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This is in answer to HubcabHalo's letter about how he likes Ron Paul as a candidate, but how would a small government control the big corporations. You can find his letter at the top of the editor's choice (of which there are only three at this time).
In answer, I ask what makes HubcabHalo think the government controls the large corporations now? The people who run the large multi-national corporations control the government! Largely through $$ contributions, junkets, career advancements, cushy jobs after they leave government, social climbing etc..they make sure the right politicians are in place to do basically 3 things:
1. Pass legislation and make regulations that makes it the law to send taxpayer $$ into their coffers. It is way easier than having to actually compete for business.
2. Protect them from competition from within and from outside of their industry.
3. Protect them from liability when their products do harm.
In actuality, it is big business that oversees the government! They used to call it fascism, but now they call it corporatism or public-private-partnership.
Ron Paul is the enemy of all of the above, because he believes in true free market capitalism. He has come out against allowing corporations to escape liability from damages caused by defective products.
For one thing, if we controlled our borders, we would not have the problem of e-coli in spinach due to illegals defecating in the fields they harvest.
Just as it is fear of being killed in an auto accident that makes drivers obey the law, it is fear of a huge hit to the bottom line that makes corporations tow the line. Look at vaccine manufacturers like Merck. They lobby for laws to immunize themselves from lawsuits (pardon the pun) when their vaccines kill or hurt people.
What was that drug that killed all those people...vioxx? What did the FDA do to protect the public? How many died before they finally did something...28,000 to 55,000 people, depending on who did the count! Boy, the government sure did a good job on that one!
Ron Paul would work to restore true competition to the marketplace.
How is electing another politician who has spent a lifetime facilitating all of the above going to improve anything?
How is electing yet another fox to guard the henhouse going to help anyone other than the foxes?
Ron Paul is the only viable candidate who gets his $$ from the grassroots. He won't take contributions from PAC's or from any corporations. We must open our eyes and see the truth of what's going on.
