Ron Paul: Black lawmakers oppose war because they want the money for food stamps

[KamaAina]

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/24/ron_paul_congressional_black_caucus_opposes_war_because_they_want_to_spend_money_on_food_stamps/

Former Texas congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul has long been one of the most vociferous opponents of interventionism in American foreign policy, but the libertarian-leaning conservative has some harsh — i.e., racist — words for some of his allies in that fight.

In an interview earlier this month with Lew Rockwell — flagged today by BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski and Megan Apper — Paul asserted that members of the Congressional Black Caucus oppose military intervention abroad because they’d rather spend funds on food stamps than war.

“I was always annoyed with it in Congress because we had an anti-war unofficial group, a few libertarian Republicans and generally the Black Caucus and others did not — they are really against war because they want all of that money to go to food stamps for people here,” Paul told Rockwell.

Paul proceeded to criticize Black Caucus members as ineffective advocates against war, arguing that too many of them voted for sanctions against U.S. adversaries, which Paul said “never get the results that they thought there were going to get.”

He is totally not racist.

[bravenak]

1. He's so racist.

[bravenak]

30. Do you follow me from blog to blog messaging this same thing?

I got your last message. I get it. I'm in alaska, you want me home in Compton. No. I'm not going back right now. Thanks!

[Mr Dixon]

40. WOW

Your from the CPT? me too and nope I'm not going back either.

[bravenak]

41. I've lived all over.

Long Beach (eastside) to Compton, to WLA to SFV. It was waaaay harder than livin here. Everyday a struggle. You lived there too? Then you know how I feel.
I visit, but I ain't staying.

[Mr Dixon]

43. Agreed

Born and raised in the CPT, to went LB Jordan graduated 1989 been back to cali maybe 3 times sense LOL, i can now wear Red when ever i like without any issues. LOL

[bravenak]

44. Lol!!! Me too!

I CAN wear red, but I avioded it for so long, I just kinda don't. I lived near the Jungles for a while and I cannot stand it. Reminds me of them over there. Ha! I keep promising to go back....

[Mr Dixon]

45. COOL

Lucky for me my mother moved to Ontario California out there by the mountains very nice, still saw some gang signs all over but better the Compton i guess. My auntie still lives in L.B. my family says Compton is more Spanish then anything else, everybody dead, in jail or moved away. I did i mention that i don't miss it LOL

[randys1]

51. Did one of the many millions of white racists in America attack you again?

I cant even begin to imagine what life as a Black person in America must be like.

[bravenak]

53. Just library girl.

Strange as ever.

[imthevicar]

72. As the only White Man on a black street

in the city of Trenton, My wife and I can tell you, WE
can.

[randys1]

76. understood

[Skittles]

2. what an asshole

besides being racist, is he really comparing the amount of money spent on senseless wars to the amount of money spent on food assistance?

[KamaAina]

3. Sounds like he's in line for a good old-fashioned ass-kickin'

[Skittles]

5. the man is absolutely fucking disgusting

I could not stop barfing long enough to kick his ass

[Iliyah]

24. In this case, the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree

"Rand"

[a kennedy]

4. What the F*ck is wrong with him and others who think like this????

[IVoteDFL]

6. What?!

they are really against war because they want all of that money to go to food stamps for people here

Setting aside the fact that this is racist as fuck. Isn't that what MOST Americans want? What kind of person would rather that their tax dollars go towards terror and mayhem instead of feeding it's needy citizens?!

ETA: Disclaimer, yes I receive food stamps, but even if I was well off I would never be opposed to funding assistance programs to other people in need.

[Kalidurga]

54. Welcome to DU

Do you live in Minnesota. I am in the Twin Cities. I hope to catch more of your posts in any case.

[IVoteDFL]

55. Thanks

And yes I do, I'm in St. Paul

[SunSeeker]

70. Food stamps not only feed the needy and prevent human misery, they stimulate our economy.

Even if you just look at food stamps versus war spending purely from the perspective of which will stimulate our economy more, spending on food stamps wins hands down. Every $5 spent on food stamps generates $9 in economic activity.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-%28snap%29/economic-linkages.aspx#.Uinw1zaTg0M
Whereas military spending is less effective at creating jobs than virtually any other form of government activity. http://nation.time.com/2011/09/21/study-federal-spending-on-defense-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education-spending/

Oh, and welcome to DU!

