Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Ron Paul, a Texas
Republican and a candidate for the presidential nomination,
doesn’t mind long odds, and doesn’t mind standing alone.
In 2004, the House voted 414-1 for a resolution celebrating
the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of
1964. Paul not only voted no but gave a speech arguing that the
act should never have been enacted. Employers who wish to
discriminate against blacks, in his view, should be free to do
so. A federal government that claims the power to override their
decisions, he said, could also impose racial quotas. “Relations
between the races have improved despite, not because of, the
1964 Civil Rights Act.”
