Recent content by Wags

Right. In the constitutional sense. In the constitutional sense, levying an income tax is also considered moral.

I've seen sources that suggest differently, but I'm not interested in finding accurate statistics. The issue is whether governments taxing the individual in order to amass a certain revenue is justified.

I'm probably going to list the albums that I think are best for mostly subjective reasons. I think they're objectively amazing but that's probably because I really like them. -Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd (I know I'm not alone on this) -Plastic Beach- Gorillaz -Once- Nightwish -Oceanborn-...

Government gets a little over half of its revenue from indirect taxes, which sales and excise fall under. Direct taxes, like the income tax and the estate tax, are what Ron Paul wants to get rid of because these are direct taxes on individuals. I'm not an economist, but that's how I understand...

Nah, but the fact that Paul's views on abortion aligned with mine led me to seek out his views on other matters. He did sway me on other issues: non-interventionism, abolishing min wage, laissez-faire capitalism, and so on. I'm a girl in college and I'm against abortion. If you're trying to...

As I understand it, Ron Paul is more or less in favor of economic individualism and laissez-fair capitalism. He hasn't specifically said so, or I've yet to hear it from him, but I think he does advocate it. Laissez-faire essentially translates to "let it be" and the gist of these policies is...

Let me reword that then. His religious views are not imposing upon his political beliefs, because his political beliefs primarily reflect the constitution. I understand that his beliefs influence his character, but that's not what I was referring to. Whether he believes in evolution or not is...

I think it boils down to the quote you ^ provided: He also said something like this: "The law does not influence the morality of the people. The morality of the people will reflect on this issue/on what's right." The more localized the government, the more people become involved in the...

Might I suggest we not get on the topic of abortion? I noticed there are already several existing threads on it. We should focus on the issue of the mandate, and on what Ron Paul's stance on that is. If you want to relate views of abortion to the mandate, I see no problems with that. Just don't...

Source from washingtonpost (I can't post links yet apparently as I'm new here) said this: "Ron Paul likes limited government interference yet supports state-mandated sonograms" I'm hoping someone can help me to understand this better as there's only one main source (above) I've encountered that...