Ron Paul on the Mike Church Show

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By RonPaul.com on December 10, 2009




Show: Mike Church Show
Host: Mike Church
Date: 12/9/2009

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Mike Church: And just as I promised, we have Congressman Ron Paul on the line with us, and we have him for enough time to ask certain questions about what’s going on today here today. Do you have a question for the congressman? 1-866-95-PATRIOT or just send me an email.

Alright. So let me get right to it because time is short here, and I know Congressman Paul is in heavy demand here today. Hello, Ron. How are you?

Ron Paul: I’m doing fine. Nice to be with you again.

Mike Church: And it is again. This is number six for you and I together.

Ron Paul: Well, I didn’t know there were that many.

Mike Church: It’s been a fast two years. Let me start off by congratulating you on becoming mainstream. Did you ever think that was going to happen?

Ron Paul: No, it sort of scares me. What’s happening? Yeah, I wonder – am I selling out, or are we making progress? I hope it’s the latter.

Mike Church: No, no, no. You haven’t sold out. They still call you Dr. No, don’t they?

Ron Paul: Yeah, that’s right.

Mike Church: Well, let me ask you, if you would, explain to the listeners and the people that are going to watch this on some of your message forums and what have you, explain, just give a progress report on the Investigate the Fed bill, I believe it’s number HR 1207? Do I have that right?

Ron Paul: That’s right.

Mike Church: What is – where does that stand now? I know you have 300 and some cosponsors. Is it going to come to a full vote? And when do you think that will happen?

Ron Paul: Well, we’ve had one key vote, and that was in the Financial Services Committee. We have 317 cosponsors, which is rather remarkable. It’s three-fourths of the Congress. Even with that vote, there was never any intention by the leadership to allow it to come to the floor and just have an up or down vote. But Barney Frank, Chairman of Financial Services Committee, always expressed some sympathy, although not enthusiastic, and he did not get on the bill. But he did not keep me from bringing it up and offering it as an amendment to a financial reform package, which is, as a matter of fact, going to be debated on the House floor today.

Mike Church: Okay.

Ron Paul: And that bill doesn’t have probably anything in it other than my amendment that I would support. But the amendment came up, I had 15 members of the banking committee support it. We won it rather easily, 43 to 26, which was a major victory. So a very good piece of legislation is placed on a very bad piece of legislation. It will be brought to the House floor. And it probably will get passed. But there’s still tremendous resistance to this. I mean, the closer we get to bringing it about, the harder the establishment comes down on us, everything from the Federal Reserve buying ads in movie theaters and hiring a lobbyist…

Mike Church: I know.

Ron Paul: …and Bernanke writing major editorials. I mean, they are on the defensive. The American people now, I think the last poll showed that 80 percent of the American people think it’s a good idea to audit the Fed. So we have a lot of momentum with this. And I think it had to do with a lot of talk shows like yours and others that have talked about it and got the people knowledgeable about it.

Mike Church: Now, isn’t that a – you were talking about whether or not you sold out or not. But isn’t that a sign of progress that the Federal Reserve is now the subject of kitchen table conversations, water cooler conversations?

Ron Paul: I think that’s the best part of all this. And we don’t know what the final outcome will be because I’m sure, even if we do get it passed, there’ll be lawsuits and resistance and destructions of paper. I understand the Fed’s already been involved in eliminating some of the records. So that is very, very important. But the biggest issue is the American people are looking at something very, very important, that is, the nature of money and the Federal Reserve, and not thinking the Federal Reserve always takes care of us, but maybe the Federal Reserve has caused a lot of mischief, and maybe they’re up to no good. Maybe they do exactly as we have argued, and that is they create the bubbles, and they create the recessions… Continue reading “Ron Paul on the Mike Church Show”

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Ron Paul on Fox Business with Neil Cavuto

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By RonPaul.com on December 10, 2009




Channel: Fox Business
Host: Neil Cavuto
Date: 12/9/2009

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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 time, but I’m still shocked at their ability to do this and do it with a straight face. I mean, they say, “Yeah, deficits are important but we’ll take care of that later on. Oh yeah, doubling the money supply is important, but we’ll handle that later on”, and then they just march right on. Even if all their policies caused the crisis, they still do more of the same and they do that expecting it to work. But this is bewildering, to say the least.

Neil Cavuto: Alright, now I know if they’re not going to focus on the [...], then why not the polls that show that Americans are getting antsy about this. What is driving a separating spending agenda that lot of folks are very, very cautious about and getting increasingly alarmed about.

Ron Paul: Yeah, you know that is the important question because there are a lot of politicians here in Washington, as you may have noticed. And they usually respond to what they hear about and they protect themselves. That also might be the reason why there are some fights going on now within the Democratic Party because right now they’re in the middle of an argument over a rule to bring the regulatory bill to the floor. That means some people are moderate and they don’t want it. So maybe they are starting to hear these messages. But the one thing is they’re slow to learn here, it’s a real slow effort. So I always work on the assumption that the people are about 15 to 20 years ahead of the Congress and I think that makes a difference. Continue reading “Ron Paul on Fox Business with Neil Cavuto”

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Who Wants War? Follow The Money…

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By RonPaul.com on December 8, 2009




Who Wants War?

by Ron Paul

If anyone still doubted that this administration’s foreign policy would bring any kind of change, this week’s debate on Afghanistan should remove all doubt. The President’s stated justifications for sending more troops to Afghanistan and escalating war amount to little more than recycling all the false reasons we began the conflict. It is so discouraging to see this coming from our new leadership, when the people were hoping for peace. New polls show that 49 percent of the people favor minding our own business on the world stage, up from 30 percent in 2002. Perpetual war is not solving anything. Indeed continually seeking out monsters to destroy abroad only threatens our security here at home as international resentment against us builds. The people understand this and are becoming increasingly frustrated at not being heard by the decision-makers. The leaders say some things the people want to hear, but change never comes.

