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{"_name": "Do you really believe the government would stage or allow an attack against its own citizens?  Do you acknowledge that these have happened throughout history (Reichstag fire, Gulf of Tonkin, Operation Northwoods, etc).  How much do you think we don't know about our foreign military operations, and how much secrecy do you think is necessary or healthy for the military and government of a democracy?", "_id": 6199, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6199",  "values": ["Civil Liberties and Governance", "Do you really believe the government would stage or allow an attack against its own citizens?  Do you acknowledge that these have happened throughout history (Reichstag fire, Gulf of Tonkin, Operation Northwoods, etc).  How much do you think we don't know about our foreign military operations, and how much secrecy do you think is necessary or healthy for the military and government of a democracy?"]},
{"_name": "Steve Kubby recently described you, as others have, as a 'right'-libertarian.  Why do you think you disagree with or show less enthusiasm for the more contemporary, 'liberal' side of libertarianism.", "_id": 6202, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6202",  "values": ["Civil Liberties and Governance", "Steve Kubby recently described you, as others have, as a 'right'-libertarian.  Why do you think you disagree with or show less enthusiasm for the more contemporary, 'liberal' side of libertarianism."]},
{"_name": "You've decried campaign finance reform as a limitation on free speech.  What measure do you think are appropriate to limit lobbying from special interests in government?  Or more broadly, what do you think", "_id": 6205, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6205",  "values": ["Civil Liberties and Governance", "You've decried campaign finance reform as a limitation on free speech.  What measure do you think are appropriate to limit lobbying from special interests in government?  Or more broadly, what do you think"]},
{"_name": "What about those racist comments?", "_id": 6198, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6198",  "values": ["Contemporary Issues", "What about those racist comments?"]},
{"_name": "What about being supported by so many far-right patriot groups?  Are you concerned that groups with strong militant and racist histories, people who consistently support freedom for them and their way of life but not others'--want 'you' as their president?", "_id": 6201, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6201",  "values": ["Contemporary Issues", "What about being supported by so many far-right patriot groups?  Are you concerned that groups with strong militant and racist histories, people who consistently support freedom for them and their way of life but not others'--want 'you' as their president?"]},
{"_name": "Your distrust of government and its propensity to excess is legion in D.C.  We all acknowledge that government can be tyrannical but can't it also prevent corporate collusion and corruption, act as honest overseer and regulator of industry, and protect its citizens?", "_id": 6172, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6172",  "values": ["Corporate Regulation", "Your distrust of government and its propensity to excess is legion in D.C.  We all acknowledge that government can be tyrannical but can't it also prevent corporate collusion and corruption, act as honest overseer and regulator of industry, and protect its citizens?"]},
{"_name": "If the government doesn't regulate the internet, who will keep in free from Corporate control? Competition can keep the internet effectively free, but what role might government have in ensuring this?  You might comment on anti-competitiveness and anti-trust regulation?  What does it say about the alleged perfection of free-markets that monopolies are not only likely outcomes but so much so that governments must seek to prevent them?  Why is it markets vs. government in your eyes rather than government vs. corporations as in many others'?", "_id": 6175, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6175",  "values": ["Corporate Regulation", "If the government doesn't regulate the internet, who will keep in free from Corporate control? Competition can keep the internet effectively free, but what role might government have in ensuring this?  You might comment on anti-competitiveness and anti-trust regulation?  What does it say about the alleged perfection of free-markets that monopolies are not only likely outcomes but so much so that governments must seek to prevent them?  Why is it markets vs. government in your eyes rather than government vs. corporations as in many others'?"]},
{"_name": "You've come out strongly for a non-interventionist foreign policy that protects our national interests first and foremost.  You've also suggested that in a more free society, a lack of federal bureaucracy and interference would result in more wealthy individuals, like Bill Gates and Bono and Warren Buffet, who could respond to humanitarian crises privately. Do you really see state-led genocide as amenable to individual private charity?  Assuming you don't support UN involvement in these crises any more than US involvement, is there any degree of foreign outrage which you as an individual or a president would not tolerate?  What about Darfur?  Rwanda?  The Holocaust?  Is your idea of a non-interventionist foreign policy deaf to all calls of injustice so long as they are outside our borders or our direct sphere of interests?  To what extent if any do you consider yourself a citizen of the earth rather than only of this one nation?  Do you construe a President's Constitutional mandate so strictly or narrowly that you would not consider using the American government to help support if not enforce the rights provided to us in the Constitution to all people?  Do you see this all working out better another way, or is it simply something we cannot fix and shouldn't pretend we're better off trying to?", "_id": 6167, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6167",  "values": ["Foreign Policy and Iraq", "You've come out strongly for a non-interventionist foreign policy that protects our national interests first and foremost.  You've also suggested that in a more free society, a lack of federal bureaucracy and interference would result in more wealthy individuals, like Bill Gates and Bono and Warren Buffet, who could respond to humanitarian crises privately. Do you really see state-led genocide as amenable to individual private charity?  Assuming you don't support UN involvement in these crises any more than US involvement, is there any degree of foreign outrage which you as an individual or a president would not tolerate?  What about Darfur?  Rwanda?  The Holocaust?  Is your idea of a non-interventionist foreign policy deaf to all calls of injustice so long as they are outside our borders or our direct sphere of interests?  To what extent if any do you consider yourself a citizen of the earth rather than only of this one nation?  Do you construe a President's Constitutional mandate so strictly or narrowly that you would not consider using the American government to help support if not enforce the rights provided to us in the Constitution to all people?  Do you see this all working out better another way, or is it simply something we cannot fix and shouldn't pretend we're better off trying to?"]},
{"_name": "Could it be “too late' for a foreign policy of non-intervention?  What if there were terrorists who really were trying to kill us just because we're “free”.  What then?  What if Islamic Fundamentalism won't just go away?", "_id": 6184, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6184",  "values": ["Foreign Policy and Iraq", "Could it be “too late' for a foreign policy of non-intervention?  What if there were terrorists who really were trying to kill us just because we're “free”.  What then?  What if Islamic Fundamentalism won't just go away?"]},
{"_name": "Should we not borrow money to make the world safe for democracy?  Are there any causes worth going into debt for?", "_id": 6186, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6186",  "values": ["Foreign Policy and Iraq", "Should we not borrow money to make the world safe for democracy?  Are there any causes worth going into debt for?"]},
{"_name": "Can we trust other countries with military, especially nuclear capabilities?  Would you rather live in a world where every person has a gun and every country a nuclear arsenal or a world in which all had neither? (or perhaps a third possibility, where only cops and military had guns, and only the U.S. and its allies nuclear weapons).", "_id": 6187, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6187",  "values": ["Foreign Policy and Iraq", "Can we trust other countries with military, especially nuclear capabilities?  Would you rather live in a world where every person has a gun and every country a nuclear arsenal or a world in which all had neither? (or perhaps a third possibility, where only cops and military had guns, and only the U.S. and its allies nuclear weapons)."]},
{"_name": "Shouldn't we try to prevent a civil war in Iraq?  Given the initial success of our intervention (epitomized by their election), isn't there some suggestion that it was not our policy that was flawed by our execution (too few resources committed, too little investment into building support among Iraqis, etc...)", "_id": 6189, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6189",  "values": ["Foreign Policy and Iraq", "Shouldn't we try to prevent a civil war in Iraq?  Given the initial success of our intervention (epitomized by their election), isn't there some suggestion that it was not our policy that was flawed by our execution (too few resources committed, too little investment into building support among Iraqis, etc...)"]},
{"_name": "Is this a new kind of war?  Aren't we in a time of war?", "_id": 6194, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6194",  "values": ["Foreign Policy and Iraq", "Is this a new kind of war?  Aren't we in a time of war?"]},
{"_name": "Why do you assume world government is about control rather than creating a global community?", "_id": 6203, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6203",  "values": ["Foreign Policy and Iraq", "Why do you assume world government is about control rather than creating a global community?"]},
{"_name": "I understand that a philosophy of libertarianism is strongly rooted in the idea that people can and must support themselves.  I am curious how you feel societies and/or governments should treat those who are starving, homeless, or invalid?  (We'll assume, for simplicity, that they are American citizens).  Do you acknowledge that markets can sometimes fail wildly, not to mention minds and bodies.  Are there any scenarios where you feel the state has a duty to assist?  If not, is it for philosophical objections or the pragmatic conviction that states really do more harm than good compared to local, state, and private initiatives?", "_id": 6168, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6168",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "I understand that a philosophy of libertarianism is strongly rooted in the idea that people can and must support themselves.  I am curious how you feel societies and/or governments should treat those who are starving, homeless, or invalid?  (We'll assume, for simplicity, that they are American citizens).  Do you acknowledge that markets can sometimes fail wildly, not to mention minds and bodies.  Are there any scenarios where you feel the state has a duty to assist?  If not, is it for philosophical objections or the pragmatic conviction that states really do more harm than good compared to local, state, and private initiatives?"]},
{"_name": "The idea of an egalitarian society has long motivated Liberals, Progressives, and Humanists of all stripes.  Despite your contentions that free markets genuinely are the most 'caring and humane' mechanisms for production and growth' do you see some role for guiding or correcting imbalances in society?  Particularly after periods of prejudice and segregation (where people 'were' judged by their 'group'), can you conceive a role for a “transition” period during which restitution and redistribution could occur?", "_id": 6171, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6171",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "The idea of an egalitarian society has long motivated Liberals, Progressives, and Humanists of all stripes.  Despite your contentions that free markets genuinely are the most 'caring and humane' mechanisms for production and growth' do you see some role for guiding or correcting imbalances in society?  Particularly after periods of prejudice and segregation (where people 'were' judged by their 'group'), can you conceive a role for a “transition” period during which restitution and redistribution could occur?"]},
{"_name": "Are NGO's and non-profits signs the free-market has failed and needs 'support'?  Would you rather allow private groups to fill in the gaps where markets fail rather than governments?", "_id": 6173, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6173",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "Are NGO's and non-profits signs the free-market has failed and needs 'support'?  Would you rather allow private groups to fill in the gaps where markets fail rather than governments?  "]},
{"_name": "Are you morally or just practically opposed to socialism?  What about Sweden or other countries in Europe who enjoy a large social safety net and still seem to thrive culturally?  What do you think are the trade-offs of such an arrangement?  Do you think they is sustainable?  What makes you think people can't be better off when they have more security and 'less' exposure to the free market?", "_id": 6176, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6176",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "Are you morally or just practically opposed to socialism?  What about Sweden or other countries in Europe who enjoy a large social safety net and still seem to thrive culturally?  What do you think are the trade-offs of such an arrangement?  Do you think they is sustainable?  What makes you think people can't be better off when they have more security and 'less' exposure to the free market?"]},
{"_name": "Can't markets fail?  If they do sometimes, shouldn't the gov.'t step in to help?", "_id": 6181, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6181",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "Can't markets fail?  If they do sometimes, shouldn't the gov.'t step in to help?"]},
{"_name": "Isn't there diminishing marginal utility to wealth?  Over years some families accumulate estates and near genealogical empires.  Even assuming these individuals acquired their wealth through entrepreneurialism and hard work, do you see a philosophical and economic justification for allowing new members of society to encounter a more level playing field.  Though America is a land of opportunity, years of wealth concentration and capital formation do create a level of entrenched economic elites?  Moreover, some individuals on this planet have billions of times more than they need to survive while others die of starvation...  Isn't all of that an argument for at least some re-distribution?", "_id": 6182, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6182",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "Isn't there diminishing marginal utility to wealth?  Over years some families accumulate estates and near genealogical empires.  Even assuming these individuals acquired their wealth through entrepreneurialism and hard work, do you see a philosophical and economic justification for allowing new members of society to encounter a more level playing field.  Though America is a land of opportunity, years of wealth concentration and capital formation do create a level of entrenched economic elites?  Moreover, some individuals on this planet have billions of times more than they need to survive while others die of starvation...  Isn't all of that an argument for at least some re-distribution?"]},
{"_name": "Since wealth is often enhanced through hereditary, and one's birthplace is random, isn't some re-distribution morally just?  (Refer to John Rawls and “the veil of ignorance”)", "_id": 6183, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6183",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "Since wealth is often enhanced through hereditary, and one's birthplace is random, isn't some re-distribution morally just?  (Refer to John Rawls and “the veil of ignorance”)"]},
{"_name": "Could it be too late for completely free markets, since the playing field is so unequal after all of these years?", "_id": 6185, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6185",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "Could it be too late for completely free markets, since the playing field is so unequal after all of these years?"]},
{"_name": "Are free markets and a non-interventionist foreign policy really compassionate?  What about aid, charity, and humanity?  Why can't people support these through their governments as well as their churches, non-profits, and individual contributions?", "_id": 6195, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6195",  "values": ["Free Markets and Welfare", "Are free markets and a non-interventionist foreign policy really compassionate?  What about aid, charity, and humanity?  Why can't people support these through their governments as well as their churches, non-profits, and individual contributions?"]},
{"_name": "Why can't we register guns and bullets, just like we register medications?  Does supporting the right of people and citizens to own firearms require that ownership to be completely free of 'any' oversight?", "_id": 6188, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6188",  "values": ["Gun Control", "Why can't we register guns and bullets, just like we register medications?  Does supporting the right of people and citizens to own firearms require that ownership to be completely free of 'any' oversight?"]},
{"_name": "You have repeatedly denounced the Federal government exercising powers not explicitly granted to it in the Constitution.  At the same time, quoting the 10th amendments, you suggest that States should have regulatory powers that you would deny to the Federal government.  Why give powers to States rather than to individuals?  Aren't states just as likely as Federal governments to infringe upon the rights of individuals and those with unpopular opinions (albeit 'perhaps' with less bureaucracy).  Do you see the Federal government as having any oversight role to ensure that no individual is ever deprived of their right to liberty, regardless of the majority opinion in the state?  Moreover, when you give States the right to decide issues about it's citizen's lives (and deny the Federal governments or Judicial system the jurisdiction to override them), do you not merely re-create the tyranny of government but closer to people's homes?  Is that the goal of libertarianism, or would you more accurately be construed as a states' rights fundamentalist with merely some libertarian leanings?", "_id": 6169, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6169",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "You have repeatedly denounced the Federal government exercising powers not explicitly granted to it in the Constitution.  At the same time, quoting the 10th amendments, you suggest that States should have regulatory powers that you would deny to the Federal government.  Why give powers to States rather than to individuals?  Aren't states just as likely as Federal governments to infringe upon the rights of individuals and those with unpopular opinions (albeit 'perhaps' with less bureaucracy).  Do you see the Federal government as having any oversight role to ensure that no individual is ever deprived of their right to liberty, regardless of the majority opinion in the state?  Moreover, when you give States the right to decide issues about it's citizen's lives (and deny the Federal governments or Judicial system the jurisdiction to override them), do you not merely re-create the tyranny of government but closer to people's homes?  Is that the goal of libertarianism, or would you more accurately be construed as a states' rights fundamentalist with merely some libertarian leanings?"]},
{"_name": "Do you see a difference between community and government, between society and state?  If so, can you explain the nature, functioning, and proper limitations as you see it fit?", "_id": 6170, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6170",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "Do you see a difference between community and government, between society and state?  If so, can you explain the nature, functioning, and proper limitations as you see it fit?"]},
{"_name": "Does the social contract bind us together in a positive way or just protect us from eachother and outsiders and negative influences?", "_id": 6178, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6178",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "Does the social contract bind us together in a positive way or just protect us from eachother and outsiders and negative influences?"]},
{"_name": "How does libertarianism mesh with secular humanism?  Or multi-cultural progressivism?  What about these philosophies or approaches do you find in concord and with what do you disagree?  Do you think a degree of multi-culturalism is necessary after decades of entrenched racism.  'You' might feel that racism is an ugly form collectivism, but many feel that racism is inherent to humanity.  Can or should governments play a roll in actively promoting egalitarianism and diversity rather than taking a stance that the principles of liberty are above distinctions among people?  As to secular humanism, do you find a necessary connection between rights or liberties and belief in God?", "_id": 6179, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6179",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "How does libertarianism mesh with secular humanism?  Or multi-cultural progressivism?  What about these philosophies or approaches do you find in concord and with what do you disagree?  Do you think a degree of multi-culturalism is necessary after decades of entrenched racism.  'You' might feel that racism is an ugly form collectivism, but many feel that racism is inherent to humanity.  Can or should governments play a roll in actively promoting egalitarianism and diversity rather than taking a stance that the principles of liberty are above distinctions among people?  As to secular humanism, do you find a necessary connection between rights or liberties and belief in God?"]},
{"_name": "Are there social aspects that government should promote or limit that libertarianism can't deal with?", "_id": 6180, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6180",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "Are there social aspects that government should promote or limit that libertarianism can't deal with?"]},
{"_name": "You come out strongly against federal regulation, even going so far as to suggest that the Civil war did more harm then good and was not the best way to resolve the issues (end) slavery.  Governments shouldn't take action to end slavery, prevent segregation, however regional their proponents?", "_id": 6196, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6196",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "You come out strongly against federal regulation, even going so far as to suggest that the Civil war did more harm then good and was not the best way to resolve the issues (end) slavery.  Governments shouldn't take action to end slavery, prevent segregation, however regional their proponents? "]},
{"_name": "Isn't “states' rights” how southerners argued for keeping slavery, segregation, and institutionalized inequality legal?  Why do you think states can do a better job of keeping people free than the government?  Even if not the federal government as the everyday arbiter of liberty, why should states rather than individuals be the proper unit?", "_id": 6197, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6197",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "Isn't “states' rights” how southerners argued for keeping slavery, segregation, and institutionalized inequality legal?  Why do you think states can do a better job of keeping people free than the government?  Even if not the federal government as the everyday arbiter of liberty, why should states rather than individuals be the proper unit?"]},
{"_name": "Is government compatible with the idea of the good society'?  Is 'lack' of government?  Does libertarianism give up on humanist utopian ideals? Or just seek them differently?", "_id": 6200, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6200",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "Is government compatible with the idea of the good society'?  Is 'lack' of government?  Does libertarianism give up on humanist utopian ideals? Or just seek them differently?"]},
{"_name": "You have argued that racism is an ugly form of collectivism.  Rather than promoting the advancement of minorities this position has in essence put you above racial disputes?  Do you think religion is a form of collectivism?  If so, how is it different than race?  Are there any forms of collectivism which you would sanction or seek to promote?  To what extent do you think your conception of rights is grounded in religion?  In particular, to what extent to you see your firm stance on abortion as a religious one?", "_id": 6204, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6204",  "values": ["Libertarian Philosophy", "You have argued that racism is an ugly form of collectivism.  Rather than promoting the advancement of minorities this position has in essence put you above racial disputes?  Do you think religion is a form of collectivism?  If so, how is it different than race?  Are there any forms of collectivism which you would sanction or seek to promote?  To what extent do you think your conception of rights is grounded in religion?  In particular, to what extent to you see your firm stance on abortion as a religious one?  "]},
{"_name": "You've commented and wrote extensively on what you understand as the grave dangers of having an un-hinged and un-anchored money system.  No one will deny that the U.S. is in tremendous debt and exposed to increasingly vulnerability by it's lenders, most ominously China.  You've also praised the Gold System which was abandoned in the 1973 Breton Woods agreement.  Is so-called 'fiat' money the problem or is it our entire system of fractional reserve banking?  Why would Gold be a more stable anchor for the economy?  Isn't a fixed monetary supply vulnerable to it's own shifts in supply and demand for the underlying good (GOLD).  In an economy that moves as quickly as ours does, can a fixed monetary supply really be flexible enough to meet demands for investment and avoid sudden gluts?  In other words, do you think the drawbacks of a Gold System (if any) outweigh the drawbacks as you see them of our current fiat system?", "_id": 6174, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6174",  "values": ["Monetary Policy", "You've commented and wrote extensively on what you understand as the grave dangers of having an un-hinged and un-anchored money system.  No one will deny that the U.S. is in tremendous debt and exposed to increasingly vulnerability by it's lenders, most ominously China.  You've also praised the Gold System which was abandoned in the 1973 Breton Woods agreement.  Is so-called 'fiat' money the problem or is it our entire system of fractional reserve banking?  Why would Gold be a more stable anchor for the economy?  Isn't a fixed monetary supply vulnerable to it's own shifts in supply and demand for the underlying good (GOLD).  In an economy that moves as quickly as ours does, can a fixed monetary supply really be flexible enough to meet demands for investment and avoid sudden gluts?  In other words, do you think the drawbacks of a Gold System (if any) outweigh the drawbacks as you see them of our current fiat system?"]},
{"_name": "If Europe is in such bad economic shape (or a practitioner of such anti free market policies), why are countries getting more EUROs and dumping their dollars?)", "_id": 6190, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6190",  "values": ["Monetary Policy", "If Europe is in such bad economic shape (or a practitioner of such anti free market policies), why are countries getting more EUROs and dumping their dollars?)"]},
{"_name": "What's wrong with a unified currency?  States don't have different currencies, why should countries? (ref, the Amero)", "_id": 6191, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6191",  "values": ["Monetary Policy", "What's wrong with a unified currency?  States don't have different currencies, why should countries? (ref, the Amero)"]},
{"_name": "Can or should states play a roll in educating, protecting, or helping some or all of its members?", "_id": 6177, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6177",  "values": ["Public Services", "Can or should states play a roll in educating, protecting, or helping some or all of its members?"]},
{"_name": "Where do you see the role of public services ending?  Should we have government firefighters?  Policeman?  If so, why not medicine? (Isn't health care a life-or-death service that the state should ensure for all citizens?)  If not, what about those who can't afford a fireman?", "_id": 6192, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6192",  "values": ["Public Services", "Where do you see the role of public services ending?  Should we have government firefighters?  Policeman?  If so, why not medicine? (Isn't health care a life-or-death service that the state should ensure for all citizens?)  If not, what about those who can't afford a fireman?"]},
{"_name": "Aren't some projects like massive infrastructure construction, national defense, emergency relief, global warming, etc. so big that only fed. gov.'t can handle them?", "_id": 6193, "_link": "http://ronpaul2008.dabbledb.com/dabble/theronpauldatabasetheronpauldatabasegooglepagescom?view=6304&entry=6193",  "values": ["Public Services", "Aren't some projects like massive infrastructure construction, national defense, emergency relief, global warming, etc. so big that only fed. gov.'t can handle them?"]}]});