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Californians know they are overtaxed, which is why they decisively the recent series of initiatives designed to close the state deficit, largely through tax increases. Yet, they want to maintain high public spending.
Unlike the states, Washington can temporarily delay budget woes by firing up the printing presses. But we can no longer ignore economic reality. [...]

RYAN GRIM reports on an oddity of the international press: it’s smitten with Ron Paul, the fringe Republican congressman (the only “no” vote on last week’s pro-Iranian protest resolution, for example) who mounted a surprisingly popular presidential bid in 2008. The explanation…

Ron Paul will be featured at a Cato event on Fed transparency this Wednesday.
POLICY FORUM
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
12:00 PM EST (Luncheon to Follow)
Featuring Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX); with comments by Gilbert Schwartz, Partner, Schwartz & Ballen LLP, Former Associate General Counsel, Federal Reserve; and Bert Ely, President, Ely & Company, Inc. Moderated by Mark Calabria [...]

Congressman Ron Paul is the most popular member of Congress outside the United States, if foreign television appearances are any indication.

RonPaul.com ran two polls earlier this year regarding Ron Paul’s potential candidacy for the presidency in 2012. The first poll ran from February 13 to 23 and the second poll ran from June 1 to 8. The results were almost exactly the same: 93% of our readers want Ron Paul to run for President in [...]

The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is so out of whack that the central bank would be shut down if subjected to a conventional audit, Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, told CNBC.
With $45 billion in capital and $2.1 trillion in assets, the central bank would not withstand the scrutiny normally afforded other institutions, [...]

You couldn’t make this one up: The Federal Reserve will hire former Enron lobbyist Linda Robertson to improve its image and to stop HR 1207, the bill to audit the Fed. According to Bloomberg.com, Robertson “headed the Washington lobbying office of Enron Corp., the energy trading company that collapsed in 2002 after an accounting scandal.” [...]

Last week we asked the question, “Should Ron Paul should run for President in 2012?”
Our readers submitted 6,617 votes and 513 comments.
The results are as follows:

Yes. (93.0%, 6,178 Votes)

It depends. (explain below) (4.0%, 235 Votes)

No. (2.0%, 154 Votes)

I don’t know. (1.0%, 50 Votes)

Total Voters: 6,617

The poll was open from June 1 – June 8. Ron [...]

Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve (HR 1207) now has 207 co-sponsors, and the numbers keep growing!
This is history in the making, and victory is within reach. Imagine what will happen if HR 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act, comes up for vote in Congress!
With more than 40% of the House of Representatives [...]

This poll is now closed. It was open from June 1 – June 8, 2009.

Should Ron Paul run for President in 2012?

Yes. (93.0%, 6,178 Votes)

It depends. (explain below) (4.0%, 235 Votes)

No. (2.0%, 154 Votes)

I don’t know. (1.0%, 50 Votes)

Total Voters: 6,617

Note: Ron Paul hasn’t decided yet whether to run for President in 2012. It is [...]

February 26, 2009
Madame Speaker,
I rise to introduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. Throughout its nearly 100-year history, the Federal Reserve has presided over the near-complete destruction of the United States dollar. Since 1913 the dollar has lost over 95% of its purchasing power, aided and abetted by the Federal Reserve’s loose monetary policy. How long [...]

Our latest poll is now closed. It ran from February 13 to 23, 2009 and received 6,337 votes as well as 348 comments.
The results are as follows:

Note: Ron Paul hasn’t decided yet whether to run for President in 2012. It is expected that he will make a decision later this year.