Recent content by Howard_Roark

I hate to say I told you so, but I posted this thread over a year and a half ago expressing my doubts that Rand Paul was the real deal like his father and that I thought it it might be a mistake to assume that just because the father is great the son willl be as well. I wanted to be wrong, but...

I was looking at the state of Texas on Google Elections and it shows over a million primary voters, in contrast the New York Primary has about 10% as many voters despite being only a little smaller in population. I also noticed that Florida and Arizona have high primary turnout and that many...

The US is basically the only country in the world that will still tax you even if you leave and go somewhere else. Virtually every other country has a form of territorial taxation where if you aren’t a resident, you aren’t subject to paying taxes. So if a British citizen decided he wants to go...

I've been hearing Ron Paul use this term for a long time now and I've never really understood exactly what it means. It seems to be a pet term of his, because I don't really hear anyone else using it, even among other libertarians. I'm guessing it means that he wouldn't bail out companies and...

Wow, the National Journal comment section is on fire, I've never seen anything like it - over 500 comments in less than an hour.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/ron-paul-launches-presidential-campaign-20110425 "Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he's going to try a third time."

The Federal government is the largest borrower in the world with $14 trillion in debt, and yet it has the ability, through the Fed, to lower interest rates and the cost of borrowing money. This seems like an enormous conflict of interest when you think about it. It lowers them officially because...

I've watched a lot of Ron Paul speeches on YouTube, but I have to say this is one of the best. It's from 4/15 at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and is 1 hour and 14 minutes long. He touches every base, I highly recommend it. It's really impressive to see someone talk for so long with...

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I really agree with this. Tax is usually a transaction based thing, ie your employer pays you and then they take x amount out and then its yours. Same with buying a car, you pay a flat sales tax and its yours. I know in China, there is a transaction tax when you buy it then its yours, then no...

A bit socialistic? That is straight out of Karl Marx Communist Manifesto. Land "reform" is the foundation for most communist revolutions and the first thing that they do once they win. This is the polar opposite of a libertarian position.

In China, they have no property tax. I once read that some Chinese real estate investors came to the US looking for opportunities but left after they were horrified to discover that we have an annual property tax.

I live in an apartment overlooking a wooded creek. On the other side of the creek are million dollar homes. Just for kicks I went online and looked up the amount they are paying in property taxes and it’s $20,000-$30,000/year which is 2-2.5% depending on exemptions here in Texas. These are nice...

Just want to let people know there is a new 22 minute video on the WSJ of Ron Paul.

A bizarre thing I keep finding on these forums is the rabid insistence by some people that New Hampshire somehow is the most libertarian place. I can 100% decisively say that it isn't - not even close. I have examined FEC donations to Ron Paul and Austin, TX with a population of about 1.5...