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From: turpin@ut-sally.UUCP (Russell Turpin)
Newsgroups: alt.individualism
Subject: Re: Read it and weep...
Summary: What Ron Paul (hopefully) stands for.
Message-ID: <10725@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: 14 Mar 88 02:32:18 GMT
References: <12468@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <2111@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <8428@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <8428@eddie.MIT.EDU>, lve@eddie.MIT.EDU (Lucien Van Elsen) writes:
> Don't forget Ron Paul!  (Who?)  The Libertarian Presidental candidate
> this year.  A refreshing change from the current flock of Democrats
> and Republicans - how many of them would actually come out in favor of
> abolishing the income tax, the gold standard, and personal freedoms?

I can only hope that Ron Paul does not favor abolishing personal
freedoms, though this is something that must be scrutinized in
someone who is just barely libertarian and frequently threatens 
to slide back into the conservative morass. 

For those who don't know, libertarians put a great emphasis on
personal freedoms. It should not come as a vague after thought
behind restoring the gold standard, an issue whose libertarian
pedigree is questionable. Libertarians would legalize the use,
production of and trade in all drugs; would repeal all 
"victimless" crime laws, including those against sodomy and
prostitution; would keep abortion legal, though not government
subsidized; and otherwise get the government off the backs of
the people. (This phrase has received unfortunate and hypocritical
treatment in the hands of the Reagan administration. Politicians
have a vested interest in preventing real education, otherwise,
they might be understood.)

Russell