Neo-Conned

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http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/neo-conned.htm

A great speech to Congress by representative Ron Paul about how neo-conservatives are traitors to cause of limited-government and to the American political tradition in general. I think his conclusion is something a lot of people can agree with.


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Spending, borrowing and printing money cannot be the road to prosperity. It hasn’t worked in Japan, and it isn’t working here either. As a matter of fact, it’s never worked anytime throughout history. A point is always reached where government planning, spending and inflation run out of steam. Instead of these old tools reviving an economy, as they do in the early stages of economic interventionism, they eventually become the problem. Both sides of the political spectrum must one day realize that limitless government intrusion in the economy, in our personal lives and in the affairs of other nations cannot serve the best interests of America. This is not a conservative problem, nor is it a liberal problem—it’s a government intrusion problem that comes from both groups, albeit for different reasons. The problems emanate from both camps who champion different programs for different reasons. The solution will come when both groups realize that it’s not merely a single-party problem, or just a liberal or just a conservative problem.
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Emphasis mine.

But I think the most interesting part is his description of the roots of neo-con political philosophy in Machiavelli and such. If accurate it makes you wonder just WTF is in these people's heads and why in God's name we let them get this far.

Anyway, check it out if you have time to read like 7000 words of speech.

This was taken from another messageboard and I wanted to see your views on it.