This is where I part ways with Ron Paul and the Libertarians. There's no reality where everyone can just do anything they like, harming the majority of American people, with no control at all.
Economics is just like war. If foreigners came marching into our land and shooting people, would that be OK? If not, then why is it OK for foreigners to come into our land, undercut our manufacturing base and steal all our jobs?
Maybe in a different time, where people were mostly independent and resiliency was the order of the day, the economy wouldn't be so critical to survival. But in the world we live in today, cheap foreign labor and goods are just as deadly to our ability to survive as a bullet.
The Libertarian philosophy is not OK in this instance.
This is where I part ways with Ron Paul and the Libertarians. There's no reality where everyone can just do anything they like, harming the majority of American people, with no control at all.
Economics is just like war. If foreigners came marching into our land and shooting people, would that be OK? If not, then why is it OK for foreigners to come into our land, undercut our manufacturing base and steal all our jobs?
Maybe in a different time, where people were mostly independent and resiliency was the order of the day, the economy wouldn't be so critical to survival. But in the world we live in today, cheap foreign labor and goods are just as deadly to our ability to survive as a bullet.
The Libertarian philosophy is not OK in this instance.
Well said. There does have to be a line.
I love Ron Paul and believe strongly in Liberty.
However, there are some areas where you can not allow complete freedom to do anything.
Common sense means regulations are necessary to create fairness and harmony.
Complete de-regulation means the wolves snap at everything in their path.
Sadly, the world is not a high trust society.