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So why do YOU like Ron Paul so much?

Name: Anonymous 2007-11-25 14:29

I truly want to know.  All bullshit, flaming, and racial slurs aside (which, I know, is impossible on 4chan), why do you (or anyone) like Ron Paul so much?  I just don't see what is so revolutionary about his campaign.  It seems he is sort of a Jeffersonian Republican... but if you know American history, you'd know that that didn't really work out so well.  His stance against the war is admirable, but not revolutionary.  A candidate like Gravel is far more appealing to me, with the National Initiative and his economic stance.

Name: Savage 2007-11-27 22:46

According to CNBC, Ron Paul opposes a federal bailout and says the government and the households of America must live within their means to get "back on stable fiscal ground."

While this may sound like a good idea, this is definitely not. For good or worse, it was the lack of market transparency and federal oversight that created this crisis, and now Mr Paul wants to sit back on his laurels and allow the situation to get "back on stable fiscal ground"?

Admittedly borrowers should have known that these sub-prime adjustable rate mortgages were toxic, but lenders are not without blame. The traditional credit system that keeps this very thing from happening has been overturned by corporations that were too greedy and a government that is too economically permissive. What is more, the problem doesn't just stop with borrowers. Because so much of the debt belonging to lenders was packaged and sold as mortgage-backed securities (on the open market, to hedge funds, private equity groups and investment banks that used investor-provided commercial paper from the money market), the fate of these borrowers' mortgages will have a very real effect on the survival of a number of Wall Street's most powerful investment groups, a huge amount of money belonging to investment banks (and thus private investors), and the spending of consumers across the US, which DEFINITELY has an effect on economic performance. So in summation: Fuck Ron Paul. If we do what he wants, this shit will turn into a serious economic downfall that will bankrupt investors and families across the country.

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