We get Big Business instead of Big Brother with Pauls Libertarianism, too, it is just less obvious. Without Big Brother keeping Big Business in check it runs roughshod over consumers and small businesses because no one can stop it. The problem with Obama is he does not practice socialism; as Paul rightly noted (despite unanimous vocal disagreement from his competitors for the nomination) Obamas approach is actually closer to fascism, whereby government becomes an arm of big business. Obamas government, like Bushs before it, has not once taken control of ANY business, only facilitated, at tax payer expense, Big Business continuing the same policies that bankrupted America and caused the Global Financial Crisis.

The whole thing is a study in absurdity, yes; after two years of saying I would have voted for Romney if I had wanted him, I will now be forced to choose between voting for Republican Romney or Democratic Romney, as one of them attacks the other for implementing HIS "healthcare" "policy." Yet Pauls laissez-faire is only nominally better; whether Big Business runs America THROUGH or INSTEAD OF the government, the effect is the same.

Our best bet is ACTUAL socialism pitting Big Business against Big Brother, forcing them to compete to best serve the public. Do not hold your breath.