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By RonPaul.com on February 2, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul once again prescribes the only cure that could save America: Cut taxes, cut spending, bring our troops home, downsize government, abolish the Federal Reserve, return to sound money and start living within our means. Cures for Our Economic Disease by Ron Paul I have recently had several opportunities on [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Economic crisis, Federal Reserve, Sound money, Spending, Stimulus, Taxes |
By RonPaul.com on February 1, 2009
In a speech to the Mises Circle in Houston, Ron Paul recounts how the “biggest bubble of all history” was created, inflated, reinflated, and papered over, until it finally burst. He says that there is only a small amount of confidence left in the dollar, and describes the rapidly growing support for the movement to [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged End the Fed, Federal Reserve, Sound money |
By RonPaul.com on January 22, 2009
Bailouts are bad; the dollar will collapse if we don’t change our ways; eventually we’ll have to go back to a sound currency. Glenn Beck points out that Ron Paul has been talking about these issues for decades, but is anyone listening? Show: Glenn Beck Program Channel: Fox News Date: 1/21/2009 Transcript: Glenn Beck: Republican [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Dollar, Economy, Federal Reserve, Glenn Beck |
By RonPaul.com on January 17, 2009
In the first of a series of videos that will take us on a tour around Ron Paul’s Congressional office, the Congressman explains the dangers of hyperinflation and warns that it might eventually lead us towards totalitarianism and destruction. Ron Paul: “This is a visual demonstration of what can happen with runaway inflation. It’s entitled [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Dollar, Federal Reserve, German Mark, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Nazi Germany, Office, Ron Paul, Ron Paul's Office Walls |
By RonPaul.com on January 6, 2009
On January 5, Ron Paul addressed the House Financial Services Committee’s hearing on the Madoff Ponzi scandal. He pointed out that Bernard Madoff was operating under the supervision of the SEC, that more regulation will only make the job of cunning fraudsters easier because they can claim to be approved by the government, and that [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Congress, End the Fed, Federal Reserve, Madoff, Monetary system, Ponzi, SEC |
By RonPaul.com on December 2, 2008
The unholy alliance between self-important bureaucrats and failed bailout bankers continues to wreaks havoc upon the economy. Only a gold standard can prevent these charlatans from poisoning the entire world with their increasingly worthless dollars. In his latest column Ron Paul speaks truth to power and calls for the abolition of the Federal Reserve. But [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Alchemy, Bailouts, Federal Reserve, God, Gold Standard, Socialism |
By RonPaul.com on November 23, 2008
Saturday afternoon Ron Paul addressed a crowd of about 500 people in front of the Fed building in downtown Houston. They had come together for one of many End the Fed demonstrations throughout the country. Here’s a partial transcript of Ron Paul’s speech (slightly edited for clarity): “It is a great event, and I understand [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Central Banking, End the Fed, Federal Reserve, Fiat Money, Gold, Houston, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on November 18, 2008
Ron Paul questions Ben Bernanke about his secret meetings with other central bankers. What have they been talking about? Is the dollar finished and is there a new world currency on the agenda? What role is gold going to play, if any? Bernanke, while remaining evasive about the details of his meetings, denies the rumors [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Congress, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Gold, Ron Paul, World Currency |
By RonPaul.com on October 24, 2008
Ron Paul was interviewed on CNN’s American Morning today. He responded to Alan Greenspan’s Testimony to Congress, criticized the former Federal Reserve Chairman’s contribution to the financial crisis, and talked about the upcoming election.
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged Alan Greenspan, Congress, Elections, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul, videos |
By Mike Cuneo on October 21, 2008
Senators Obama and McCain have completed a series of “debates” and the election is fast approaching. The buzzword of the campaigns has been “change”. Obama wants to enact change to help the middle class, McCain wants to change the Republican party back into what it once was, and both candidates vow to change the greed [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged Bailout, Education, Energy, Federal Reserve, McCain, Obama, Oil, Unemployment, War on Drugs |
By RonPaul.com on October 20, 2008
by Ron Paul In the midst of highly unpopular bailouts of Wall Street, many justifications have been given about why Washington feels the need to act. Some claim that capitalism and the free market are to blame, but we have not had capitalism. If you compare our financial capital to our aggregate debt, this would [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Federal Reserve, Inflation, Ron Paul, Slavery |
By RonPaul.com on September 24, 2008
Ron Paul interviewed on Fox Business: Ron Paul lectures Ben Bernanke: Message from Ron Paul to the Nation: Dear Friends, Whenever a Great Bipartisan Consensus is announced, and a compliant media assures everyone that the wondrous actions of our wise leaders are being taken for our own good, you can know with absolute certainty that [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews, Ron Paul's Speeches, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Bailout, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Fraud |
By RonPaul.com on September 22, 2008
President Bush: “The risk of doing nothing far outweighs the risk of the [bailout] package!” Wold Blitzer: “What do you say to the President who wants you and your fellow Republicans and Democrats to quickly pass this 700 billion dollar bailout package?” Ron Paul: “Well I think that’s a mistake because we don’t have the [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Bailout, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on September 18, 2008
“Our problems start with the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is a monopoly and it controls interest rates artificially low, causing people to make mistakes. That’s the basic source. But then on top of that in the housing market we had the Community Reinvestment Act which told investors that they had to loan to risky [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Bailouts, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis |
By RonPaul.com on July 16, 2008
Ron Paul has asserted for many years that inflation is a tax that benefits those who get all that freshly printed money first, and harms everyone else. Today, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke agreed with that assertion, but failed to present a viable plan for saving the collapsing dollar: The Fed is now in an impossible [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Dollar, Economy, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Jim Rogers |
By RonPaul.com on July 13, 2008
Who is in charge of the dollar? The Federal Reserve says it’s the Treasury Department and the Treasury Department says it’s the Federal Reserve. Watch Ron Paul try to get a response from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Later, Ron Paul recorded the following comments:
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Devaluation, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on June 26, 2008
Congressman Ron Paul comments on the Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain interest rates and raises concerns about inflation on June 25, 2008.
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Federal Reserve, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on June 10, 2008
by Ron Paul Oil prices are on the minds of many Americans as gas hits $4 a gallon, and continues to surge. How high can prices go? How can we solve these problems? What, or who, is to blame? Part of the answer lies in understanding bubbles and monetary inflation, but especially the Federal Reserve [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Dollar, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Oil Price |