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Lou Dobbs: Joining us now for more on job creation and the debt ceiling agreement, Congressman Ron Paul, who voted against raising the debt ceiling. He says the new special committee created by Congress is “disturbing and will be used instead to raise taxes”. Congressman Ron Paul, seeking the Republican Presidential nomination, joins us tonight from Clute, Texas. Good to have you with us, Congressman.
Ron Paul: Thank you, Lou, good to be with you.
Lou Dobbs: You voted again against the debt ceiling. Tell us why.
Ron Paul: Maybe because I’ve never voted for any of the spending essentially over the many years I’ve been in Congress. And I believed that debt was going to be a problem many years ago, and debt is a problem. So you don’t get out of the problem of having too much debt by allowing the Congress to spend a lot more and granting them another 2.4 trillion dollars worth of debt. So it never made any sense to me to do it that way. It just digs the hole much deeper, and then it gets harder for us to get out. So it was a very easy vote for me, but it became much easier when I saw the vehicle they were using to create this “Super Congress.” I mean, where in the world did that come from and what is that going to lead to. That is monstrous. I kept looking and looking, and I can’t find any place in the Constitution where we have the authority to create such a creature as the Super Congress.
Lou Dobbs: Let’s return to you, Congressman Paul. You told me about this super committee. You know, I could never find anything in the Constitution that would satisfy, it seems to me, a reasonable man, namely myself, that there is any constitutional authority for fast track authority for trade agreements. This super committee seems that be in that vein; how will you perceive it?
Ron Paul: That is exactly right. It’s creating committees to do the job and assume the responsibility that Congress should do it. And you’re absolutely right on the trade agreements. I happen to think that these trade agreements and giving this responsibility to the executive branch is absolutely wrong. But it’s not the only area, I think writing regulations is actually writing laws, so I’m way back on what the executive branch should do. But now for the OMB [Office of Management and Budget], it looks to me like with this Super Congress and committee, that if we don’t vote for what they recommend, OMB gets a lot of power, and that’s part of the executive branch and who knows, that’s the area that I think where they may be raising revenues, closing loopholes. Who knows what they might be doing? But it is not a good sign for a constitutional government.
Lou Dobbs: And the Supreme Court has slapped down a lawsuit brought by states and environmental groups that sought to push powers over greenhouse emissions. And the opinion written by Justice Ginsburg made it very clear that the EPA is the source and force in establishing those regulations and enforcing them; a remarkable decision by the Supreme Court. What is your reaction?
Ron Paul: Well, I think it’s rather clear in Article 1 that the Congress is supposed to write the law. This whole idea that any bureaucracy, any agency of government can write all these regulations and they’re the law of the land. One of the most annoying statements I ever heard said was not only do they write the regulations, but what about the statement that Paul Begala said once, “Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kind of cool.” You know, that tells you what the attitude is about what they think about the Congress and what they think about the American people and what they think about the Constitution.
Lou Dobbs: I think we should point out that was a very young and ebullient Paul Begala at that time.
Ron Paul: He’s settled down now.
Lou Dobbs: And you still recognize him as a fellow Texan, do you?
Ron Paul: Yeah, but I don’t know if he would recognize me, that’s the only thing.
Lou Dobbs: Well, even reluctantly, I’m sure there’s a reciprocity among Texans. Congressman, it’s great to have you with us, always good to talk with you, I appreciate it.
Ron Paul: Thank you, Lou.
Lou Dobbs: Congressman Ron Paul.
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If Ron Paul isn’t elected, you better buy some guns and hide your kids.
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Ron Paul is good but he’s a liberist and doesn’t that mean he doesn’t believe in government so how would that turn out The States with no Government.? I’m not sure as I am still ignorant on political stuff but it is interesting to learn civics.
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Love Ron Paul! And he would really help out the once glorious USA, but Americans hate common sense and love the mass media so he is un-electable *cryface*
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Ron Paul 2012. ! . ! . ! . !
