Has anyone noticed that the stuff Ron Paul says is quite like the stuff Ronald Reagan said back when people still thought he was a Libertarian? Anyone think Ron Paul would go Reagan if he was elected?
Ronald Reagan was more of a professional politician. Ron Paul has a history of being rather consistent and principled.
At Esuric:
Reagan read Rothbard? I knew he had read Mises, Bastiat, and Hayek, but I didn’t know he was familiar with Rothbard’s work.
Conza
May 31, 2010, 9:35pm
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Beefheart:
Reagan read Rothbard? I knew he had read Mises, Bastiat, and Hayek, but I didn’t know he was familiar with Rothbard’s work.
Do you think he read these? lol.
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