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In reply to the discussion: 1995 video of Ron Paul Touting His Newsletter [View all]Mark D.
(435 posts)Next time you hear a Paulist say he's not racist, or more stupidly, also has the best solutions.
Remind them he'd said in at least one interview not long ago that what Lincoln did to cause a
Civil War was not needed to end slavery. It would have ended on its own, it wasn't profitable.
Not profitable. Mr. Market-Based Solutions again. How about - It had to end, and he wished it
ended sooner because those were human beings. No, profit was what would drive ending that.
This is the first part of what was wrong with what Ron Paul said but the worst is yet to come.
It's a lie. A large part of the US economy, especially in the south, was built by slaves, and the
near 100% profit of having people work for free & living on scraps you'd otherwise throw away
as food, in rotting shacks out back to harvest a product you sell and keep all those profits for.
That's why the plantations were so big and fancy. JP Morgan Sr. profited heavily from sales of
cotton from Newport RI and Maryland ports he owned, or heavily invested in. It is why he had
supported the Confederacy despite being a Yankee and buying his way out of having to serve.
It was the most profitable large scale business in US history, even more than health insurance,
the ponzi scheme that it is. Ron Paul lied, period. He's not stupid & had to know how profitable
it was. Anyone who will vote for him knowing that needs their head examined, plain and simple.