[whatchamacallit]

7. While it's bullshit, what's wrong with preferring to use tax dollars to feed instead of kill?

[okaawhatever]

33. I think Paul's point is that the Black Caucus isn't against war per se, they just want more money

for food stamps. That is why it's racist.

[whatchamacallit]

38. Racist and bizarre

Silly insular douchebag really thought he had a zinger there.

[eppur_se_muova]

69. My thoughts exactly. "You say that like it was a bad thing." nt

[gollygee]

8. What a racist ass

I would personally SO rather see tax money used to feed people than kill people.

[UglyGreed]

9. Sick man

and now that he isn't scamming people for money running for POTUS, he has ads all over the place about the new financial crisis looming SMH.

[cyberswede]

10. Fuck Ron Paul. nt

[olddots]

11. In his son's case

the shit doesn't fall far from the toilet .

[onecaliberal]

12. As opposed to Paul, the racist piece of crap

Who just prefers to give it to corporations that already have an insane amount of money.

[Archae]

13. Ron Paul gave a keynote sepeech to an ultra-conservative Catholic group that is viciously anti-Jewis

Just more from Ron Paul...

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2013/9/6/195018/9064/Dominionism_in_the_military/Ron_Paul_to_Speak_at_Holocaust_Denier_s_Gala_Dinner_Fundraiser_

[okaawhatever]

34. I wonder if AIPAC still supports his son? nt

[Behind the Aegis]

42. No surprises and likely to make him a few friends, while losing almost none.

I am sure he doesn't think his comments were racist, just like his speech wasn't really to a bunch of anti-Semites. Of course, those participants have their fan base on our side too (maybe not the Holocaust denying part, but, then again...)

[mmonk]

14. Ron Paul is for war because he wants to deny food stamps to the "Black" constituents

of the "Black" lawmakers than white constituents get, war or not.

[Sunlei]

15. To spend those federal billions here IN America, would stimulate & improve the local economies.

Ron Paul, even his own son and party ignores him

[Blanks]

16. I thought I'd seen this before...

It's from February. I thought we'd already beat up on him about this before.

Not that he isn't deserving of another beating from this. It just seemed familiar.

[KamaAina]

19. It did sound kind of familiar

but nothing came up when I searched the headline.

[panader0]

17. Food stamps are a far better use of money than war--no brainer Ron....

[SamKnause]

18. Any SANE person

would choose money be spent on food not war.

Any SANE person would want the citizens of their

country to have food to eat. (veterans, the elderly, children, the disabled,

low paid workers, and the unemployed)

[GeorgeGist]

20. Even a squirrel knows the nut doesn't fall far from the tree.

[MohRokTah]

21. Ron Paul has been a white supremacist for decades.

Check out his history. Pure white supremacist. I suspect his son didn't fall far from the white supremacy tree, either.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

66. yep....been gallavanting around in a pointy white hood for a long time.

Vomit.

"Oh, they don't want war, they want foooooooooood!! Harrumph! We can't have this, my fellow Americans...you know: my fellow non-melanin-bearing Americans....those black lawmakers...they're NOT LIKE US. NOT LIKE US. NOT LIKE US. gooble gobble."

[NorthCarolina]

22. Well he's certainly pushing all the right buttons for Southern Baptist voters. nt

[KamaAina]

31. On behalf of his son the Rug Doctor, presumably.

[RichVRichV]

23. Another point to make.

There was a chart on here a while back that showed food stamps are a great economic stimulus. Even better than infrastructure spending and way better than tax cuts.

[link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023901773|

[Ed Suspicious]

25. Me too. I would totally trade the money spend on war for food-stamps for all in need. No

question about it.

[RedCappedBandit]

26. GOD FORBID MONEY GOES TO SAFETY NETS INSTEAD OF MURDER

[Mnpaul]

57. God forbid the money goods to food stamps instead of defense contractors

I'm sick of paying for this crap that doesn't work. Food stamps work every time. They are one of most effective ways to stimulate the economy.

[LeftishBrit]

28. And even if so, why not?

Isn't it better to feed people than to kill people? Whatever the ethnicity involved?

[Blue_Tires]

29. Paulbots! Defend your boy...

[Joe Chi Minh]

32. What a perverse sense of priorities! Imagine! wanting to provide food for the hungry,

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when they could be spending it on wars, including depleted uranium shells etc, the gift that never stops giving. Pope Francis would string him up, though quite out of character. Only yesterday he was inveighing against the merchants of death.

