Joe Kernen: Joining us now is a man who hasn’t been afraid to criticize the central bank, Congressman Ron Paul, he’s a Republican from Texas, also a presidential candidate. Were you watching yesterday, Congressman, as the statement was coming out? And what did you do as you heard each additional statement, what was your reaction?
Ron Paul: Well, more of the same, I wasn’t surprised, that’s the only thing that the Fed knows how to do, and that’s the only thing Bernanke ever believed in. For him to have done something differently would have been a real surprise to me. But the results of what he said weren’t a surprise at all, I mean, it’s just further devaluation of the currency, and that is why gold prices went up. Actually, gold prices don’t go up, it’s just that the dollar goes down and people are anticipating the dollar is going to continue to lose its value, so we can anticipate that there’s going to be a lot of price inflation down the road.
Joe Kernen: At this point, is it parabolic yet in gold in your view? I know you’re obviously not a gold investor, but when it moves 60 dollars day in and day out, and everything seems to be going in its favor, do you think it can go to 2000, 3000 dollars?
Ron Paul: Oh yeah, because [the dollar] could go to zero if we continue to do what we’re doing, because the bubble that I’m concerned about. I don’t think gold is what you would call a bubble. I think the bubble is in the price of bonds. I mean, how could anybody have this much trust in the bonds and buy a 30 year bond and earn the interest rates they’re making? That’s where the big bubble is.
But I think what’s happening today and why I see this as such a serious thing, is that I think what we’re dealing with is the end of the dollar reserve standard, and that’s a worldwide phenomenon, it’s not just for the United States. Just think how many dollars we’ve exported, how many people hold dollars. And if this dollar is in big trouble, which is what I think is the problem, I mean this is just not a minor problem, this is probably a bigger problem than the world has ever faced before. Never has a fiat currency been used as a reserve standard so pervasively around the world.
And there are not many other places to go even though they’re still going to treasury bills, but eventually they’re going to give up. I mean, just look at what’s happening to the Swiss Franc, there aren’t enough Swiss Francs for everybody to buy Swiss Francs. So there’s not much left other than commodities and real values. So actually I think that’s what’s going to happen, but it’s going to reflect the devaluation of the dollar.
I was really impressed in 1971 when the dollar’s relationship to gold went up $3/ounce, and I was really impressed and it motivated me to get very much involved in politics. So you can image what I think about 1/1700th of an ounce of gold is a dollar. It’s just phenomenal, I’m utterly amazed that it’s lasted this long, and they’re desperately trying to keep this together because everybody has an interest in saving the dollar, even the Chinese are. But believe me, I do not believe you can save the dollar reserve standard.
Joe Kernen: Congressman, did you believe that S&P’s decision to downgrade our U.S. debt was a responsible decision? Some people have actually suggested that what they were ultimately doing was downgrading our currency, which is what you sort of suggested just now is happening.
Ron Paul: In some ways I think it’s irrelevant, the markets are much more powerful, they’ll downgrade whatever they need to. But for the moment and for traders, this can be a big deal, and politically it can be a big deal. But if one announcement like that from somebody like Standard and Poor’s who didn’t have any idea what was going on with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, can change things … so if that announcement pushes the dollar down and causes some chaos in the stock market, they were destined to do that anyway. So these are just excuses.
I don’t think an announcement, although in the very short time in the day to day trading, has any significance. That doesn’t change things. What if they made this announcement that the dollar was as good as gold and everything was hunky dory, those announcements would have no meaning. So I think they’re just sort of trying to catch up with the market. I mean, I cannot believe people would have high rating for any of this paper money and paper bonds long term when it earns no interest. It’s so distorted. And then they decide that all we have to do is set up a committee of 12, and we’re going to come up with so-called cuts, which aren’t cuts. There are no cuts that’s anybody’s proposing, so no wonder why people are negative.
But what I worry about the most is the consequence of currency destruction as violence. And boy, every day there is more and more violence, whether it’s in London, demonstrations in Israel, all around the world, revolutions going on and this is all related to sometimes prices of food going up and this is all related to this fictitious notion about what money is and what it should be.
Joe Kernen: Yeah, I remember… when you asked Chairman Bernanke about whether gold was money, did you find the answer not satisfying?
Ron Paul: Well, it was sort of a silly answer. I mean, he can’t repeal 3000 or 4000 years of history. Money has to come out of the marketplace, as von Mises taught, he said you can’t create money out of thin hair. Now, when you do, the only reason the dollar has existed by being created out of thin air was because it originated in the marketplace; it was a silver standard, it was 370 grains of silver, that’s what the definition of a dollar still is.
So you can’t do this, so for him to say that he can repeal it by saying, “Nah, gold is just a regular asset and we hang on to it just because of tradition”. But the markets are saying, “Look, when times get tough, they go to the gold”. And that’s not my theory and that’s not a recent theory, that’s been around for a long, long time and they’re not going to be able to repeal it.
Joe Kernen: Alright, Congressman, we appreciate your time this morning, we hope to see you again soon. We know you’re like in the top 3 in most of these polls, so I don’t know how you get to the top, but it probably didn’t hurt coming on the show.
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eurpope owns america along with china but no the dallor is dying we cant print more and more and expect the dollor not to lose power no country is built like that china and russia drop the us dollor as their trade currency understand what that means!
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the dollar is not dying. it gets a bit dealuated but that’s all. the american dollar is so powerful that the country can print more without devaluating it. soon you will see the usa economy come back. Yes, it will come back, because the americans will fight for it. then the americans are going to be able to pay their debts. I fear for Europe though.
