Ron Paul

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• CISPA is the New SOPA

  Published 23 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Earlier this year, strong public opposition led by several prominent websites forced Congressional leaders to cancel votes on two bills known in Washington as "SOPA"…

• Professor Obama Gets an F

  Published 16 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Last week President Obama made some rather shocking comments at a press conference regarding the Supreme Court's deliberation on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection…

• In Praise of Private Charity

  Published 09 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  One of the great fallacies of our time is that if government doesn't do something, no one will. Its corollary is that if you are…

• The Supreme Court and Obamacare

  Published 02 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments concerning the constitutionality of the Obamacare law, focusing on the mandate requiring every American to buy health insurance…

• A Fistful of Euros

  Published 26 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  This week, my congressional committee will hold a hearing to examine how the Federal Reserve bails out European banks, propping up spendthrift European governments in…

• Demolishing Due Process

  Published 19 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  It is ironic but perhaps sadly appropriate that Attorney General Eric Holder would choose a law school, Northwestern University, to deliver a speech earlier this…

• An Administration Gone Rogue

  Published 12 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Have certain parts of the Constitution become irrelevant, as a former Republican leader once told me at a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing? At the time,…

• Fed Up with the Fed

  Published 05 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  While the Fed has recently released an unprecedented amount of information on its activities, there is still much that remains unknown. Predictably, every push towards…

• Economy Squeezed As Debt Accelerates

  Published 27 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Senator Jeff Sessions, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee has pointed out that our per capita government debt is already larger than Greece's. Per…

• Overspending on National Security Threatens National Security

  Published 20 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The administration recently released its 2013 budget proposal, and conservatives are correctly alarmed that it calls for unprecedented spending and continued annual deficits exceeding $1…

• The Latest Obamacare Overreach

  Published 13 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Many religious conservatives understandably are upset with the latest Obamacare mandate, which will require religious employers (including Catholic employers) to provide birth control to workers…

• Trust Us; We're the Government

  Published 06 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  While much has been made recently of the President's unconstitutional appointment of Richard Cordray to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), lost…

• Failed Fed Policies Prolong the Agony

  Published 30 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The Federal Reserve's interest rate price-setting board, the FOMC, met last week. They will continue to set the federal funds rate at well below 1%,…

• Stop Internet Censorship

  Published 23 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Although Congress was back in session for scarcely more than a day last week, private citizens across the country managed to cause an uproar felt…

• The Ultimate Consumer Protection

  Published 09 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  This week, partisan games in Washington reached a fevered pitch as Congress acted to prevent recess appointments, yet the administration made them anyway. Congress has…

• Debt Burden Threatens American Families

  Published 02 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Last week, as most Americans were celebrating the holidays with family and friends, the Obama Administration announced plans to seek yet another debt ceiling increase…

• The NDAA Repeals More Rights

  Published 27 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Little by little, in the name of fighting terrorism, our Bill of Rights is being repealed. The 4th amendment has been rendered toothless by the…

• Beware the Coming Bailouts of Europe

  Published 19 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The economic establishment in this country has come to the conclusion that it is not a matter of "if" the United States must intervene in…

• No Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Children!

  Published 12 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Maryanne Godboldo, a mother in Michigan, noticed that pills prescribed by her daughter's doctor were making her condition worse, not better. So Mrs. Godboldo stopped…

• Euro Crisis Destabilizing the Dollar

  Published 05 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  In response to pressure from Wall Street, the White House and central banks in Europe, the Federal Reserve last week drastically cut interest rates for…