I think a lot of young folks are being hoodwinked by Ron Paul...

[Locrian]

15. Same here

>>They've been told their whole lives that Social Security doomed to failure, tha

I work with a lot of them. They dont have a lot of life experience and feel like they can "manage their money" better. They see the government as the cause of the problems - not the influence of $$$ on our political process.

They tend to side with the corporations - since most see their $$ coming from them.

The twist that just kills me is that they think there is some sort of free market natural law that relies on complete lack of regulation.


That's the issue I have with RP. I don't get what he expects to happen when you remove ALL barriers to government from corporations completely controlling every aspect of people lives. He's rabid against one power structure while ignoring another - which is somehow magically supposed to go against their explicit purpose of making money at all costs. Yeah, I know he says the "market will regulate it" but what an infantile belief that a huge power structure wouldnt use that power for their OWN advantage.