Archive for Economy

Ron Paul: Cut Government Spending Now!

Spending Freeze Not Likely
by Ron Paul
Last week politicians in Washington made a few things clear about how they really feel about the state of the union. First, they are beginning to hear the growing discontent with the size and scope of government and the broken promises that keep piling up. Certain events in Massachusetts recently [...]

Ron Paul and Robert Reich on Larry King

Show: Larry King Live
Channel: CNN
Date: 1/25/2010
Transcript:
Larry King: Before we get into the stimulus project as promised, CNN’s Ann Andrews reports tonight that President Obama is set to announce a three year freeze on non-security discretionary spending. That move would freeze discretionary spending at $447 billion dollars.
Joining us now to talk about that and to debate [...]

Ron Paul on Fox Business

Ron Paul was interviewed on Fox Business’ “America’s Nightly Scoreboard” concerning the government’s involvement in the economy, Fannie and Freddie, and the controversy surrounding Ben Bernanke’s nomination to another term as Fed chairman.

Channel: Fox Business
Show: America’s Nightly Scoreboard
Host: David Asman
Date: 01/22/2010
Transcript
David Asman: Here to talk about all these things is one Congressman who’s been [...]

Ron Paul’s State of the Republic Address

In his 2010 State of the Republic address, Ron Paul outlined the following 8 point plan for a transition to a free society:

Balance the budget by reducing spending
Change our foreign policy to that of non-intervention
A full audit and more supervision of the Federal Reserve leading to abolishing the Federal Reserve
Legalize competition to the Federal Reserve [...]

Ron Paul: Government is Too Big to Succeed

Government is Too Big to Succeed
by Ron Paul
Last week, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission kicked off their first round of hearings on the causes of the economic meltdown on Wall Street. The commission is being compared to the the Pecora Commission launched in 1932 to investigate the causes of the Great Depression. The Pecora commission [...]

Ron Paul on Freedom Watch

Show: Freedom Watch
Channel: FoxNews.com
Host: Judge Andrew Napolitano
Date: 1/13/2010
Transcript
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hello and welcome to Freedom Watch, your daily dose of raw liberty streaming online at www.FoxNews.com. I’m your host Judge Andrew Napolitano, here defending freedom, defending your natural rights and defending your right to have a government that stays within the confines of the Constitution. [...]

Ron Paul on the Alex Jones Show

Date: 01/07/2009
Show: Alex Jones Show
Transcript
Alex Jones: He’s now all over mainstream television, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Houston Chronicles say, “Ron Paul is right”, from outsider to mainline. And thank God he’s been there telling the truth so that people now have a choice between collectivism, big government, and tyranny. He’s with [...]

Keynesianism Delivers a Decade of Zero

by Ron Paul
This past week we celebrated the end of what most people agree was a decade best forgotten. New York Times columnist and leading Keynesian economist Paul Krugman called it the Big Zero in a recent column. He wrote that “there was a whole lot of nothing going on in measures of economic progress [...]

Ron Paul on Fox Business with Neil Cavuto

Channel: Fox Business
Host: Neil Cavuto
Date: 12/9/2009
Transcript
Neil Cavuto: Congressman Republican Ron Paul likens it to a spending bench that has got to stop, but won’t. Congressman, I’m just wondering – they’re just speeding it up, right? They’re actually revving it up.
Ron Paul: It’s unbelievable, you know. I’ve conditioned myself, I’ve lived with this for a long [...]

Ron Paul Answers Questions on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal

Channel: C-SPAN
Show: Washington Journal
Date: 12/03/2009
Transcript
Susan Swain: Former presidential candidate, Ron Paul of Texas, a member of the House Financial Services Committee and the author of the book “End the Fed” is our guest for our next program. Dr. Paul, thanks for coming in this morning.
Ron Paul: Thank you.
Susan Swain: One of the things I wanted [...]

End The Fed & Consider Outlawing Fractional Reserve Banking

Channel: CNBC
Show: Squawk Box
Date: 11/13/2009
Joe Kernen: But Chris Dodd has a bill taking aim at the Fed. The overhaul bill that he proposes would reduce the role of the Federal Reserve. However, Congressman Ron Paul has been on that crusade for some time now, calling for more transparency at the central bank. He joins us [...]

Ron Paul: Be Prepared for the Worst

Show: Freedom Watch
Channel: FoxNews.com
Date: 11/03/2009
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hello and welcome to Freedom Watch, your daily dose of raw liberty streaming online at FoxNews.com. I’m your host, Judge Andrew Napolitano here defending freedom, depending your natural rights and defending your right to have a government that stays within the confines of the Constitution.
You’ve all heard me [...]