One has to ask, if the people who elected these leaders so obviously do not want these wars, who does? Eisenhower warned of the increasing power and influence of the military industrial complex and it seems his worst fears have come true. He believed in a strong national defense, as do I, but warned that the building up of permanent military and weapons industries could prove dangerous if their influence got out of hand. After all, if you make your money on war, peace does you no good. With trillions of dollars at stake, there is tremendous incentive to keep the decision makers fearful of every threat in the world, real or imagined, present or future, no matter how ridiculous and far-fetched. The Bush Doctrine demonstrates how very successful the war lobby was philosophically with the last administration. And they are succeeding just as well with this one, in spite of having the so-called “peace candidate” in office.

We now find ourselves in another foreign policy quagmire with little hope of victory, and not even a definition of victory. Eisenhower said that only an alert and informed electorate could keep these war racketeering pressures at bay. He was right, and the key is for the people to ensure that their elected leaders follow the Constitution. The Constitution requires a declaration of war by Congress in order to legitimately go to war. Bypassing this critical step makes it far too easy to waste resources on nebulous and never-ending conflicts. Without clear goals, the conflicts last forever and drain the country of blood and treasure. The drafters of the Constitution gave Congress the power to declare war precisely because they feared allowing the executive unfettered discretion in military affairs. They understood that making it easy for leaders to wage foreign wars would threaten domestic liberties.

Responses to attacks on our soil should be swift and brief. Wars we fight should always be defensive, clearly defined and Constitutional. The Bush Doctrine of targeting potential enemies before they do anything to us is dangerously vague and easily abused. There is nothing left to win in Afghanistan and everything to lose. Today’s military actions are yet another futile exercise in nation building and have nothing to do with our nation’s security, or with 9/11. Most experts agree that Bin Laden and anyone remotely connected to 9/11 left Afghanistan long ago, but our troops remain. The pressures of the war racketeers need to be put in check before we are brought to our knees by them. Unfortunately, it will require a mighty effort by the people to get the leadership to finally listen.

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79% of Americans Now Favor Auditing The Federal Reserve

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By RonPaul.com on December 5, 2009





So much for the ongoing secrecy of the nation’s independent central banking system. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 79% of Americans favor auditing the Federal Reserve and making the results available to the public. Just seven percent (7%) of adults think that’s a bad idea and oppose it. Fourteen percent (14%) aren’t sure.

Rasmussen Survey of 1,000 Adults
November 29-30, 2009

“A proposal has been made to audit the Federal Reserve and make the results available to the public. Do you favor or oppose auditing the Federal Reserve?”

Favor: 79%
Oppose: 7%
Not sure: 14%

This telephone survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted by Rasmussen Reports on November 29-30, 2009. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence (see methodology).

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Obama Is Preparing Us For Perpetual War

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By RonPaul.com on December 5, 2009




Channel: Fox Business
Date: 12/02/2009

Transcript

News Anchor: In the meantime, we turn out attention from the health of the markets to the economic health of our nation. As the president announced last night that he will be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan for this surge, a brief surge. Let’s take a listen.

Obama: Our prosperity provides a foundation for our power. It pays for our military, it underwrites our diplomacy, it taps the potential of our people and allows investment in new industry. And it will allow us to compete in this century as successfully as we did in the last. That’s why our troop commitment in Afghanistan cannot be open ended. Because the nation that I am most interested in building is our own.

News Anchor: Alright, we’re joined now for a Fox Business exclusive by Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas with his reaction. Congressman, thanks for joining us. What was your reaction to the speech last night?

Ron Paul: I think it’s a bit misleading. I think Obama is actually preparing us for perpetual war. He’s been warning us in that speech and elsewhere that we will be going into Pakistan. The idea that we’re going to bring our troops home eventually, I think, is just not so. And there is no way he can pay for this. It’s sort of like how are you going to pay for the medical care. “Oh yeah, we’re going to save enough money and we’ll pay for it and there will be no cost to it”. And now, this is going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars and we don’t have the money and it’s going to bring us down if we don’t stop it. So, I think it’s a flawed foreign policy, I think it’s a flawed economic policy, too, because you can’t pay for it. All wars are paid for through inflation. This will put just more pressure on the Fed to create more money because I don’t believe it would help us one bit to tax the people to pay for the war. They will try to, but that would be devastating to the economy to put a war tax on us at this point. So, in a way, they have no way out at this time unless they change policies.

News Anchor: So what would you suggest, Congressman?

Ron Paul: I’d suggest coming home. Continue reading “Obama Is Preparing Us For Perpetual War”

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Ron Paul Speaks to Crowd of 2000 at ASU Conference

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By RonPaul.com on December 4, 2009





Today, Congressman Ron Paul delivered the keynote speech before 2,000 people at Arizona State University for the 1st Annual Arizona Campaign for Liberty State Convention.

Despite having to wait almost two hours for him to speak due to flight delays, Paul addressed an enthusiastic crowd at the university’s Memorial Union ballroom.

“It is great to see so many young people eager to hear the message of limited government, a noninterventionist foreign policy, and sound money,” said John Tate, President of Campaign for Liberty. “We hope that this movement continues to grow and more people are introduced to these ideas.”

Since the end of his 2008 presidential campaign, Ron Paul has been travelling regularly across the country speaking to groups of young people receptive to his message.

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