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By RonPaul.com on May 29, 2011
Date: 05/30/2011 Enabling a Future American Dictator by Ron Paul These are truly troubling days for liberty in the United States. Last week the 60 day deadline for the president to gain congressional approval for our military engagement in Libya under the War Powers Resolution came and went. The media scarcely noticed. The bombings continued. [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Constitution, Libya, War, War Powers |
By RonPaul.com on May 23, 2011
Date: 05/23/2011 by Ron Paul The federal government once again has reached the limit of its legal ability to borrow money, meaning it cannot issue new Treasury debt without action by Congress to increase the debt ceiling limit. As of this month, our “official” national debt- which doesn’t include the staggering future payments promised to [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Budget, Debt Ceiling |
By RonPaul.com on May 16, 2011
Date: 05/16/2011 The Milk Police by Ron Paul On April 20th, after a year-long undercover sting operation, armed federal agents acting on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raided the business of Pennsylvanian Amish farmer Dan Allgyer to prevent him from selling his unpasteurized milk to willing, fully-informed customers in Maryland. Federal agents [...]
Posted in Health Care, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Raw Milk, Unpasteurized Milk |
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 |