Is libertarianism still considered fashionable in the States?
--- "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ron Paul is sort of a cult favorite among
> twentysomethings and college kids. Here in Austin I
> see a lot of Ron Paul '08 signs.
>
> I can't stand the motherfucker. He says he's
> libertarian (though nominally in the GOP). In accord
> with his right-lib ethos, he would deny Medicare
> and/or Medicaid patients treatment, though he was/is
> a
> doctor, a "principled" anti-govt. position,
> apparently
> -- not because he was simply one among many docs who
> don't take Medicare, but because he doesn't believe
> in
> govt.-funded healthcare. (His Wikipedia entry
> generously states he would actually see patients on
> Medicare at "reduced fees," or for "free," but, uh,
> I'd love to see proof of that.)
>
>
> Anyway, here's Paul at the Iowa straw poll thing
> going
> on about how he's pro-life.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb1osemR4ys
>
> Some libertarian.
>
> -B.
>
>
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