October 2008
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By RonPaul.com on October 31, 2008
If you’ve always wanted to read Ron Paul’s bestselling book The Revolution: A Manifesto but didn’t have the time to do so, check out this amazing 10 minute video summary of the book, provided by Chance Litton:
Posted in Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Ron Paul, The Revolution |
By RonPaul.com on October 30, 2008
On October 29, 2008, Ron Paul was interviewed by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. He criticized Obama and McCain, explained why he stayed in the Republican party, and described how America fell into Osama bin Laden’s terrible trap. RM: And what about 2008′s grassroots sensation of the right wing, Republican Congressman Dr. Ron Paul. Dr. Paul [...]
Posted in Economy, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Bin Laden, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow |
By RonPaul.com on October 28, 2008
A wise person once defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Now that Congress is considering yet another stimulus package in a desperate effort to keep our fraudulent monetary system afloat, one cannot help but wonder what their real intentions are. Don’t they realize that the more [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Congress, Socialism, Stimulous Package |
By RonPaul.com on October 27, 2008
Watch the Third Party Presidential Debate between Chuck Baldwin and Ralph Nader which took place last Thursday (October 23): Ron Paul endorsed Chuck Baldwin on September 23.
Posted in Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged Chuck Baldwin, Presidential Debate, Ralph Nader |
By RonPaul.com on October 24, 2008
Ron Paul was interviewed on CNN’s American Morning today. He responded to Alan Greenspan’s Testimony to Congress, criticized the former Federal Reserve Chairman’s contribution to the financial crisis, and talked about the upcoming election.
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged Alan Greenspan, Congress, Elections, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul, videos |
By Mike Cuneo on October 21, 2008
Senators Obama and McCain have completed a series of “debates” and the election is fast approaching. The buzzword of the campaigns has been “change”. Obama wants to enact change to help the middle class, McCain wants to change the Republican party back into what it once was, and both candidates vow to change the greed [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged Bailout, Education, Energy, Federal Reserve, McCain, Obama, Oil, Unemployment, War on Drugs |
By RonPaul.com on October 20, 2008
by Ron Paul In the midst of highly unpopular bailouts of Wall Street, many justifications have been given about why Washington feels the need to act. Some claim that capitalism and the free market are to blame, but we have not had capitalism. If you compare our financial capital to our aggregate debt, this would [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Federal Reserve, Inflation, Ron Paul, Slavery |
By RonPaul.com on October 20, 2008
Ron Paul will be on the ballot as a third party presidential candidate in Louisiana and Montana. In Louisiana, a group of Ron Paul supporters founded the Louisiana Taxpayers Party and selected Ron Paul and Barry Goldwater Jr. as their presidential candidates. Watch their commercial below. In Montana, the Constitution Party of Montana used to [...]
Posted in Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged Chuck Baldwin, Louisiana, Montana, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on October 18, 2008
“There is no other power greater than the power over money, the power to create and contract the money supply, the power to control the purchasing power of your money. Throughout history, this has proven to be the most sought after monopolistic power of man. It has become more sophisticated over the decades and over [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Gold, Money, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on October 17, 2008
Ron Paul was interviewed on CNN’s American Morning today. Kiran Chetry: The last time you were with us you explained why you were against the government’s bailout plan, why you were voting against it, and you didn’t believe focusing on buying these troubled assets was the smart thing to do. Now since then, they’ve tweaked [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged CNN, Inflation, Ron Paul, videos |
By RonPaul.com on October 16, 2008
by Ron Paul It has been long understood that our federal government is going deeper into debt, consistently raising the debt ceiling and demonstrating no fiscal restraint. In recent years, debt ceiling increases have been placed in “must pass” legislation as a means to guarantee that Republicans as well as Democrats would vote for them [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged bankruptcy, capital, Capitalism, credit, Financial Crisis, payday loans, Ron Paul |
By Mike Cuneo on October 14, 2008
While more than 90% of Americans know who John McCain and Barack Obama are, third-party candidates like Chuck Baldwin, Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney and Bob Barr are virtually ignored by the mainstream media and prohibited from participating in the televised Presidential debates. The current election is falling into the same old routine. There are two [...]
Posted in Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged Candidates, Debate, McCain, Obama, Questions |
By RonPaul.com on October 14, 2008
Alexis Glick: Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul. Congressman, thank you so much for taking the time to join us. You had an opportunity to hear what the president had to say. Do you agree or disagree with the choices being made this morning? Ron Paul: Well, I can’t agree with socialism, I mean this is [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Bailouts, Dollar, Financial Crisis, Fox Business, Ron Paul, Socialism, videos |
By RonPaul.com on October 14, 2008
“Amid the financial turmoil, U.S. President George W. Bush delivers daily affirmations on the nation’s crippled economy. Those who hope to succeed him in office claim that only they know how to lift America off its knees. But the one winning the public trust battle is Congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul.”
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Bailout, Financial Crisis, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on October 10, 2008
Ron Paul gives us his thoughts on how the markets lost confidence and what can be done to address the real problems. Hello. I wanted to visit a little bit with you about the press conference that George Bush held today. Once again, the President addressed the nation for the purpose of restoring confidence to [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Financial Crisis, Ron Paul |
By Mike Cuneo on October 9, 2008
by Mike Cuneo Whether you think we are in a recession, depression, contraction, correction, or whatever, the key point is, our economy is headed for a complete and utter collapse in 5-7 years if we don’t act now. Bailing out companies that are built on worthless assets might stave off the trouble for a little [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy, Social Security | Tagged Afghanistan, Department of Education, Fair Tax, Gold Standard, Iraq, IRS, Privatization, UN, War on Drugs |
By RonPaul.com on October 7, 2008
by Ron Paul It has not been a good week for the Republic. It took quite a bit of trampling of the Constitution, but the bailout bill passed, as I suspected it would. The bailout failed the first time it was brought to the House. Undaunted, the Senate pressed on by attaching the bailout as [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Bailout Bill, Congress, Ron Paul |