Rand Paul On NPR: Disabilities Act Goes Too Far

[kpete]

Rand Paul On NPR: Disabilities Act Goes Too Far
Evan McMorris-Santoro | May 20, 2010, 11:44AM

Rand Paul's interview with NPR's All Things Considered last night was the first sign the the freshly-minted Kentucky Republican Senate nominee might have some explaining to do today. The blogosphere is already alight with Paul's interview with Rachel Maddow, but his interview on NPR shows that his libertarian views go deeper than just his take on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Speaking with NPR's Robert Siegel, Paul made the case for less federal involvement in workplace and environmental regulation, including his opposition to some components of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Based on the NPR interview, Paul's views seem to break down like this: a libertarian take on private freedom mixed with the tea party conservative-style frustration with the federal government. Rather than call for an end to all regulation of things like mining and energy production -- a view that would likely jive with hardcore libertarians -- Paul takes a tea party tack and calls for those things currently regulated by the federal government to be regulated by individual states instead.


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[Renew Deal]

1. I wonder what he thinks about food safety, public water companies, and sewers.

Bring back the out-houses!

[JaneQPublic]

2. Good point. Take us back to the days of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" (nt)

[kwolf68]

6. Hey now

There is no evidence that eating rat shit does any damage...it's just fear-mongering by do-gooder libruls.

[brooklynite]

4. See, that's the miracle of the free market...

the people who eat contaminated food will die off, eliminating the customer base for companies that don't treat their food properly.

[Renew Deal]

5. lol

:rofl:

[maxsolomon]

3. JIBE, not jive.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jibe

i know i'm a grammar nazi, but this is my biggest pet peeve. blogs need editors.

[IndianaJoe]

7. Well he's alienated African Americans, now it's the disabled.

If he moves on to the Latinos it'll be the rare trifecta!

[KamaAina]

8. And if the Randmobile should crash on his way to the next rally

and he were to become a paraplegic? I guess he'd be SOL. :eyes: