Meet the Press (10/23/11): Ron Paul

Meet The Candidates series continues with Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. Can the Texas congressman break out of the pack? Where does he stand on the important issues facing our country?

Aired October 23, 2011 on Meet the Press (NBC)

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[thkelly67]

David Gregory is an establishment zombie. It appears Mr Gregory thinks there will be no housing or education unless there are bloated federal bureaucracies devoted to "guaranteeing" those things. He suffers under the tyranny of typical thinking.

[liberty81414]

Ron Paul is America's leading voice for limited, constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, a return to sound monetary policies, and a sensible foreign policy that puts America first.

[me25422]

to me he seems the most sincere.

[ZyClave]

Someone should cut 13:21 and ahead, cause that is one of the best arguments to vote for Ron Paul where he articulates very well why he is truly the one person to restore america!

[strawberryseason]

@nadeau Also, if you are correct, then every advanced nation in the world is wrong. Because every single one has an extensive and active public sector. If Ron Paul has his way, then the US woud end up like a third world nation without a safety net, and without consumer protections or environmental protections.

[strawberryseason]

@nadeau Also, if you are right then every advanced nation in the world is wrong. Because every single one has an extensive and active public sector.

[strawberryseason]

@nadeau Also check out the article "How Economic Inequality Is (Literally) Making Us Sick" From the article: ""A growing body of research suggests that such inequality — more so than income or absolute wealth alone — has a profound influence on a population’s health, in every socioeconomic group from rich to middle class to poor."

[strawberryseason]

@nadeau I am trying to post links, but I keep getting error messages. They won't let you post links on here. The highest murder rate in "socialist" Western Europe is Finland's rate of 2.34 per 100,000. Search "Homocide rates, International Comparisons/SCCCJ" The murder rate in the US has come down since the historic highs of the 1980s, but it is still more than double the highest in western Europe. The homocide rate in Canada is 1.62 per hundred thous. US rate – 4.8.

[nadeau]

@strawberryseason I have read many a history book. I know what happens when government has too much power. A government big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

[strawberryseason]

@nadeau  I am not a slave. I am a rational person. Read a history book if you think that things were so great before we had a safety net, or speak to your grandparents for heaven's sake.

[nadeau]

@strawberryseason Please do. I also have links to share. The fact that big government makes your life better is a lie and I'm sad you have been brainwashed into being a slave.

[strawberryseason]

@nadeau I am social scientist and there are many sources for the statistics I just gave. They are common knowledge among anyone with even cursory familiarity with health and crime stats. Do a search re: life expectancy by nation, infant mortality by nation, murder rates, obesity rates, etc. On all of those measurements the US does poorer than nations with stronger safety nets. If for some reason, you are unable, then I will provide links, but you should be able to do online research yourself.