Ron Paul 2012
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There are many reasons why one shouldn't, imho. He has some admirable views and you have to respect a guy that stands by his ideals for so long, but he would be horrible for our country.
"Free market" is a great buzz word and seems logical, on paper, but who controls things, then? The super wealthy and large corporations would, with no checks/balances anywhere. I fail to see how that wouldn't be massively worse than some kind of gov't run program (money goes to the same players, people would just have no say in what happens).
There are many other reasons, go listen to his answer to the question he got "should someone be allowed to die on the street if they can't afford health care". The answer, by his ideals, is "yes", if that person doesn't have health care.
I like his purity on many other issues, like foreign policy, but his uncompromising vision would not be good for a country.
As is, I would never consider voting for him. I do believe that health care should be a right, not only to those with a ton of money (that's how the "free" system works - money is power, and only money). "Free" markets are never truly free, anyhow (look at oil, banking, etc., etc.).
His "true" colors would come out if he did get more chance of being elected. He'd look fairly crazy, then, and would fall from popularity very rapidly (just like Cain/Perry/Bachmann did). Romney is the only R that stands a chance, and, personally, I don't see it being a big chance.
Things continue on, just as they always have. Too bad we haven't had one good discussion about real matters for our country and its people.