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Ron Paul on AntiWar Radio

In this April 22 interview with AntiWar Radio’s Scott Horton, Ron Paul discusses the lack of change in Afghanistan and Iraq policy despite the Obama administration’s rhetoric, how a single high U.S.-casualty incident abroad could garner the support of Americans for more military intervention, the unwillingness of Democrats or Republicans to cut the Pentagon’s budget, [...]

Ron Paul: Public Spending is NOT the Key to Prosperity

In his latest column Ron Paul predicts that spending will top $4 trillion this year and asserts that contrary to the government’s belief, public spending is not the key to prosperity. On the contrary, it will eventually lead to massive inflation and a dollar crisis, tragically hurting prudent and responsible savers more than anyone else. [...]

More Earmarks – Less Government

In his latest column Ron Paul explains how earmarks increase transparency by assigning funds (that would otherwise be spent by secretive bureaucrats) to a specific and fully accountable purpose. — tmartin

Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:33 minutes).
Earmarks Don’t Add Up
by Ron Paul
Earmarks seem to be the hot topic this week, and as [...]

Obama’s Budget: Self-Delusion or Fairy Tale?

In today’s interview with Bloomberg TV, Ron Paul calls out Barack Obama for talking about cutting the deficit in half – by running it up to one or two trillion dollars.

Channel: Bloomberg TV
Date: 3/3/2009
Transcript:
Female News Anchor: Well, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments today before the Senate Budget Committee earlier foreshadowed tougher oversight for certain financial [...]