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nothingleftinside  ·  3480 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do you think of Rand Paul?

I don't know if I could vote for him, because I'm a pretty dyed-in-the-wool socialist when it comes to a lot of things, most specifically economics. Part of his philosophies I agree with- like auditing/abolishing the fed, but I like social programs and regulation. I feel that corporations are a large part of why our economy is so one-sided these days and I'd like tighter regulations on financial institutions, not laxer (is that a word?) ones. I'm also very pro-national healthcare, and Paul obviously is not. Finally, he's anti-abortion and anti-same-sex-marriage, which seems to be pretty disingenuous for a so called libertarian. It's cool that there is a famous politician that's anti-drug war and wants to reduce foreign aid (especially to Israel) and military activity abroad.

EDIT: Oh, and if this question was for libertarians only, I apologize. I'm only a quasi-libertarian really.