Date: 05/26/2011
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Fox News Anchor: You can get used to that music, can’t you? Ron Paul (R—TX) has a warning about raising the Debt Ceiling. He’s running for the White House, and he’s warning House Republicans not to cave in from pressure on the Left, and this $14 Trillion figure is not going in the right direction for anyone. He’s also running for the White House, as I mentioned. He’s with me now. Congressman Ron Paul, how are you doing, sir? Good morning to you.
Ron Paul: Doing well. Thank you.
Fox News Anchor: You had some pretty stern words toward your colleagues. What’s wrong with raising the Debt Ceiling for a short period of time?
Ron Paul: I think, “for a short period of time”: that’s the problem. I think it will only encourage spending. We’ve been raising the debt limit for quite a few years. I was concerned about too much spending back in the 1970’s. So you know what I’m concerned about now, because I thought in the 1970’s this would continue, and we’d wind up in a financial crisis. And we’re in the middle of that. So to continue the process is just like driving yourself into a cliff.
Fox News Anchor: But do you have any information that would suggest the Debt Ceiling would not be hiked at some point very soon?
Ron Paul: No. You know, I—
Fox News Anchor: So, it’s going to happen then, you think?
Ron Paul: I think it’s like the C.R., down to the wire, to the last second. I think it will be raised. So our problems won’t be solved; that means that— See, the two things that permit the Congress to spend will be raising the debt limit, and, not even thinking about or addressing the subject that if we have too much debt the Fed can monetize it. Those are the two big problems. And I object to both.
Fox News Anchor: Well, what? If you trim the spending, would you give a little on that? Or are you going to hold firm on your position?
Ron Paul: Oh I wouldn’t—I don’t believe in those kind of deals, because you know—let’s say they raise the debt limit and they promise to cut so-much in the next five years. The only budget that counts is this year. They can’t predict revenues for next year; they can’t predict unemployment; they don’t know what interest rates will be. So it’s all up for grabs. So to say, “Oh, in a year from now we’re going to cut spending,” I don’t believe that.
Fox News Anchor: The reason I asked you that is because you voted against Paul Ryan’s plan, his budget, which a big part of it was trimming Medicare. According to him, he could save about $6 Trillion dollars over ten years. Why wasn’t that good enough to support?
Ron Paul: Well, you know, I gave him a lot of credit for at least addressing it. And I think he gets a bum rap when they paint him as “destroying Medicare” when he doesn’t even touch anybody 55 and over, and he makes an honest effort to make a proposal. But you know, when you looked at the deficit five or ten years out, his deficit was only slightly better than the Democrats’ and the President’s deficit. So, and like I said, it doesn’t really count. The other thing I said—
Fox News Anchor: I think the phrase you used was “rather feeble,” talking about that. By what way? Was he not taking out big enough bites for you, or not?
Ron Paul: Well, I don’t think it was in the right place. See, I think we should take a look at the military-industrial complex. I think we should look at the empire, because that’s unsustainable, too. And there’s a growing concern about that. And right now we’re voting on the DOD [Dept. of Defense] budget, and there’s a strong sentiment to say, “You know, enough is enough. It’s time that we start coming home.” So I want people to look at the entire budget. But I like the position of being able to opt out. The Republicans are right when they were screaming about Obamacare: “We want the right to opt out!” I do! I want the People’s right to opt out, and do our best to cut back elsewhere, and try not to throw anybody out in the street. But as long as we do nothing, everybody’s going to thrown out in the street, because we’re going to have a dollar crisis. And that is much worse than anything we have faced here in the last 20 or 30 years.
Fox News Anchor: Gallop comes out with a poll, just today in fact, that has you running with about 10% support right now in the Republican field. [Graphic: “Possible GOP Candidates”: Mitt Romney 17%, Sarah Palin 15%, Ron Paul 10%, Newt Gingrich 9%.] There’s your top four; you’re ranking #3. You made a comment just this week about Mike Huckabee dropping out in Iowa. You think that “favors you”? And then you said, “Over the past four years, things have changed in a significant way… and people are more enthusiastic.” In what way do you sense that?
Ron Paul: Wow. Well, in everything that I’ve been talking about—the financial crisises [sic] here, it wasn’t admitted to in 2007 and 2008, and now everybody knows it’s here; they talk about the Federal Reserve; they’re talking about foreign policy; and they’re talking about the serious nature of what we’re facing. But the receptions are different. The crowds are larger and more exciting, and with Huckabee out of the race there’s a lot of good Conservatives there that want to stick to their guns and cut spending. So yes, every place I go, the atmosphere has changed. That doesn’t mean that everything is going to be “smooth sailing” and it’s not a big job for me. But, I know what’s ahead, but I do know that the sentiment in this country has changed dramatically in the last four years.
Fox News Anchor: The last time we talked—I think it was two weeks ago—you said that you were talking about this for decades, and now people are coming around to your kind of thinking. So, we’ll see whether that carries you through in Iowa. Thank you, sir. We’ll talk again real soon. Ron Paul, the Congressman out of Texas.
Ron Paul: Thank you.
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Fuckin’ TV ‘talking heads’ – all ‘attitude’/No substance. The arrogance is breath taking.
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Oil companies are subsidized by the American taxpayer…of which the middle class (as usual) is affected the most. Its not a “tax break”…its worse!
