Give ’em match but tell them not play with fire….wow….

Ron paul should wake up to realities of the 21st century. We’re in the 2nd decade but paul havent finihed reading articles in the late 60’s of the 20th century. Ron paul should change his name to Rip…much like the guy who sleeped for centuries, RIP VAN WINKLE…Wake up Rip Paul, the king’s palace had just put an ad for a court jester-full time. Rip should apply for the job…he’s a crackpot and a jester.

A return to Jim Crow days of segregation is a false argument as no company would outright ban blacks for fear of reprisals. As far as housing goes, we often segregate ourselves which is not a bad thing, our schools are also segregated in most Urban areas. If blacks want a government (State) that looks after their interests then blacks need to stop sitting on their behinds during non-presidential elections and get more involved in all levels of government, local, state and federal. IMO, black people need to vote in the GOP primaries and support Ron Paul so we can have a real choice and not just another establishment candidate like Hermain Cain or any of the other clowns from the GOP.

One of the fathers of the modern liberal movement (classical liberalism, which libertarianism is an offshoot of, not modern party liberalism) Milton Friedman made the argument that the sole purpose of the government outside of protection, is to protect the ‘citizens’ from the negative externalities of the free market.

You assumption that things are legal or illegal is irrational and presents a false dichotomy.

First of all the presumption of regulations is that they exist to protect against free market externalities that would allow the business, corporation, or individual to impose UNDULY on the rights of another.

Within the margin is the fact that rights are granted in a civil society by the collective conferring rights on the people.

So by definition then, a regulation seeks to create space between the individual, corporation or business, and other individuals, corporations, or businesses.

So with that as the base for liberalism AND libertarianism, to blanketly say ALL regulations should be done away with because either it is legal or illegal doesn’t address the fact that in many instances there are scales where an imposition doesn’t rise to an improper thwarting of another’s property or rights.

For example, WHO OWNS AIR? There may be a level of ‘pollution’ that is insufficient to actually impose on or cause harm to another individual. This is where REGULATION comes in. To determine in a free society at what point an the individual rights of one extends to far into the individual rights of another.

In some cases you are correct, there will be a clear case of it being illegal or legal (however that is defined). In many other cases it will have to be defined at WHAT POINT it becomes and imposition.

DAMN I am so disappointed in you Ron Paul followers. You claim that he is the most rational, consistent, and articulate candidate, and you most of you are irrational, in articulate, and illogical.

You can do better!

This bugs me. Dr. Paul is not stating that it is an honour system, he is stating that rather than government bureaucrats writing exemptions for their friends that you have stronger property rights to protect you. That companies can’t pollute your air and your children’s air because its on your property and its their pollutants. Thus it is a crime for them to do as such (rather than needing to bribe their way to an exemption).

Think about what happens with regulations when you have an illegal foreclosure. The bank (through robo signing) comes to foreclose on your home illegally, you call the cops but they say “it is a civil matter” and don’t get involved.

So the company illegally forecloses and has the sheriffs show up to evict you, because it is a corporation NOW the police can be involved in stealing your legally owned property.

Regulations are terrible. Something is either illegal (in which case you should be able to call the cops to make them stop) or it isn’t. It shouldn’t be that an average citizen needs a team of lawyers to ensure they don’t get poisoned.