Glenn Beck has ranted about how the hyper-inflation in Weimar Germany directly led to Hitler taking power and Sen. Rand Paul apparently has the same belief. From TAPPED:
In Jason Zengerle's artful profile of Kentucky Senate Candidate Rand Paul, the big finish is a scene where Zengerle and a few other reporters manage to catch the press-averse candidate at a public rally and start a conversation; within minutes, it seems, he was observing that "in 1923, when they destroyed the currency, they elected Hitler."
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http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011020607/conservative-cuts-have-consequences
this stands out to me and not in Paul's favor:
"Near the end of Paul's WSJ column, he says that his budget cuts "wasteful spending in the Department of Defense." The problem is that his proposed defense undermine his first challenge.Paul says that the annual defense budget had increased by nearly 120% since 2001, and that even subtracting the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan only brings that increase down to 67%.
The problem is that, in a budget that all but eliminates some departments, Paul cuts just 6.5%, or $47.6 billion, from Department of Defense. In fact, Rand's cuts are less than half the $100 billion in cuts proposed by Defense Sec. Robert Gates."
No wonder the Libertarian Party is calling Paul a sellout. Three years ago he was calling for immediate withdrawal of all troops from both wars and advocating a non-interventionist anti-base policy which would necessitate a miniscule fraction of the current budget.
He might be redeeming himself a wee tad here, as Obama proves as bad as Bush on many fronts.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/158381/obama-takes-wrong-turn-civil-liberties-adopting-worse-patriot-act-stance-gop
"Opposition to the extension of the Patriot Act in its current form has developed in the House. We could see a renewal of the left-right coalitions that challenged the initial version of the legislation in 2001, when progressive Democrats such as Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold and libertarian Republicans such as Texas Congressman Ron Paul voted "no." Paul and his son, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, are sending critical signals.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, a longtime foe of the legislation, has written letter to colleagues -- especially Tea Party conservatives -- in which he notes that: "The 112th Congress began with a historic reading of the U.S. Constitution. Will anyone subscribe to the First and Fourth Amendments tomorrow when the PATRIOT Act is up for a vote? I am hopeful that members of the Tea Party who came to Congress to defend the Constitution will join me in challenging the reauthorization."
Ken,
I'll give Paul a few points for voting against the PA extension but he's still pretty goofy.
you might want to review Krugman's post on Ron Paul today, and the various strains of libertarianism.
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