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I started when I heard about Ron Paul's campaign in 2007 and was hooked on him from the first Republican debate. I searched daily for Ron Paul videos on YouTube and found a clip from "Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve" by the Mises Institute. I then watched the whole video and liked it. My first book I read on Austrian Economics
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I was an ignorant neocon until I saw the first Republican presidential debate. I was totally blown away when Ron Paul so nonchalantly declared that he would get rid of the income tax and the "inflation tax." It was like a breathe of fresh air, because I always felt that getting rid of the income tax and stopping inflation were "ultraconservative
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Hope to see you there and meet you.
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Would Dennis Kucinich or Mike Gravel qualify for that?
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If Ron Paul had not been pro-life, pro-border enforcement, and other attributes that normally would appeal to right-wing conservatives, I would never have become an enthusiastic supporter of his campaign and become permanently converted to libertarian thinking. I would still be a neocon. Because he seemed to be more consistently "conservative"
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Although I make nominally twice what I did at my previous job doing much of the same that I do now, this former job was software development at a college, and the college provide very cheap rent-controlled housing and free lunch buffets.
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30 years old BS. Computer Science Master of Information Systems Working as a software engineer at a real estate asset management company -> $75k per year.
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A good and simple way to start would be simply to let people opt out. It would make most sense the younger the person. No social security tax withheld and no "benefits" for the future. I have posted my hypothetical deal to the government on other forums: I am 30 years old. I have already paid into social security for 13 years of my life. I
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Those who argue that a gold standard results in depressions or monetary instability are really arguing from the position that banks, by their very nature, must have the intrinsic right to the moral hazzard of lending money they do not have. They believe that factional reserve banking is inevitable; therefore, the monetary policy must be able to account
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I thought the ones behind the Money Masters were monetarists . They believe that a fiat standard is better than a gold standard, but they also believe that the government should prevent inflation by using census statistics to determine how much money should circulate. In other words, they agree with the "original intent" of the Fed, but believe