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the roof the roof the roof is on fire
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they should be raising the roof
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lol sarah palin above ron paul haha, goodbye america! stupid ass yanks
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You know Mr Paul if we made the Rich pay 35% and not 15% and ended Tax Breaks for Oil companies. we could pay off a good percentage of the debt I know as a Republican you’re swarn to protect the Rich. but what’s that saying the needs of the many out way the needs of the 1%….!
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House Speaker John Boehner is secretly a democrat he will single -handedly bring down the Republicans. what A brilliant plan!
John Judas Boehner
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RON PAUL, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER! TELL AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW EXACTLY RU GOING TO CREATE JOBS? OK LETS SAY ALL TROOPS CAME BACK AND THEN WHAT? THEY ARE GOING TO SELL IPHONES AND BLACKBERRIES? DUDE BE A MEN, HOW RU GOING TO CREATE JOBS? POPULATION OF CHINA IS 1.4 B CHINESE WORK LIKE ROBOTS, BE HONEST TELL AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BUY UR BOOK U NEED CASH , U LOVE POWER, U LOVE CASH, U WILL NEVER CREATE JOBS, U HAVE NO ANSWER!
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The Dems don’t want this thing rehashed again between now and 2012 election.
Why? DUH. There is no upside. A rehash would remind the voters that this country is out of money and Congress has been spending BIG for the past 30 years.
Lets just kick the can down the road and giver Obama MORE MONEY TO BLOW?
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I know you have heard this before “President Clinton handed George Bush a country with a surplus revenue”
Well look at this chart from OMB. I see Clinton with $6 trillion in the Red. He added $2 trillion in 8 years. Obama added $4.2 in 2.5 years.
Remember this number $1.1 trillion per year, in INTEREST, by 2021
So you liberals stop the bs about the poor and rich bla bla bla.
This Country is BROKE!
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What a fucking tool ass douche bag they got to interview him.
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The basis of this ‘crisis’ is simply RACISM!
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Mr Paul, you too avoid “real” answers, there is no difference between the lot of you, all of you are imps that pay homage to the latest luciferian which now happens to be barry, “2″ new political parties are needed to restore the USA, the first being the Party of “Hot Lead” that will make way for the second party, The Gallows Party, oh wait, I forgot, the Patriot Act allows you to be “protected” organized criminals that can’t face prosecution, oh well, then I guess maybe a wreckoning is due…
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Democrats haven’t punished the people responsible for this crisis, but Republicans are solely focused on Obama not getting reelected. How come the only commercials about Obama, even on CNN, are always against Obama? Makes you think that those with the most money don’t like him, like Health Care companies. Debt ceiling has been raised a fuck load of times under Republican presidents! Economists said Obama had no choice about the stimulus. But now, main problem is world economy is evening out
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Sarah Palin at 15%, Mitt Romney at 17%, Ron Paul at 10%? HA! That’s funny, they actually want us to believe that?
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This newscaster is an asswipe. He never lets him completely answer a question.
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If you want Ron Paul to win the Republican Nomination for President, and your state has closed primaries, and you are not a Republican I suggest registering Republican so you can vote for him in the 2012 Republican primaries.
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Bill Hemmer is a puppet for the BIG BANKS. Can you see his strings???
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hes got an annoying voice though.
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RON PAUL!
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If you people don’t quit playing chicken with our country you will all lose.
87 percent of the American People want you to solve this problem and if you let the country default on their loans there will be mass clean out of the government. Democrats and Republicans. Get er done!
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Love Ron Paul!! He has my vote!!!
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Show some respect for your betters and elders, you little piss ant, Hemmer.
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What makes folks think if someone is wealthy they should pay more taxes than everybody else does? If you make less than $35,000yr you do not pay a dime in federal taxes, unless you just don’t file for a tax refund.The top1-2% of the wage earners in the US pay 32% of all federal taxes! The bottom 45% pays ZERO! The sense of entitlement in this country is out of control nobody owes you or me a dime, way to many folks are sitting on their lazy butts waiting on someone to take care of them. WAKE UP!
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Sarah Palin is getting 15%??!!! oh my god, this world’s gonna end..
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If Ron Paul, & other bloodthirsty corporate elitists, care so much about the Fed monetizing our debt then why do they give huge tax breaks to rich people who don’t need it? They know full well that they are putting the responsibility for our fiscal health on the middle class. Corporate elitists gamble with our money, redistribute OUR wealth & then cry that the sky is falling (bailout!). Then, we vote business people into our gov’t who give MORE of OUR MONEY to these leeches. Wake up, people!
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that reporter is an absolute asshole….its clear that as soon as he introduced ron paul the reporter’s face was full of hate for ron paul…he needs to get his ass kicked
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I couldn’t be interrupted like this because I would tell that reporter where to go and then they would throw me off the show.
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i had decided to impose a ceiling on the amount of p i get – but then, i kept raising it – now i have paternaty suits, husbands with shotguns after me, aids, herpes, gonorrhea …
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you can’t raise a debt ceiling – if you raise it, it isn’t a ceiling
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What is happening in Washington is just theater. Both parties will do what the federal reserve orders them to do.
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I think america likes to pay and feed the whole world. I ask anyone to come to NYC and see people who become new citizens and start collecting social security and medicare. They dont put a second into this country.
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/watch?v=SkAOAfH8PtA&feature=channel_video_title
^^^ (FAILING) THE DEBT CEILING WATCH
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/watch?v=SkAOAfH8PtA&feature=channel_video_title
^^^ (FAILING) THE DEBT CEILING WATCH
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RON PAUL JUST GAVE ME CHILLS…. HE’S AMAZING MAN…
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