Tim Pawlenty Praises the Individual Mandate

Tim Pawlenty Praises the Individual Mandate

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[Todd Osborne]

Umm...Romney is the same. Why would you pick him over Pawlenty? Just curious because I wouldn't pick either for their many liberal views such as this.

[Rhiannon003]

Tim Pawlenty? I'm not supporting him. He is just a lesser known Romney.

Most of you BIG CORP people are Ron Paul supporters. I'm a capitalist. I like big corporations. That's where jobs come from.

[lomocan]

@Rhiannon003

Actually, Ron Paul stands for free market capitalism which is the only real capitalism based on the simple principle of freedom where every person has a right to his life, liberty & property.

All those who support "regulated capitalism" are actually CORPORATISTS who like corporations controlling the system thru "regulation" by buying out govt.

Check Ron Paul's funding, 97% of it came from INDIVIDUALS while all the "frontrunners" from BOTH parties got huge sums from big corps.

[lomocan]

@Rhiannon003

When did say I wasn't a libertarian? And could you tell me how asking for small constitutionally limited govt, fiscal conservatism & personal freedoms makes us "liberal"?

And TARP wasn't anything new, it was always going to used the way it was, it's been happening for ages & it IS corporatism = big corporations using big govt's power to benefit themselves

And even though you recognize that gov misuses power, you're supporting a candidate who wants govt to have money-power?

[computerpurple]

I agree NO more RINO-ism.

[Rhiannon003]

I don't like the term, corporatism. It's a big red flag that you're a LIBERALtarian.

That said, I agree that we need to let banks fail. We need to let individuals fail too. I had no idea TARP would end up being used the way it was used. I wasn't the only one though. The original intent would have helped the situation without making it worse; but any time you give gov power, you have no way of knowing how they will use it.

[2012Romney]

Incorrect, and incorrect. Romney was always against gay marriage. PROVE he was for it. Prove it. You cannot. I challenge you.

Romney was never for socialized medicine. He wanted to encourage individual ownership of health care. He wanted it to work more like a market. He lowered the cost of INDIVIDUAL health insurance in MA. He was always opposed to national health care, even in the 2007 campaign.

Just do your own homework. Stop listening to pundits. Read objective sources.

[2012Romney]

You don't believe facts?

I guess you think 9/11 was an inside job? Obama was born in Kenya?

If you want to decide what Mitt's views are, look at his RECORD. He opposed abortion, gay marriage, drivers' licenses for illegals, taxes, and allowing Muslim radicals speak at Harvard.

He is a business hero, and will fix the economy and cap federal spending at 20% of GDP. He will repeal Obamacare.

Who do YOU like?

[lomocan]

@NWsubmom

"Someone who doesn't change their opinion, depending on which group he speaks in front of"

How about Ron Paul? He doesn't flip-flop to get votes; he's called "Dr.No" in Congress because he always votes against anything unconstitutional.

Ron's been straight-talking forever, here's him during his 1988 race talking about why no candidate ever talks about Fed & how it finances the whole corporatist system including both the parties, at the cost of American people - watch?v=NDEgBWO54dA

[lomocan]

@Rhiannon003

Ok, so Fed creates excess money which causes prices to soar unnecessarily, govt backs deposits with FDIC & essentially incentivizes banks to gamble without fear; CRA gets banks to lend to unsound borrowers & then Freddie & Fannie put it on taxpayers' tab by accepting these bad loans & then when the whole breaks down while banks made profits, taxpayers foot the bill & the country gets a nice recession Great!

Corporations are part of capitalism but bailouts are part of CORPORATISM