The Randslide and Its Discontents
By FRANK RICH
Published: May 22, 2010
Rand Paul represents those who want to disable and dismantle the federal government and return us to the days when robber barons and other capitalists ran free and wild. Sounds so terribly romantic to them, but for the vast majority of us/our not so distant ancestors who had to work for a living in deplorable conditions for paltry pay or be beaten or shot by company thugs, have our water and air polluted at will, be driven out of business by large monopolies, have our pensions stolen, never know if the food or medicine we got was poisonous, retire to abject poverty, live as slaves or indentured servants, etc…not so much.