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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (62943)	5/2/2008 10:12:01 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541957

Thank you for that review. I was very pro Ron Paul when he was running and sorry to see that he did not get the support he needed to glean the nomination. I am in accord with many of his ideas and will plan to get the book.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (62943)	5/2/2008 10:45:36 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541957

They may disagree about when and where to use foreign intervention, but never over whether it should be used at all. They may disagree over how fast interest rates should be cut by the Fed, but never over whether the Fed should exist. You get the idea. This is essentially why I have been a Paul fan for several decades; he challenges basic assumptions. ...the Fed System works as a wealth redistribution system from poor and middle-class to the rich and politically connected. I don't even pretend to understand how the Fed works and I wonder how many Americans do, but it seems basically wrong to have gov't controlling all the banks. It violates free market principles for one thing, plus leans toward plutocracy.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (62943)	5/2/2008 3:09:42 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 541957

Gersh - Thanks for the link to the Ron Paul book. I've been to his website and read some of what's there. While the libertarian view appeals to me on a lot of levels, and while I agree with it in some respects (the absurdity of drug laws), I am uncomfortable with the idea that the Market and unrestrained trade can fix most of our problems. The problem as I see it is that large, multinational corporations have a huge amount of power, and that they are motivated only by maximizing profits, and they are far too concerned with doing so in the short term without considering long term consequences for others. Turn them loose in today's world, and you will end up with a situation like we had with the robber barons of the late 1800s, only much worse and on a much grander scale. - Allen