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who do you work for? if that is truly your opinion you should do some research because it is ignorant.
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LOL
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Any RON PAUL supporter NEEDS to watch the first 15 minutes of this video.
It shows you how every war in histroy was caused and initiated by central bankster Rothschild famiily. PLEASE SPREAD THIS KNOWLEDGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW.
Just replace the [DOT] so you can watch
rys2sense[DOT]com/hub/get/vid/id/1.htm
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We are living under the thumb of a FREEMASON Zionist Sodomite militarist Masonic corporate Big Brother within the illusion created for us. The truth of the matter is this: What freedom has not been stolen from us? We have surrendered willingly through our silence and ignorance. Unlike Brit’s, as Americans, most of us have no idea how are freedoms are maintained or lost. Apparently, our ancestors didn’t have a good grasp of this either. The United States isn’t a country, it’s a Corporation!
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Ron Paul 4 President!
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LIBERTARIANMONARCHY . COM
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If he wins do you think they (the powers at be) will surrender their authority over and go away quietly? 2 options to win this war, a violent revolution where tactical force targeting of the root causes of this system like Federal Reserve Banks, government buildings (White House), Wall Street, FBI CIA headquarters, Or a peaceful revolution where a total non compliance of the system i’m talking about a total stand still of everything because its our cooperation that this system relies on to exist
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i have been warning other people about the new world order and their agenda i have many videos exposing them
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Maybe you dont fear it but you must admit it is a bad thing & as a christian it is your responsibility to fight against such evil events or at least warn others as the bible has warned you. Why would such a warning be put in the bible if it was not to help us avoid and fight against the evil people hell bent on bringing it about?
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i know what it says i dont fear the anti christ
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Study the bible & you will understand that in the end times there will be wars & rumours of wars as there are now. One all powerful ruler,the beast (the anti-christ) all those who are Christian or have chosen a rightous path will be taken to be with god (permently disappeared / killed). Those left will be forced to take on the “Mark of the beast” so they can buy or sell or have any financial part in society, dooming them to hell.This is the end destination of globalisation.
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Oooo. They dont want that! That would be so brutal! Barack with his charm and charisma, and Paul with his facts and honesty. Whew!
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i dont think the elite want to try to take americans to fema camps they are outnumbered if they try this then alot of horrible things will happen to those who are in charge in fema as for the nwo they dont realize their own fate too late for them now God has decided what to do with them already and that i sending them straight to Hell for all eternity i have no pity once so ever for those who are in the nwo
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Ron Paul won the online Iowa straw poll. The media says he can’t win. You’re really seeing how pervasive the elite have their hands in our media when Congressman Paul makes headway
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yeah man, we need this guy in office now before it’s to late…it’s probably is too late
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yeah man, we need this guy in office now before it’s to late…it’s probably is too late
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Thats exactly what they want “millions of Americans to rise up”. They have the FEMA Camps set up and waiting, not to mention the millions of plastic coffins. Civil disorder is all they need to put their plans into action.
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The only plausible explanation for these “views” is too much booze in Paul’s childhood.
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The only plausible explanation for these “views” is too much booze in Paul’s childhood.
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duh… I don’t know how you get to the top dr. paul… durp
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If Obama doesn’t have a teleprompter in front of him he’s useless. They actually pull out crates onto the White House lawn to place his teleprompters on. He was born and bred to be president… not a someone that earned it.
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i hope we do get to see it
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Money is simply an evolution of barter. A commodity wins over others and becomes the favorite medium of exchange for the market participants. Historically, gold and silver have been favored as the best tools of exchanges, the best monies. Paper money was originally a ticket to be redeemed into real money. Bernanke is a crook who must be hung by his balls-sack on NATIONAL TV
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“But uhh… I don’t know how you got to the top..”
You know why, you’re mad that he’s too damn smart and he’s making the right choices.. LoL!
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“But uhh… I don’t know how you got to the top..”
You know why, you’re mad that he’s too damn smart and he’s making the right choices.. LoL!
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Ron – spend less time on the Fed Reserve – it’s too complex for voters to figure out – talk about reforms maybe, but this issue is making you look too far out…your are right of course, but you need to stick to the others issues that you are strong on, like against the wars and fixing the economy….dumping the fed makes you too fringe right now…
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it’s not so hard to figure out. the fed = debt slavery.
i’m sure you know this but i said it for the benefit of the really slow people out there.
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NO offence Ron and I mean that most sincerely but you’re a heart beat away from ……”what?” DOnt flame me guys its a serious question.
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A nice man and an idiot.
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If Ron Paul was to win he would be JFKed.
The New World Order wants to own and control the world and they cant do that without owning and controlling the worlds only remaining superpower.
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If Ron Paul was to win he would be JFKed.
The New World Order wants to own and control the world and they cant do that without owning and controlling the worlds only remaining superpower.
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Pentagon Deploying More 20,000 Troops In U.S. To Prepare For Economic Collapse Civil Unrest
youtube. com/watch?v=lXHmBYkNHQg
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Clown’s Message on Debt Agreement
youtube. com/watch?v=y82n1vSM4v0
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5:05 “did you find the answer not satisfying”?…what a stupid question!!!
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hope they don’t pull a jfk on this one
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why is your user name RonPaul2008dotcom shouldnt it be RonPaul2012dotcom
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Ron Paul don’t have no string attach to him like other of the people of the Republican and even Obama has had. The only interest Ron Paul has is in us the people which is why he would make a great President. He is a guy that would stick to his gun. But he should ran as an Interdependent party. He don’t need the Republican party he would do just fine on his own. That is what we need in this country.
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