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Obama looks like a naive college student compared to Ron Paul.
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Obama looks like a naive college student compared to Ron Paul.
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OBAMA IS A FRAUD. See the Obama Deception and The Fall of The Republic. Find out where the money came from that put him in office. Ron Paul is a true Constitutionalist and advocates Ending the Federal Reserve, owned by the off shore bankster elites. Let’s TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! We don’t want to end up like Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain or Greece. So NO MORE BAILOUTS. Reinstate Glass Steagal Act. We need a Landslide of a victory for Ron Paul so even the shadow elite can’t steal the election!
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THE USA HAS THE OBAMA BLUES!
CLICK AND LISTEN
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Hell yea
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Rise Grassroot movements Poeple! Get Ron Paul to the presidency!
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RON PAUL IS MY HERO TOO!
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OBAMA 2012
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RON PAUL 2012
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oh how i would love to see ron paul vs. obaaama
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Little know fact: Ron Paul was one of the munchkins extras in the Wizard of Oz.
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RON PAUL IS MY HERO!
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RON PAUL IS A BIG GOVERNMENT LIBERAL PUPPET WITH TIES TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER! HE RUNS ON LIES AND WILL CREATE A SOCIALIST AMERICA!
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Ron Paul R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 2012!
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OBAMA ! 2012 !
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Good morning Reason!
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Why is this guy not our President? It is time to wake up before it is to late!!!
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The problem is, the chances of him getting elected are almost nil. To the general population that don’t follow politics, the choices they’ll have in the voting booth would be either the old, white guy or the young, black guy. You can have any policy position you want, but if you don’t have the image, you’re not gonna get elected.
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Ron Paul My Hero
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banks will never let ron paul become prez..but im voting for ron paul anyway. fox news and cnn are the biggest liars and biggest puppets on tv….ron paul is the only canidate that is not a puppet for corporations and banks…
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Their so called “job creators” will continue to sit on the govenments funds and tax-breaks in uncertain times.
People who need food and shelter (or even alcohol) are certain to put what they get into our GNP.
Trickle-down theory is WRONG.
Our politicians know it, but because wall street stole $700 billion (thanx to bush), the republican party has become completely corrupted.
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If you want Ron Paul as President you HAVE to get out and vote. He has the supporters he just needs them to follow through and vote!
VOTE – RON PAUL 2012
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We need to recycle concrete into something else. Instead of letting it lay around soaking up the soil polluting ground water.
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I am a liberal but I am deeply concerned of the financial state of the USA 14.4 Trillion is not acceptable. We need to cut cut cut spending and get people back to work. We need to cut foriegne aid by Trillions.
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Ron Paul is in favor of a new idea called “liberty”, an idea that is not much older than Darwin. The experiment, is a political one, and therefore is imperfect, but would be self-correcting, if the authoritarians would stop interfering.
The Constitution is the compromise! The authoritarians have proven to us time and again that they do not know what they are doing, when it comes to foreign or domestic policy. They have no plan or practice that defends liberty.
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PRESIDENT RON PAUL
SAY IT NOW…
PRESIDENT RON PAUL
SAY IT NOW…
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You got my vote,Sir.
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Ron Paul is too old. If he gets elected, the Owners of this world can simply eliminate him and make it look like he died of old age. No questions asked. Dont be fooled again people. Its all a trap. Ron Paul has been ALLOWED to come this far. Hes a useful pawn. Made to give us “hope”. And when he loses, what then? Back to drinking cheap ass beer and watching shitty Hollywood remakes until we die.
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Bachman/Paul for President.
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Ron paul deserves to be in office for 8 years. obama needs to get out of office NAO!
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I literally just found out about Ron Paul and his policies today……. HE, not Obama, is the savior of the United States. He isn’t taking shit from anyone, he knows what he is doing and understands WHY and HOW we got ourselves into this hole we are in now in the USA…. RON PAUL 2012!
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