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By RonPaul.com on July 20, 2009
In his latest column Ron Paul points out that a mandatory nationalized healthcare system is bad for many reasons: It will eliminate any alternatives, thereby destroying the incentive for providers to offer a competitive service, and it will lead to increased bureaucracy, unnecessary waste, and inevitable rationing. However, the current system is not perfect either, [...]
Posted in Health Care, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged HR 1495 |
By RonPaul.com on July 13, 2009
For almost a century, the secretive and unaccountable Federal Reserve has silently manipulated the economy and the value of the dollar, and they are understandably upset about the increased scrutiny and criticism their abnormal and undemocratic activities have started to attract. In his latest column, Ron Paul explains why this arcane institution is doing everything [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Audit the Fed, End the Fed, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on July 6, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul honors the American spirit of freedom and self-reliance and encourages all patriots to continue the good fight for freedom. Celebrating the Fight for Freedom on the Fourth by Ron Paul Every year on the Fourth of July we remember our founding fathers and the precious inheritance of freedom that [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Founding Fathers, Freedom, July 4th, Sound money |
By RonPaul.com on July 1, 2009
In today’s op-ed in the Washington Times, Ron Paul unmasks the brilliantly shallow propaganda mantra “If we don’t fight them over there, they will fight us over here” as a false choise that has been foisted upon the country by a small neoconservative elite that has come to power in both the Democratic and Republican [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Neocons, Propaganda, Washington Times |
By RonPaul.com on June 29, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul attacks the cap and trade bill (HR 2454) as an unnecessary and wasteful effort to apply a big government solution to the disputed problem of “global warming”, while at the same time causing additional harm to the economy. As similar policies in Spain have shown over the past decade, [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Cap-and-Trade, HR 2454 |
By RonPaul.com on June 22, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul criticizes HR 2346, a $106 billion Supplemental Appropriations Act which takes money out of the pockets of hardworking Americans and puts it into the greedy hands of international warmongers and oppressors. Instead of promoting war and destruction around the world, we need to bring our troops home from Iraq [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged HR 2346, IMF, Oppression, War |
By RonPaul.com on June 15, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul argues that bad habits (such as smoking) should be countered with education rather than force. Despite last century’s failed Prohibition as well as the more recent policy disaster known as the “War on Drugs”, many legislators still believe that they can regulate away our vices and force us – [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Prohibition, SMoking, Tobacco |
By RonPaul.com on June 8, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul criticizes the government’s takeover of General Motors. Instead of being propped up and managed by inefficient central planners at taxpayer expense, GM should have been allowed to fail naturally, letting the free market reallocate the company’s resources and assets to their most productive and profitable use. GM, Amtrak and [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Economic Fascism, GM |
By RonPaul.com on June 1, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul criticizes the government’s unscrupulous intrusion into the doctor/patient relationship and exposes the privacy implication of establishing mandatory electronic medical records collections. He also presents two bills he recently introduced in Congress. One of them allows patients and physicians to opt out of any federal electronic medical records systems, while [...]
Posted in Health Care, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Health Care, HR 2629, HR 2630, Medical Privacy, Medical Records |