Column: What science, libertarianism have in common

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  1. Denny Crane

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    Per the constitution, a Bill must pass both the house and senate, and they must pass the SAME bill before it can be signed.

    So the house passed a version and the senate a different version, and they went to committee for a year to get both sides to agree to the same bill.

    Ron Paul did not vote for it as a house bill, nor did he vote for the senate bill. He's running for president and wasn't going to fly back to D.C. to vote no on a Bill that was going to pass with 388 votes. I don't blame him. But when the time came to debate the actual bill and the merits of it, he was there. And contrary to what you want to believe, he argued against it.
     
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    Ah, Libertarianism.

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    What exactly is the complaint, barfo?
     
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    Nepotism.

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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    If you can find any reason the people hired were unqualified or significantly overpaid, you might have something interesting.
     
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    So, your claim is that Ron Paul went out with taxpayer money and hired the most qualified people he could find, and six of them happened to be his relatives?

    Ha ha.

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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    It's not taxpayer money.
     
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    Ok, fair enough. I read the congressional offices part, but upon looking into the story a little more, I see that all six were on the campaign. Which is fine, I guess.

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    I think it's fine, too. Like his son Rand Paul may have worked full time on his campaigns for several years in that figure.
     
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