The middle class is almost wiped out and Ron Paul has had nothing to do with it.
Ron Paul says he stands for the middle class, but Ron Paul focuses primarily on dismantling regulations that are in place to protect the middle class. The kind of privatization Ron Paul wants to do to make the government smaller only benefits the rich. Things the government does becomes for-profit, and that difference comes out of the pockets of the middle class.
The idea that his policies would be any worse for the middle class is ridiculous.
The fact that his major cuts to the federal government would definitely cause a significant decrease in GDP is enough to say that his policies would be worse for the middle class.
The devaluation of the dollar, over retulation, and debt of failed banks and corporations is getting transfered to the taxpayer, and is sucking the wealth of the middle class dry.
Not to say inflation isn't an issue, but the idea that we should move to gold and silver because their prices are constant is insane. They are hardly the model for price stability.
All because of government increasing, and spending like hell.
It is my opinion that there are some things that the federal government should be in charge of. For example, the private insurance industry is a farce. A public option would be much better for people. Before the Patient Protection Act, people died all the time because of profit motive in the health insurance industry. There are some things a government spends money on. That's what a government is for. And we pay taxes. That's how a government works. Government spending isn't inherently bad. I agree that the deficit is a problem; that's how spending is bad. But it's not just a spending issue. Ron Paul would balance the budget by slashing spending and slashing taxes. It would suck. All you need for a balanced budget is to cut a little bit of wasteful spending, such as decreasing military spending, and getting rid of the tax cuts for the filthy rich that have been proven to have close to no effect on the economy. None of the Republican candidates have a practical plan for deficit reduction, including Ron Paul.
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The problem with the regulations that the federal government puts in place, gets destroyed by the medicinal industry and the FDA.
Both have given the green light, allowing dangerous drugs to be put in medicine and food, only so the large companies can get profit.
Take for instance Aspartame, a sugar substitute in all diet products and even in regular sugar gum.
The Military developed it back in 65'.
And what aspartame actually is, is a mutated bacterias ''crap'', and its highly toxic and addictive.
Now the FDA of course, have made studies that dismisses the dangers of aspartame, but what at the same time is ironic, is that they have studies the contradict their own studies.
They got studies that says its good, and studies that says its bad.
Of course they are trying to suppress those studies.
And whats funny is that the pro-aspartame studies is studies by Monsanto, and if you know Monsanto, you would find it very easy to find the agenda here.
And if you go back to like... 77 or something like that, they couldn't get it approved due to the fact, that they tested it on 11 monkeys, of which 7 died, and the rest got brain and/or organ failure.
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Thats where the states come in!
If a state find that a department is neccesary, they are allowed to set up a state ''counterpart'' i believe its called.
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Gold and Silver can't be printed so the government can't create departments it won't be able to finance, and thus destroying debt.
And its a much more solid alternative, compared to the fed.
The FED operates in total secrecy. No one is allowed to see the FED's document.
Not the congress, not the president, not the C.I.A, not the F.B.I, not even the Supreme Court!
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I live in denmark, and where one of the countries in the world, that pays most taxes, and trust me, it destroys the market.
People prefer drive all the way to germany, due to taxes on our food and so on.
A glass of jam in germany cost only the quarter of what it does in denmark.
And a lot of families drive in extremely polluting cars from the 80's due to modern and more envirionment friendly cars are skyhigh in prices due to registration taxes.
Im all for punishing wall st.
But i don't mind people making a buck for being innovative and leading a good buisness.
You must remember that moneymasters at the top of the pyramid won't get what they deserve if you increase their taxes.
Because they will just order the politicians who are bought and sold, to pass more laws, that will involve more regulation, and thus more debt, printing more money, devaluing the currency.
PS: Sorry for the late response