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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Rand Paul thinks Milton Friedman still alive, wants him as Fed chair'
Rand Paul thinks Milton Friedman still alive, wants him as Fed chairby Dante Atkins at Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/08/1229851/-Rand-Paul-thinks-Milton-Friedman-still-alive-wants-him-as-fed-chair
"SNIP.............................
Pure Genious from presumed presidential contender and devotee of Austrian school economics, Sen. Rand Paul:
Who would your ideal Fed chairman be?
Hayek would be good, but hes deceased.
Nondead Fed chairman.
Friedman would probably be pretty good, too, and hes not an Austrian, but he would be better than what we have.
Dead, too.
Yeah. Lets just go with dead, because then you probably really wouldnt have much of a functioning Federal Reserve.
...........................SNIP"
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"Rand Paul thinks Milton Friedman still alive, wants him as Fed chair' (Original Post)
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Aug 2013
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)1. he wants to dig up the bones of Ayn Rand and give her a Cabinet post too
Secretary of Christianity???
question everything
(47,479 posts)4. Except she was Jewish
and supported free love, and abortion.
Not exactly an image that the Bible Thumpers would adore.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)5. And she criticized religious types as weak minded too
Initech
(100,075 posts)2. And this dumbass wants to be president.
TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)3. Rand Paul is ignorance on parade. Same with his Dad, Ron. Two idiots from the same tree nt
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)6. Most people don't even know who Friedman and Hayek were
He could say he was going to nominate Kazoo McTootoo and his followers wouldn't know the difference.
It is almost hilarious that he picked two people whose economic policies would be completely different.
He stopped after Friedman because he doesn't know any economists that actually support his policy recommendations.