Mar. 24, Interview - Now we turn to Libertarian candidate Wayne
Allyn Root. A small business owner, a millionaire, which he likes to remind people of, and television host. Root
is considered the front runner among the 11 libertarians hoping for the nomination.
He joins us on the phone from his home Las Vegas, Nevada, where he talks about
the recent economic crisis.
"I certainly guess we are on the precipice of an 1929 like economic meltdown/depression
not recession. So there may be a need to save the entire American banking
system. Among normal circumstances I would be very much against everything
that's happened and I am still skeptical of all this helping and.. intervention
by the government. But I will say this, the entire housing crisis was all
caused by government in the first place.
Government was the one that decided
we have to give out loans to poor, or minority or disadvantaged participate
in the American dream and home ownership. And that is the whole reason we
got into this mess."
Root says Ron Paul has done wonders for the Libertarian Party.
"He got the libertarian message out and attracted a passionate group of
followers who donated over 30 million dollars... But how come he only
get 5 percent in each state? I say it's because he ruined the entire message
by saying the war on terror is a fraud and that 9-11 was caused by the US...
Those are mistakes I'll never make."
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