tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post8269654918203626448..comments2023-10-08T05:44:25.657-06:00Comments on Dakota Voice: Liberal and Conservative Scores of the Presidential CandidatesDakota Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386070103210525597noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-54982690845878834172008-02-01T12:19:00.000-07:002008-02-01T12:19:00.000-07:00I don't disagree with you, MarkD, on taxes and mon...I don't disagree with you, MarkD, on taxes and money. <BR/> <BR/>Where I and many conservatives part ways with libertarian Ron Paul is that we see more of a role for government in regulating public safety. Libertarians aren't anarchists, but they are at the far end of the governmental power structure from liberals, who want to regulate EVERYTHING. Conservatives see a limited role for Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-89415094166274653522008-02-01T08:29:00.000-07:002008-02-01T08:29:00.000-07:00As followup, Ron Paul hasnt changed his votes in t...As followup, Ron Paul hasnt changed his votes in the 30 years hes been in office. Yet in the 80s his position on the issues made him a sold mid-70 ranking conservative. In the neoconservative 2000s these same positions on the issues make him a moderate, in the 50s. Who changed the bar about what it means to be conservative? it wasnt Ron Paul who changed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-34071099225441201152008-02-01T08:23:00.000-07:002008-02-01T08:23:00.000-07:00I think you must mean in neoconservative rankings,...I think you must mean in neoconservative rankings, Ron Paul rates low. Ron Paul offers a choice no other republican or democrat can offer: EMPIRE and IRS vs. No IRS and noninterventionism. How can you say yes to policing the world when you can say no to the IRS? Finally the press has been derelict in investigating his ideas on sound money. A trip to wikipedia is enough to see that fiat money has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-50873044802149419852008-02-01T05:51:00.000-07:002008-02-01T05:51:00.000-07:00Do you have any idea what a small percentage of ou...Do you have any idea what a small percentage of our budget military spending (authorized by the constitution) is, and what a huge percentage of our budget consists of spending that isn't even authorized by the constitution? You should look it up sometime.<BR/><BR/>Military spending is somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-18%, while we spend about 50% on social spending that is in no way, shape, Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-3278353859378424182008-02-01T01:01:00.000-07:002008-02-01T01:01:00.000-07:00Our position in Iraq is dangerous all right: Dang...Our position in Iraq is dangerous all right: Dangerous in bankrupting the country. We are adding $600 billion to the national debt every year mostly due to the spreading the "Empire" in countless wars. Who are we kidding? We would be better off to bring all the troops home and secure the borders. At least we would have a fighting chance for America not to be owned completely by the rest of joelbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413026233823377505noreply@blogger.com