‘Told Ya So’ Politics

Interesting article in Politico today:

It’s a unique time for Paul. With the economy in the tank, the same cable news shows that spurned him during the election now keep asking him on to talk monetary policy. Republican House members are finally voting with him on spending measures.

But following his exhilarant, if quixotic, quest for the presidency, Paul finds himself simultaneously gratified and frustrated by his return to the friendlier-than-before confines of the House of Representatives. He thinks he’s well situated in Congress to push for his libertarian causes, but then claims he doesn’t “pay a whole lot of attention” to the activity on the House floor these days, adding, “I don’t think it’s relevant to the big picture.”

“A lot of this is just tinkering, bailing out, more money, more spending, no shift of direction and it’s a little bit frustrating,” he says.

I supported Congressman Paul in the Republican Primary, as is obvious from this Huffington Post fundraising site.

Media outlets in the wake of the economic meltdown interviewed Paul. Some even asked him to come onto their shows and say “I told you so,” but he refused. Where Paul wouldn’t state the obvious, I will. For years leading up to this crisis Paul and others who follow the Austrian School of economics. Folks like F. A. Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, and Lew Rockwell have been preaching this for years.

I just think it’s funny that people are only beginning to realize the realities perpetuated by thinkers in this school.

I find myself taking part in “Told You So” politics. It was true here, and it’s been true in local issues in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County – and it will soon be true again for the folks in Rutherford County in the next election cycle.