a reason to be upset about that. If someone wants to worship their god, it is their right to do so. If someone doesn't wish to worship their god, it is their right also. This economy NEEDS deregulation. Look at why our business are flocking to Canada or Mexico or overseas if you don't believe me. This country has regulation like crazy. |
Ron Paul deserves a first term more than Obama deserved time in politics in any way shape or form. He has done nothing other than live like a celebrity. Ron Paul is actually intellectually honest. Stop polarizing this as a 'Democrat' / Republican thing. Just because you're gay doesn't mean a damn thing in politics. Democrats are just as guilty of persecution of Gays as Republicans.
You need to accept the fact that people will not like or approve of your lifestyle or sexuality regardless if there is laws for it or not.
