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Lorien

(31,935 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:36 PM Feb 2016

Ron Paul says Ted Cruz is no libertarian and Bernie Sanders is the most free-market

“You take a guy like Cruz, people are liking the Cruz — they think he’s for the free market, and [in reality] he’s owned by Goldman Sachs. I mean, he and Hillary have more in common than we would have with either Cruz or Trump or any of them so I just don’t think there is much picking,” Paul said of the Texas senator on Fox Business’ “Varney & Company” on Friday.

Surprisingly, the elder Paul seemed more attracted to the views of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money in the Democratic primary.

“On occasion, Bernie comes up with libertarian views when he talks about taking away the cronyism on Wall Street, so in essence he’s right, and occasionally he voted against war,” the former Texas congressman said when asked if there was a candidate who was truly for the free market.

http://progressiveissue.com/ron-paul-says-ted-cruz-is-no-libertarian-and-bernie-sanders-is-the-most-free-market/


For the record; the few Libertarian friends that I have are all in for Bernie.

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Ron Paul says Ted Cruz is no libertarian and Bernie Sanders is the most free-market (Original Post) Lorien Feb 2016 OP
Oh boy nxylas Feb 2016 #1
Ron Paul is not always wrong..... Scott m. Etches Feb 2016 #2
First, Paul did not say Sanders is for the free market... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #3
Let's also be clear that "free trade" is similar to a "free market" OrwellwasRight Feb 2016 #5
this feeb? MisterP Feb 2016 #4

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
1. Oh boy
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:40 PM
Feb 2016

The conservadems are going to seize on this as proof that Bernie is "tainted", just as the fact that Glenn Greenwald once wrote an article for the Cato Institute automatically invalidates everything he has said since.

 

Scott m. Etches

(32 posts)
2. Ron Paul is not always wrong.....
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:43 PM
Feb 2016
“When we retaliate for this horror we have suffered, we must be certain that only the guilty be punished. More killing of innocent civilians will only serve to flame the fires of war and further jeopardize our security. Congress should consider its constitutional authority to grant letters of marque and reprisal to meet our responsibility.“ Ron Paul, Sept. 12th, 2001­
 

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)
3. First, Paul did not say Sanders is for the free market...
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:06 PM
Feb 2016

Second, Sanders is against 'free trade' in regards to NAFTA, TPP, etc and
believes we need to bring our jobs and factories back to America.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
5. Let's also be clear that "free trade" is similar to a "free market"
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 01:49 AM
Feb 2016

in name only. "Free trade" as practiced by the US is exactly what the Tea Partiers call "crony capitalism." It is rules made by the rich for the rich, just on an international sphere so that our democratic voice is further diminished.

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