On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 23:08 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > >> > >> > But that is a famous Ron Paul quote that can't be backed with fact: "When >> > we borrow a billion dollars every day simply to run the government, and when >> > the Federal Reserve increases the money supply by trillions of dollars in >> > just 15 years, we hardly can expect our dollars to increase in value." >> >> This isn't some kind of Ron Paul heresy, its based on the real numbers. >> >> I find it surprising that Americans have not pledged their >> allegiance to this person who has been claiming that this was going to >> happen all along. The resistance is typically on Ron Paul's attitude >> towards particular social issues... jmz > ---- > particular social issues are important too > > Ron Paul is a polarizing figure and that totally marginalizes any points > that he makes. In what way? jmz > > I think if you look back, you will find this scenario was predicted by > many on the right and left (Krugman comes to mind) so I have no problem > dismissing Ron Paul for the kook that he is. I think that the saying is > that even a broken clock has the right time twice each day. > > As for the debt...that's the logical consequences of cutting taxes and > not cutting expenditures, for fighting wars without raising the revenues > to fight them and just endlessly printing paper money because they can. > I don't think we need Ron Paul to point out the wrongfulness of that > logic...I think McCain understood it when he opposed the Bush tax cuts > without a reduction in spending but evidently the way to get the > Republican nomination is to do exactly what he knows intrinsically > doesn't work. For that (and probably some other reasons), I could never > vote for McCain. > > Craig > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." --Albert Einstein - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss