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Old 01-01-2008, 05:23 PM  
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Originally Posted by DivaShane View Post
I don't mean to introduce more drama, but I do have some questions about Ron Paul.
After reading over some issues on his site I became concerned about his stance with corporations. Now I could have read his comments and taken them incorrectly but it seems to me that he would like to lessen possibly get rid of all corporate oversight in the government?
I am really concerned about this especially in light of what we saw conglomerates doing in the past few years. Any one else remember Enron? These sneaky bastards are already taking advantage of their consumer base on a daily basis. If this is indeed Dr. Paul's stance on business that could be a very dangerous position in the long term.
It also reads as though Dr. Paul supports continuation of NATFA. Again this is a worrisome situation in my opinion. We've seen many of our major corporations export jobs to other countries because their workforce is willing to take what works out to slave wages in order to increase the profit margins as well as their fat bank accounts.

If I have misread or misunderstood the comments then please correct me, and share a link to what ever article you site so that I can read it as well. Thanks for the clarification on these points.
Valid concerns. Enron happened right underneath the regulators' noses. If you take the corporate lobbyists out of the equation and close corporate tax loopholes much of the incentive to permit "creative accounting" will disappear.
You will still have the department of justice and state regulatory agencies to watchdog rogue corporations.

As far as NAFTA, I have read nothing to the contrary- Ron Paul wants will get us out of Nafta, WTO and the UN. I would be interested to read where he waffles on NAFTA.
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