Complex Systems
Doctor Liberty
Complex Systems
Doctor Liberty
I didn't read all of that, but I skimmed it. (Sorry, it got quite long!)
I am wondering who you plan on voting for instead of him? Will you vote Obama, another Republican nominee, or someone else entirely?
I tend not to vote these days. I believe that the way I can best influence politics is through being involved in public policy, and I'm currently employed at a think tank while I try to get into a graduate program in economics/ That way I can continue to participate in academic dialogue about what helps make society prosperous for everyone.
Largely thanks to this article here.
Voting to me is a waste of my time, I'm not going to be happy with the outcome, and for me my vote is relatively insignificant. There is better uses of my time to advance the political causes I care about.
Edit: If you're going to say you support a candidate, and not read about the counterposing argument, then I'd say you're not particularly earnest in your support.
Don't you think your vote could be worth it if you wrote-in or checked off whomever you support most? It may be one vote, and it may seem insignificant, but don't you think that when in the final results someone gets third or fourth place, someone else may actually go out and look into what that person stands for? It may not count for this election, but in the future it could spark interest in your candidate, if we ever are able to reach a landscape where more than two parties receive all of the publicity.
No. Firstly, because I don't support any of them. Secondly, because it doesn't matter mathematically, and the time I spent voting could have been spent towards more productive means to advance the political causes I care about (see: previous post).
And if you're interested in why PM me. Most people in ED-P I think are tired of my mathematics on why voting is useless, and I'll spare the usual eye sore.
I took the time to go back and read it. You do have some great points in there about social policy. Equal rights for all people is something that I believe in, whether they are gay, female, etc. One thing I do disagree with is your stance on immigration.
I think that we should make it a little easier for people to become citizens. I don't know all that much about our current system, but from the numbers of illegal immigrants I have seen in my area, it seems as though it could use some reform. At the same time, I don't think that we should be lax in the way we police those from other countries that are here illegally. If they do wish to become legalized citizens, more power to them, but if they come here, and are collecting welfare somehow, or working a job for a company that wants to get away with only paying them half as much money as they should be earning, because they know that an illegal immigrant will never go and tell someone, then I believe there are serious problems with our system, and those problems will only hurt the American economy even further.
Speaking of the economy, I'd like to say that I don't know all too much about the gold standard. I have yet to read Ron's book on it, or any other ones for that matter. Are there any websites or books that you could recommend to me that would go into detail with that, and possible Austrian economics, which I know he supports. (I also attend a college in MN, and one of our economics professors, who is also in an office for our district, supports Austrian economics, and endorsed Paul for his support of an Austrian economic system.)
I think Paul's views on what "Civil Liberties" are could definitely use some reform to fit gays and women into them. I, personally, don't believe in abortion, but when it comes to an issue like that, I don't think that someone like me should even have a say in what a woman does with her body. When it comes to the gays, I know that Paul voted to repeal DADT, but I would like to see more support from him in other areas where gay people are thrown in the dust (MARRAIGE).
Even through all of this though, I still strongly support his anti-war stance, and it takes the cake for me. His foreign policy is something that I think the entire world should take up, and it makes me sad when I see things such as him being booed by a room full of Republicans (and probably Christians) for not promoting war. I also have other reasons for supporting him, but this is the big one for me.