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3. I heard Ron Paul quote this line (negatively) in his speech to the TX Republican Convention

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 10:04 AM

Jun 2012

this past Friday.

"Well I'm not a 'Keynes'" he shouted to roaring applause. He had to say it about 4 times before I understood what he was saying.

He has a real knack for getting ignorant people to believe that they have become instant experts on the topic of economics.

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Since Nixon said "We're all Keynesians now," you might wanna see a quote from John Maynard Keynes... [View all] Bozita Jun 2012 OP

Those same people would screw up any economic system. Gregorian Jun 2012 #1

I'd be willing to bet that conservatives rbixby Jun 2012 #2

I heard Ron Paul quote this line (negatively) in his speech to the TX Republican Convention Schema Thing Jun 2012 #3

Bwa-ha-ha! Paul wins the 'Malapropism of the Week Award' - I'm still coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #5

No, he was declaring loudly that he is "NOT a Keynes". Schema Thing Jun 2012 #6

K&R tk2kewl Jun 2012 #4