By RonPaul.com on July 20, 2011
Transcript Jeffrey Brown: And finally tonight an interview with Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul. It’s the first in our series of conversations with the contenders seeking to take on Barack Obama in next year’s election. Judy Woodruff sat down with the congressman from Texas on Capitol Hill earlier today. Judy Woodruff: Congressman Ron Paul, thank [...]
Posted in Debt, Economy, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul 2012 | Tagged Afghanistan, Budget, Corporate Welfare, Medicare, Social Security |
By RonPaul.com on July 11, 2011
Transcript This is a rush transcript. Can you help us out and proofread the transcript while you watch the video? Go to our writeboard (password: mickelson). Then click the “Edit this page” button to make changes. We check all writeboards daily and will update this post with your proofread transcript ASAP. Thanks! Jan Mickelson: Good [...]
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By RonPaul.com on June 21, 2011
Earlier today, Ron Paul became the first 2012 presidential candidate to sign the new ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ pledge. The pledge, which is being championed by conservative groups and members of Congress, requires candidates to oppose any debt limit increase unless three major conditions are met. “We are facing an unprecedented debt crisis, and the [...]
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By RonPaul.com on June 20, 2011
Presidential candidate Ron Paul issued a statement on what his budget priorities will be if elected. Ron Paul: As President, I will not be able to waive a magic wand and solve all of our problems overnight. I will have to work with Congress and build consensus from the American People. But, there are several [...]
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By RonPaul.com on June 6, 2011
Date: 06/02/2011 This is a rush transcript. Can you help us out and proofread the transcript while you watch the video? Go to our writeboard (password: soundmoney). Then click the “Edit this page” button to make changes. We check all writeboards daily and will update this post with your proofread transcript ASAP. Thanks! Neil Cavuto: [...]
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By RonPaul.com on May 25, 2011
Date: 05/25/2011 This is a rush transcript. Can you help us out and proofread the transcript while you watch the video? Go to our writeboard (password: debtceiling). Then click the “Edit this page” button to make changes. We check all writeboards daily and will update this post with your proofread transcript ASAP. Thanks! Female News [...]
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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 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 [...]
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By RonPaul.com on March 17, 2011
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By RonPaul.com on March 12, 2011
In an interview with Simon Constable, Congressman Ron Paul says that neither party is serious about reducing spending to curb the deficit and that he is still mulling a presidential run.
Posted in Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Budget, Deficit, Gold, Legal Tender, Liberty Dollar, Libya |
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 |
By RonPaul.com on April 24, 2009
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, [...]
Posted in Economy, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Afghanistan, Antiwar Radio, Budget, Economy, Fascism, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Obama, Scott Horton, Torture, War Crimes |
By RonPaul.com on April 6, 2009
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. [...]
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By RonPaul.com on March 16, 2009
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. 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, [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Budget, Bureaucrats, Earmarks, Spending |
By RonPaul.com on March 3, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Bailout, Budget, Mortgages, Obama, Stimulus |