December 23, 2007
THE ONLY PRINCIPLED CANDIDATE....
Paul defends asking for special projects (JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul on Sunday defended his efforts in Congress to bring home money to his Texas district, despite his long-held aversion to big government and congressional votes to reign in federal spending.
...but a libertarian's only principle is self-interest. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 23, 2007 3:40 PM
I'm no fan of Ron Paul, but that's a foolish way to attack him.
One of the most pernicious features of earmarks is that the constituents of Members of Congress who don't engage in the practice suffer at the profit of the constituents of the ones that do. The people in Paul's district end up subsidizing John Murtha's dependents and receive no recompense, if Paul doesn't earmark himself.
The only way to work the machine is to turn the handle the way it goes -- which is, in fact, a libertarian principle.
Regards,
Ric
There should be a banner somewhere on this site that says "cheap shots-r-us".
Posted by: Hijira at December 23, 2007 6:48 PMPaul has not had any effect on any legislation in Congress except for adding pork so he gets re-elected.
Posted by: oj at December 23, 2007 8:38 PMWhere are the rest of the Paulians? Must be too busy sewing their gold into their mattresses to attack oj the way they usually go after critics of their idol.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at December 24, 2007 10:35 AM