Ron Paul

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• Distorting the Tax Policy Debate

  Published 21 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  George Orwell warned us about the use of "meaningless words" in politics, words that are endlessly repeated by sloganeering politicians until they have no meaning…

• Audit the Fed in 2011

  Published 13 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Since the announcement last week that I will chair the congressional subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve, the media response has been overwhelming. The groundswell…

• Focus on the Policy, not Wikileaks

  Published 06 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  We may never know the whole story behind the recent publication of sensitive U.S. government documents by the Wikileaks organization, but we certainly can draw…

• Don't Raise the Debt Ceiling!

  Published 29 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  As of November 7th, the total U.S. public debt outstanding reached an astonishing $13.7 trillion. This means that although Congress just raised the debt ceiling…

• Are Air Travelers Criminal Suspects?

  Published 22 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The growing revolt against invasive TSA practices is encouraging to Americans who are fed up with federal government encroachment in their lives. In the case…

• Reject the Welfare/Warfare State

  Published 08 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Last week's midterm elections have been characterized as a victory for grassroots Americans who are fed up with Washington and the political status quo. In…

• Saudi Arms Deal is About Iran

  Published 01 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  This month the US Administration notified Congress that it intends to complete one of the largest arms sales in US history to one of the…

• A Spooked Economy in October

  Published 11 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Last week we received worse than expected unemployment numbers, challenging recent claims that the recession has come and gone. Also, as the economy continues to…

• Free Markets Create Jobs

  Published 04 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  In this struggling economy it is essential for politicians to take a step back and think about what government has been doing to business in…

• Healthcare Reform: A Huge Misdiagnosis

  Published 27 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  This week marked six months since Congress passed the healthcare reform bill in what has become all-too-typical legislative chicanery. Those in power crafted a mammoth…

• Are Consumers Finally Winning in Washington?

  Published 17 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  This past week the administration announced its choice for the first credit czar at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This bureau was created as…

• Successful Economic Policies? For Whom?

  Published 07 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Last week, in the wake of another uptick in the official unemployment rate, the administration continued to claim that their economic policies were working, just…

• Iraq - An End or an Escalation?

  Published 30 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Amid much fanfare last week, the last supposed "combat" troops left Iraq as the administration touted the beginning of the end of the Iraq War…

• Let the Housing Market Normalize!

  Published 23 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Recently there have been some encouraging signs that Congress is finally willing to admit what should have been evident two years ago. Even after a…

• Washington's Idea of Fiscal Restraint

  Published 16 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  It has been months now since the new healthcare reform bill was passed into law. As is so typical, this massive piece of legislation was…

• The Cycle of Violence in Afghanistan

  Published 09 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Last week the National Bureau of Economic Research published a report on the effect of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq that confirmed what critics…

• The Trouble With Unconstitutional Wars

  Published 02 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Our foreign policy was in the spotlight last week, which is exactly where it should be. Almost two years ago many voters elected someone they…

• On the Bloated Intelligence Bureaucracy

  Published 26 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  I have often spoken about the excessive size of government, and most recently how waste and inefficiency needs to be eliminated from our military budget.…

• When There is No Rule of Law

  Published 19 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Last week ended with some promising news on finally stopping the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately, the administration still seems to believe…

• Funding Corruption and Waste in Afghanistan

  Published 12 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Last week, GOP chairman Michael Steele came under fire for daring to say what a lot of Americans already know - that our involvement in…