Ron Paul

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• Are US Taxpayers Bailing Out Greece?

  Published 16 February 2010 | viewed 3,146 times

  Last week we were reminded that ours is not the only country suffering from severe economic turmoil. The Greek government is the latest to come…

• More Spending is Always the Answer

  Published 08 February 2010 | viewed 2,773 times

  Last week, the House approved another increase in the national debt ceiling. This means the government can borrow $1.9 trillion more to stay afloat and…

• Spending Freeze Not Likely

  Published 01 February 2010 | viewed 3,090 times

  Last week politicians in Washington made a few things clear about how they really feel about the state of the union. First, they are beginning…

• Legalize Competing Currencies

  Published 25 January 2010 | viewed 2,976 times

  Much has been made recently about the supposed economic recovery. A few blips in a few statistics and many believe our troubles are all over.…

• Government is Too Big to Succeed

  Published 19 January 2010 | viewed 2,747 times

  Last week, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission kicked off their first round of hearings on the causes of the economic meltdown on Wall Street. The…

• Why the Fed Likes Independence

  Published 11 January 2010 | viewed 2,217 times

  Last week it was revealed that when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was Chairman of the New York Federal Reserve, he urged AIG officials not to…

• Keynesianism Delivers a Decade of Zero

  Published 04 January 2010 | viewed 2,842 times

  This past week we celebrated the end of what most people agree was a decade best forgotten. New York Times columnist and leading Keynesian economist…

• The Fed's Money Monopoly

  Published 14 December 2009 | viewed 3,166 times

  Last week, in the name of protecting the little guy from Wall Street, the House passed HR 4173 to increase the little guy's false sense…

• Healthcare Freedom or Healthcare Bureaucracy?

  Published 30 November 2009 | viewed 1,971 times

  The U.S. Preventive Task Force caused quite a stir recently when they revised their recommendations on the frequency and age for women to get mammograms.…

• Audit the Fed Attached as an Amendment

  Published 23 November 2009 | viewed 2,838 times

  I was pleased last week when we won a vote in the Financial Services Committee to include language from the Audit the Fed bill HR1207…

• Competition With the Government?

  Published 16 November 2009 | viewed 2,561 times

  Last Saturday many concerned Americans watched in horror as the House passed the healthcare reform bill. If this bill makes it through the Senate, it…

• Healthcare Reform is Economic Malpractice

  Published 09 November 2009 | viewed 2,298 times

  As Washington continues debating healthcare reform the rest of the country is primarily concerned about jobs and the economy. It is still uncertain what policies…

• Government Statistics and Lies

  Published 02 November 2009 | viewed 3,857 times

  There has been a lot of talk in Washington recently about senior citizens, mostly about how various healthcare reform models would help or hurt them.…

• Anything Less Than Full Disclosure is Unacceptable

  Published 26 October 2009 | viewed 2,641 times

  Last week a new bill was introduced in the Senate to audit the Federal Reserve. Some backers of my bill HR1207 and the existing Senate…

• The Very Busy Politicians in Washington DC

  Published 19 October 2009 | viewed 3,398 times

  With a faltering economy, multiple wars, and the approaching demise of the dollar's reserve status, there are more than enough problems to keep politicians in…

• Bombs and Bribes

  Published 05 October 2009 | viewed 3,524 times

  What if tomorrow morning you woke up to headlines that yet another Chinese drone bombing on US soil killed several dozen ranchers in a rural…

• The Real Reasons Behind Fed Secrecy

  Published 28 September 2009 | viewed 5,807 times

  Last week I was very pleased that the Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207. The bill has…

• Trade Wars and Protectionism are Not Free Trade

  Published 21 September 2009 | viewed 5,107 times

  Two weeks ago, both the administration and the Fed announced with straight faces that the recession was over and the signs of economic recovery were…

• Healthcare Reform is More Corporate Welfare

  Published 14 September 2009 | viewed 3,307 times

  Last Wednesday the nation was riveted to the President's speech on healthcare reform before Congress. While the President's concern for the uninsured is no doubt…

• Government Solutions Lack Understanding

  Published 08 September 2009 | viewed 6,334 times

  Things seem to be unraveling quickly for the new administration. The latest unemployment numbers are worse than the last reports. For all the billions of…