Rand Paul in Kentucky: Campaign 2010's Most Important Senate Contest

The author says "But when the economy is in the dumps following a crash of free-wheelin' Wall Street, when climate change is a continuing threat, and when U.S. global competitiveness is slipping, doing nothing ought not be a top-priority item."

The crash of Wall Street was led by the collapse of the housing market. The collapse of the housing market was due to over regulation. The government forced lenders to lend to underqualified people and fed ruled institutions like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were rife with corruption and regulation heads.

Climate change used to be called "global warming". Now that it may not be warming, it is called "climate change". And it is a contested science. The exposure of corruption in fudging facts (i.e. "climate gate") seems to be remiss in the author's statement.

As for global competitiveness, statists seem to not understand that when you increase the cost of doing business via regulation and taxes, companies have to either cut costs (usually by shedding jobs), raise prices (i.e. inflation), or go bankrupt. All three of these things have been happening due to regulation. It should come as no surprise that our worst industries are the most heavily regulated (i.e. banking, housing, automotive, airline, energy, etc).

The author needs to pause for thought and think honestly about cause and effect. Rand Paul's alleged "do nothing" is false. Rather, he'd hopefully actively dismantle the tyrannical regulation that is without a doubt destroying our country and free way of life.

The author says "But when the economy is in the dumps following a crash of free-wheelin' Wall Street, when climate change is a continuing threat, and when U.S. global competitiveness is slipping, doing nothing ought not be a top-priority item."

The crash of Wall Street was led by the collapse of the housing market. The collapse of the housing market was due to over regulation. The government forced lenders to lend to underqualified people and fed ruled institutions like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were rife with corruption and regulation heads.

Climate change used to be called "global warming". Now that it may not be warming, it is called "climate change". And it is a contested science. The exposure of corruption in fudging facts (i.e. "climate gate") seems to be remiss in the author's statement.

As for global competitiveness, statists seem to not understand that when you increase the cost of doing business via regulation and taxes, companies have to either cut costs (usually by shedding jobs), raise prices (i.e. inflation), or go bankrupt. All three of these things have been happening due to regulation. It should come as no surprise that our worst industries are the most heavily regulated (i.e. banking, housing, automotive, airline, energy, etc).

The author needs to pause for thought and think honestly about cause and effect. Rand Paul's alleged "do nothing" is false. Rather, he'd hopefully actively dismantle the tyrannical regulation that is without a doubt destroying our country and free way of life.

"You live here, and you have to work in the mines. You'd try to make good rules to protect your people here. If you don't, I'm thinking that no one will apply for those jobs."

That is big talk from an ophthalmologist. "If you don't like your job, quit. Better yet, don't take the job in the first place." That is his answer? What if it is the only job in town? How, then, will a coal miner provide for his or her family? I guess he'd say to that, " Move to another state." In some counties coal mining is the driving force behind the entire economy. And what if, upon complaining about the conditions of the work place, the owner threatens to close down the mine? Then what?

So when has the goverment ever been held acountable for anything ! He's right on one asspect . It is none of there business ! And for B.P . I would think they do know better ! Oil drilling , coal mining , It's all rough work , and these people that do it ; My hats off to them ! We should let the states handle there own affairs ! I'll bet osha didn't dig any of those miners out of that mine !
Oh well I'm starting to ramble !

I for one believe that the government has to be able to make certain regulations. If they didn't who knows what some people will do to make a buck. The system failed with the BP disaster because of individuals not doing their jobs properly. It was not because of government regulations. Corners were cut to save costs but were not noticed or just overlooked by inspectors whose job it was to ensure those corners weren't cut. Your car is built better to save your life because of regulations. You may think it isn't because in a wreck it crumbles around you but it is designed to do that to absorb the impact so you don't have too. Your food is safer because of federal regulations. You have rights as an employee or as an employer because of regulations. Civil Rights is another item. If it wasn't for that women and non-whites couldn't even vote for one thing. There is nothing wrong with the system. What is wrong is the people who are part of the system that do not do the right thing. They are willing to take a few extra bucks from someone to overlook something or complain why should I do my job better because they don't pay me enough to do the paper work to make them do the right thing.

Well....I wonder if the writer is a liberal or a republican? Real journalism is dead. It seems that all journalists have an agenda on both sides of the political spectrum. I thought editorials were supposed to be in the editorial section....now they are on the front page. The day has come and gone for me to trust journalists. I put them in the same pile with attorneys.

Well it certainly seem that this site will cut you off if they do not like what you have to say. Everyone who blames BP for a leak is missing the main point...OUR governmet will not let the oil companies who drill for the easy oil we demand to consume because they are to busy kissing the tree huggers. And for those who think we should drive electric...how do you get electricy..COA and, ATOMIC ENERGY where is the benifit in the trade off...if you look around you see oil products that build our cars, homes, roads...where is the solution? we could go back 110 years to horses and buggies...but what do you do with the waste from 100 million more animals...where do get the feed for these animals....
We can not move backwards....we can not ask a government to regulate people with such a wide set of value structures...

If you were not paying attention...millions of peoples jobs left the USA 15 years ago...they said we were becoming a service economy....well do you see noe that is a failed economic concept
We have all shopped at the "super store" for the cheap prices made available by low cost imports
Did the Federal government no see the end result well before today

I feel bad for Rangel...it is too bad journalist write the easy stuff...so why believe ANYTHING they want to talk about...and this article make my point

Yay Rand- Govt can start today to get its nose out of our faces (and I am being polite). Govt screws up ABSOLUTELY everything it produces and overregulates. We're all being strangled by EPA-"Dispersents are fine, but check those life jackets kids..." By the justice Dept: Going after Universities that are experimenting with using Kindle, since Blind people cant use it (This is a true new case), while they cant make a case against Black Panthers with a club on film intimidating white voters. Fun house mirror days are here...

Does anyone see the contradiction in calling people lazy for being out of work but then suggesting that workers in coal mines should quit their jobs or not take a job where there are safety issues? If their local economy thrives on coal mining should they take out loans to go to school for something unrelated and then have to commute 2 hours to get a job in that field? Will they have the money to afford a car to commute? Will they have the money to relocate with no job? Old money in the US is already established, the system of meritocracy that existed in the Rockerfeller era is dead, and Rand Paul must have really had to struggle growing up and must really be in touch with decisions the average American has to make since his daddy is a Doctor/Career Politician. What a joke!

I'm with Rand Paul. Government needs to stay out of my life and stop trying to micromanage it. I want to live in a free society not one where the government tries to tell me whats good for me and what isn't. I can decide that on my own.