Ron Paul and Rand Paul are vastly different from each other. I wouldn't ever talk about them as if they have similar principles. I am not trying to defend Ron

Ron Paul and Rand Paul are vastly different from each other. I wouldn't ever talk about them as if they have similar principles. I am not trying to defend Ron Paul or Rand here. I will tell you my own views on your list of things. Perhaps this will help you understand Ron better. - Civil rights: I don't want my government to have colour-specific laws. I believe in individual rights. When I start a company, I reserve the right to discriminate against blacks, browns or whites. I am brown myself, and don't really care if a potential employer rejects me for my skin colour. - Environmental regulation: I believe in the right to property. I pay money (tax) to agencies to protect these rights. If my neighbour cooks meth, it makes my own home smelly. The police, to protect my property rights, should prevent it. If he is cooking whatever crap he wants on his own farm, and there is no house or person in sight, why should the government make laws to have regulations about stinking the place up? - Finance regulation: regulation and protection lead to corporatism. Your claiming Ron is corporatist based on this seems contrived, to put it mildly. - Right to choose: I disagree with Ron on this. But then Ron wants to leave it up to the state. Fine by me. I'll just walk out of the states I don't like. - Equal pay: see my first note on individual rights. If I find an employer who values my skill enough to pay me more, I'll go there. My employees are free to do the same. I'll discriminate as I please. It's my company. - Food inspection: why isn't the court system enough for this? - Health care: Remember the days when Canadians crossed the border to pay for the service they get? Heck, I'm sure the healthcare industry loves these regulations: they can charge a million bucks to fix your common cold. The government will pay them with your tax or by printing more money. The problem in the US is not universal healthcare. The problem is expensive drugs. Fix your patent laws, and your regulatory hoops, and poor people will be able to afford most drugs themselves. And charities can cover the gap when the drugs are too expensive. That's how it works in India. (Actually, India has other problems: corruption and illiteracy.) - Worker's rights: covered earlier. - Immigration: easy immigration makes no sense in a welfare state.