By RonPaul.com on July 28, 2011
Transcript Anderson Cooper: I spoke to him just a few moments ago. So, Congressman, you’re not willing to support the Boehner Bill at this point, why? Ron Paul: Well, it raises the debt limit, and I’ve made too many promises I wouldn’t raise the debt limit. I’ve never voted for the appropriation bills, and I’ve [...]
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By RonPaul.com on July 28, 2011
Transcript Mitch McConnell: Senate Democrats are playing with fire here. And it’s hard to conclude that they’re doing it for any other reason than politics. So, I would urge our friends on the other side of the aisle this morning to re-think their position and join the Republicans in preventing default. Alisyn Camerota: That was [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged bankruptcy, Boehner, Debt Ceiling |
By RonPaul.com on July 28, 2011
Ron Paul: This evening Congress is asked to vote for a bill that claims to reduce spending in the future, thereby accepting the fiction that legislation passed today somehow can control Congress in the future. The fate of legislation like Gramm-Rudman-Hollings in 1985 and the 1997 Balanced Budget Act prove the fallacy that laws passed [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Budget Control Act, Debt Ceiling |
By RonPaul.com on July 27, 2011
Transcript Judge Napolitano: While Republicans in the House and Senate go back and forth over whether they will support Speaker Boehner’s plan to raise the debt ceiling, there’s one member of the House of Representatives who could not be clearer on the subject: no increase in the debt ceiling, no way, no how. Here to [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Budget, Debt Ceiling |
By RonPaul.com on July 24, 2011
by Ron Paul Imagine you had a pesky neighbor who somehow took out a mortgage on his house in your name and by some legal trickery you were obligated to pay for it. Imagine watching this neighbor throw drunken parties, buy expensive cars, add more rooms to the house, and hire dozens of people to [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Debt Ceiling |
By RonPaul.com on July 23, 2011
Transcript Neil Cavuto: Well whether the President strikes a deal or strikes out, one of the folks who wants to take his job says, “You know what? Just default right now because it’s eventually going to happen and later things will be a lot worse.” Republican presidential candidate, Texas Congressman Ron Paul with us right [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul 2012 | Tagged Obama |
By RonPaul.com on July 22, 2011
Debate over the debt ceiling has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, with each side trying to outdo the other in a game of political chicken. If you believe some of the things that are being written, the world will come to an end if the U.S. defaults on even the tiniest portion of [...]
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By RonPaul.com on July 20, 2011
Transcript Chris Cotter: … but today it’s all about the gang of six, or is it bait and switch? The White House claims this is the way forward, it aims to slash the deficit, by hiking taxes now and forming committees to cut most of the spending later, that sound familiar? Well it should, in [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Budget, Cap and Balance, Cut, Debt Ceiling |
By RonPaul.com on July 20, 2011
Transcript Jeffrey Brown: And finally tonight an interview with Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul. It’s the first in our series of conversations with the contenders seeking to take on Barack Obama in next year’s election. Judy Woodruff sat down with the congressman from Texas on Capitol Hill earlier today. Judy Woodruff: Congressman Ron Paul, thank [...]
Posted in Debt, Economy, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul 2012 | Tagged Afghanistan, Budget, Corporate Welfare, Medicare, Social Security |