[Snow Leopard]

35. not sure that qualifies as racist

but it does qualify as asshattery!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

36. Many praised Paul for his anti-war stance even supported his presidential run

Without realizing what baggage he carried.

[KamaAina]

37. Yup.

[Mr Dixon]

39. SMH

NTSH

[Jack Rabbit]

46. Jack Rabbit: Right wing morons oppose food stamps because the want more wars

Now, my fellow Evil DUers, which one rings with more truth?

And they call themselves "pro-life"?

[nxylas]

47. Are you sure somebody else didn't say it and he just published it?

[LondonReign2]

48. Hmmm, money for war or money for hungry people?

Yeah, that's a real tough call Ron.

[heaven05]

49. wait until he get real pressure

his true racial sentiments, WILL SURFACE, just like this, but will be worse. The man is a divider, racist and a wolf who sheep's clothing this is slowly slipping off. We do know what base he wants to appeal to. BAH HUMBUG!!!!!!!!! It just ain't for christmas anymore. Stupid ass.

[spanone]

50. ron's real name is ray cyst.

[Kalidurga]

52. What a racist a****o*e beeping lunatic.

I hope it's true though. I would hope any lawmaker would care more about feeding people than bombing people. I would even go so far as I would rather see the money go to poor people for frivolous things (free flat screen tvs for everyone), it's still better than bombing people. I would rather give everyone a pony. I can't think of anything we could give people that wouldn't be better than bombing people half a world away.

Oh and since I called him a racist the conservative lunatics would say I am the real racist cuz who smelt it dealt it.

[SummerSnow]

56. another hypocritical so called Christian

He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.--Micah 4:3


*sounds like god rather have farming tools to grow food than create weapons for war *

Isn't he supposed to be a Christian?

[RiverNoord]

58. Works for me.

Food stamps help feed Americans. Wars get lots of people killed. Hm... spend money to help feed Americans or get people killed?

[valerief]

59. What's wrong with food stamp money being freely given out? It gives people jobs in

supermarkets and all the other connected industries--transportation, farming, manufacturing. It spreads money around. Here.

[MFrohike]

60. I can't even be surprised

After all, it's exactly the sort of thing I expect him to say.

[TheKentuckian]

61. Racist to the fucking core but I'm good with some big boosts to food stamps.

I'll wear your black hat, Mr Paul and fuck you very much.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

62. I picture Rand doing a facepalm.

[Cha]

63. KICK."Ron Paul: Black lawmakers oppose war because they want the money for food stamps"

Mahalo

[MrScorpio]

64. Being a racist scumbag seems like it's too much trouble than it's worth. nt

[Bartlet]

65. Oh yea,

Ron's not a racist, he didn't write those racist manifestos a couple decades ago. What a piece of shit he is.

[redruddyred]

67. sounds like a compliment to me

I wish more of our white congresspeople would vote this way.

[RandallBurns]

68. So what's the problem?

I will freely admit I would rather see the money spent on war spent on domestic priorities. i would also be willing to grant Paul a chunk of the broad tax cuts he wants on one simple condition: that if the assets of the upper 1% continue to grow faster than the media assets of US citizens that we would impose a direct, progressive tax on those increased assets at rate of 1-4%/year. Where Paul's economic theories deviate from reality-and classica economics-is his claim that his tax cut policies will improve the economic welfare of the clear majority of US citizens. According to Ed Wolff of NYU the only to improve their financial condition since 1980 are the upper 1%-folks with more than $5 million in assets.

[SunSeeker]

71. What would Jesus do, Ron? nt

[RiverLover]

73. Yes!! Let's do that. /nt

[Sparhawk60]

74. Tough Choice..

This is a tough call, do I want to feed people?...or blow people up? Mmmmm kill vs feed, to close to call.


/sarcasm off

[sinkingfeeling]

75. I'm not black, but want my tax dollars to go to people and not war.

[samsingh]

77. paul and rand paul are both scum

[Ilsa]

78. Bloodthirsty racists. The whole family. nt

[Beartracks]

79. "White warmongers oppose food stamps because they want the money for war." Same diff. n/t

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[etherealtruth]

80. I sure as hell would rather feed the hungry than feed the war

Paul is a vile bigot