John Stossel and Ron Paul
Libertarian-on-libertarian journalism
ABC's John Stossel, an unabashed Ron Paul fan, sat down with the candidate to talk about choice. No questions about whether he'll jump parties, no quibbling about the war, no challenging his donations: Just talk about decriminalizing drugs and de-regulating consensual behavior. Stossel comments on the interview at ABC's site:
Here, from the beginning of the decade, is a shorter Stossel segment that features Paul.
The one issue I have is Paul's halting but total defense of gay marriage. I think it's a pander: I've heard Paul tell conservative audiences that "gay marriage" is an oxymoron and a joke, and here he's taking the Jonathan Rauch position. But if you're going to pander, might as well be to libertarians.Paul notes that when our country was founded, the role of the government was to protect the general welfare, enforce the rule of law in court, maintain property rights and allow for free markets and free trade — "not to run our lives, and run everything in the economy."
It's a habit of politicians to identify problems and try to "fix" them with new laws and bureaucracies.
While some of these reforms may be well-intended, says Paul, "good intentions won't solve our problems," and more often they encroach on the personal liberties that have made our country great.
Here, from the beginning of the decade, is a shorter Stossel segment that features Paul.
d | December 10, 2007, 9:26pm | #
All I want for Christmas is for Ron Paul to be elected and John Stossel to be appointed Secretary of "No! Don't do that!".
Brian Sorgatz | December 12, 2007, 3:02pm | #
Who's on the avatar for this post? Is that Forrest Gump? I don't get it.
20/20 | December 12, 2007, 8:02pm | #
Give me a Break Stossel...Air this shit on TV!
Ed hardy | November 24, 2009, 8:25pm | #
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