We have had few American political dynasties. It was not in our makeup to trust them. After all, we originally broke away from a monarchy; namely the House of Hanover, specifically George III, King of Great Britain and King of Ireland. We almost had our Kennedys. We did have our Bushes. We have come close to having our Clintons. Now we are showing signs of another emerging American dynasty, the Pauls.
At a time when the infrastructure of our nation needs to be rebuilt and strengthened, at a time when we need government regulation to protect us against corporations that otherwise would put profit before public welfare, at a time when government is the only possible salvation of millions of our fellow citizens who have fallen victim to the free-market banking economy; the Pauls, Ron and Rand, are fostering antigovernment ideas that basically say all problems can be solved without government.
The Tea Party movement, which in many was sprung from Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign, refers to government taxes and spending just as the original Boston Tea Party did, as “tyranny”.
Ron Paul has for years opposed most government spending even opposing relief for Hurricane Katrina victims. Rand Paul has said that the forced integration of Southern lunch counters by the 1964 Civil Rights Act was an unacceptable federal intrusion into the private sector and that the Obama Administration’s tough response to BP over the Gulf Coast oil spill was “un-American” and “sometimes accidents happen.”
Sorry, a nice cup of tea just does not resolve the issues that arise when more than 300 million people have to share that country. Perhaps share is the word the Libertarians don’t get. We like tea, but drink coffee most often.
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