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[quote=takoma]The word "socialist" is thrown around a lot, but I thought Ron Paul was more careful than that in his economic analysis.  Yet here is what he said on national television in response to a question about Elizabeth Warren's comments that nobody gets rich without use of government roads, police, etc.:
[quote]ABC News' Terry Moran asked Paul why Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren was wrong in her comments. "Because she's a socialist," said the libertarian-leaning House member. He added, "her whole argument is absolutely wrong" because "governments are always destructive in the creation of wealth," according to The Hill. When pressed on whether public education was socialist, Paul said, "When the state runs things, that's a socialist thing." He added, "I preach home schooling and private schooling and competition."[/quote]It seems to me that if one is labeling, his statement is more anarchist than hers is socialist.  He is not only name-calling, but using that name-calling as a substitute for an argument:  She's wrong because she's a socialist, and she's wrong about the roads because my dogma says government is always harmful.[/quote]

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