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By RonPaul.com on May 20, 2009
This afternoon, Rand Paul joined Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell, Otto Guevara, Glenn Jacobs, Jason Talley, Pete Eyre and Shelly Roche on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s online show “Freedom Watch” for an insightful discussion about the latest political and economic developments. (Ron Paul was originally scheduled for the show but had to participate in a House floor [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Rand Paul | Tagged Freedom Watch, Glenn Jacobs, Jason Talley, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Lew Rockwell, Otto Guevara, Pete Eyre, Rand Paul, Shelly Roche, Tom Woods |
By RonPaul.com on May 11, 2009
Congressman Ron Paul joins Gary Franchi on the latest edition of the Reality Report to discuss HR 1207, the concept of competing currencies, and what an economic collapse would look like. Show: Reality Report Date: 5/7/2009 Transcript Gary Franchi: Welcome back to the Reality Report. Joining us now to discuss the Federal Reserve Accountability Act, [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Competing Currencies, Economic Collapse, Gary Franchi, HR 1207, Reality Report, Restore the Republic |
By RonPaul.com on May 5, 2009
Event: Congress’ Joint Economic Committee Date: 5/5/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: Welcome, Chairman Bernanke. I have a couple of questions, but first I want to mention that I find it awfully frustrating at times when we always talk about inflation and we only talk about the prices and say, “We have prices under control, there is [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on April 3, 2009
Date: 4/2/2009 Transcript: Paul-Martin Foss: Dr. Paul, you’ve seen some pretty bad federal budgets over the years and you’ve voted against every budget for over a decade. Is this one of the worst budgets you’ve seen, and do you see any room for improvement in the next few years? Ron Paul: It is one of [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged G20, Global Currency, Gold, IMF, Special Drawing Rights, World Currency |
By RonPaul.com on March 25, 2009
Channel: Fox Business Date: 3/24/2009 News Anchor: Today during the AIG hearing, Representative Ron Paul declared that free markets and capitalism weren’t working. Watch this. Ron Paul: We had a system where the free market wasn’t working, we didn’t have capitalism. The allocation of capital came from the direction of the Federal Reserve and a [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Congress, Easy Money, Fox Business |
By RonPaul.com on March 2, 2009
Watch the video in high definition at RonPaulReloaded.com Watch Ron Paul’s original “What if” speech. Transcript: Ron Paul: “Madam Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues. What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest? What if we wake up one day [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Federal Reserve, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Reloaded, What If |
By RonPaul.com on February 27, 2009
In the “Hearing on Restoring the Economy: Strategies for Short-term and Long-term Change”, Ron Paul and Paul Volcker discuss the history, present and future of fiat currencies. Date: 2/26/2009 Transcript: Chairman: Mr. Paul for one minute? Ron Paul: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I, too, hear my voice all the time and I’m sure the rest [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Bubble, Congress, Crisis, Currency, Debt, Dollar, Dollar Standard, Fiat, Gold, Hearing, Paul Volcker |
By RonPaul.com on February 23, 2009
In his latest column Ron Paul announces that he will soon introduce legislation requiring an audit of the Federal Reserve. If the audit reveals what he suspects, he will strongly urge Congress to abolish the Federal Reserve. But if neither of the above happens, Congress could at least repeal legal tender laws, thereby ending the [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy | Tagged Competing Currencies, Congress, Currency, Dollar, End the Fed, Federal Reserve, Monopoly |
By RonPaul.com on February 15, 2009
In this 1988 interview, Ron Paul talks about money, banking and the Federal Reserve, and predicts the current financial crisis. Show: American Power Structure Date: August 1988 Transcript: Voiceover: American Power Structure. We’re joined by John Cone. Frank Morrow: Ron there’s an old statement I’ve read heard about people saying, in Congress, that banks never [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged 1988, Banking, Economic crisis, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Inflation, Money, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on February 15, 2009
Ron Paul was interviewed on Fox Business this Saturday. He talks about the stimulus package and the dirty tricks surrounding its passage. Channel: Fox Business Show: Your Questions, Your Money Live Date: 2/14/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: Our greatest export has been the dollar and of course our productivity has gone down over the years, so [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Fox Business, Stimulus |
By RonPaul.com on February 13, 2009
Channel: C-SPAN Date: 02/13/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: “Madam Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues. What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest? What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is the predictable consequence of [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Federal Reserve, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Congress, What If |
By RonPaul.com on February 11, 2009
In Monday’s conversation with Clear Channel’s Paul Westcott, Ron Paul warns that the stimulus package will weaken the dollar and lead to rising inflation over the next 6 to 12 months. Channel: Clear Channel Radio Date: 02/09/2009 Transcript: Paul Westcott: We are on the phone now with Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Dr. Paul, thank you [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Bailouts, Clear Channel, Debt, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on February 10, 2009
At today’s House Financial Services Hearing, Ron Paul spoke for millions of outraged Americans when he accused the Federal Reserve of conducting its business in secret and of hiding important facts, such as the contents of its meetings with other central banks, from Congress and the public. He called on the banking cartel to stop [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Central Economic Planning, Congress, Federal Reserve, House Financial Services Committee, Price Fixing |
By RonPaul.com on February 8, 2009
Ron Paul released a video update on the Stimulus Package. He says that the Keynesian and socialistic mentality behind the package will run the economy further into the ground and might eventually destroy the dollar. Source: Campaign for Liberty Date: 2/7/2009 Key points: The “stimulus” package is a pure spending package and it looks like [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Congress, Dollar, Keynes, Senate, Socialism, Stimulus |
By RonPaul.com on February 5, 2009
The American Conservative published an excellent article by Thomas E. Woods about how Ron Paul’s efforts to abolish the Federal Reserve are gaining mainstream traction. Fed Up! The popular uprising against central banking By Thomas E. Woods Jr. The way Ron Paul tells it, his more than 30 years of speaking and writing about money, [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Media Coverage of Ron Paul, Monetary Policy | Tagged American Conservative, Federal Reserve, James Grant, Mish Shedlock, Peter Schiff, Thomas E. Woods |
By RonPaul.com on February 5, 2009
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act February 3, 2009 Madame Speaker, I rise to introduce legislation to restore financial stability to America’s economy by abolishing the Federal Reserve. Since the creation of the Federal Reserve, middle and working-class Americans have been victimized by a [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Congress, End the Fed |
By RonPaul.com on February 3, 2009
Ron Paul and Judge Andrew Napolitano discuss the bailouts, the stimulus, the crisis, the gold standard, the debt, individualism and collectivism on Napolitano’s show “Brian and the Judge”. Show: Brian and the Judge Channel: Fox News Radio Date: 2/3/2009 Transcript: Andrew Napolitano: There are very few people on the Congress of the United States of [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Andrew Napolitano, Bailout, Brian and the Judge, Collectivism, Crisis, Debt, Gold Standard, Individualism, Stimulus |
By RonPaul.com on February 2, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul once again prescribes the only cure that could save America: Cut taxes, cut spending, bring our troops home, downsize government, abolish the Federal Reserve, return to sound money and start living within our means. Cures for Our Economic Disease by Ron Paul I have recently had several opportunities on [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Economic crisis, Federal Reserve, Sound money, Spending, Stimulus, Taxes |