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By RonPaul.com on May 10, 2011
Date: 05/09/2011 by Ron Paul Last week marked an important milestone in the war on terrorism for our country. Osama bin Laden applauded the 9/11 attacks. Such deliberate killing of innocent lives deserved retaliation. It is good that bin Laden is dead and justice is served. The way in which he was finally captured and [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk |
By RonPaul.com on April 24, 2011
by Ron Paul Last week the financial markets were roiled by Standard & Poor’s announcement that they will change their outlook on the fiscal health of the United States over the next two years from “stable” to “negative”. The administration decried this decision as political. However, it seems the only political thing about this decision [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Budget, Debt, Rating |
By RonPaul.com on April 19, 2011
Date: 04/18/2011 by Ron Paul Congress focused on issues surrounding government spending this week as talk of deficits, the national debt, and the debt limit saturated the airwaves. This is a positive development. In years past, there was very little concern over how much was spent here in Washington, how it was spent, or how [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Audit the Fed, Budget Cuts, Transparency |
By RonPaul.com on April 5, 2011
by Ron Paul Last week I was both surprised and pleased when the Supreme Court upheld lower court decisions requiring the Federal Reserve Bank to comply with requests for information made by Bloomberg under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). Bloomberg simply wanted to know who received loans from the Fed’s discount window in the [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Fiat Money, Inflation, Theft |
By RonPaul.com on March 28, 2011
by Ron Paul Last week the Obama Administration took the United States to war against Libya without bothering to notify Congress, much less obtain a Constitutionally-mandated declaration of war. In the midst of our severe economic downturn, this misadventure has already cost us hundreds of millions of dollars and we can be sure the final [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Libya, War |
By RonPaul.com on March 22, 2011
Date: 03/21/2011 Ron Paul to Fed: Turn Off the Printing Presses! by Ron Paul Last week, the subcommittee which I chair held a hearing on monetary policy and rising prices. Whether we consider food, gasoline, or clothing, the cost of living is increasing significantly. True inflation is defined as an increase in the money supply. [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on March 17, 2011
Date: 03/14/2011 Libya Is Not the American People’s Fight by Ron Paul Last week we once again heard numerous voices calling for intervention in Libya. Most say the US should establish a “no-fly” zone over Libya, pretending that it is a benign, virtually cost-free action, and the least we could do to assist those trying [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Libya, No-Fly Zone |
By RonPaul.com on March 7, 2011
Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and I had the opportunity to raise some of my concerns regarding US government policy and the cost of our interventionism around the world. Many observers claim that the recent overthrow of governments in Northern Africa and the Middle East will [...]
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By RonPaul.com on February 28, 2011
Congress Must Reject the Welfare/Warfare State by Ron Paul During the past few weeks, Congress has been locked in a battle to pass a continuing resolution to fund government operations through September. Both supporters and opponents of the bill, HR 1, claim it is a serious attempt to reduce federal spending. However, an examination of [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Budget, Deficit, HR 1, Spending |