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By RonPaul.com on September 27, 2008
by Chuck Baldwin At the time of this writing, the U.S. House and Senate are poised to pass a $700 billion bailout to Wall Street. At the behest of President George W. Bush, the U.S. taxpayers are going to be on the hook for what can only be referred to as the biggest fraud in [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Bailout, Financial Crisis, Wall Street |
By RonPaul.com on September 26, 2008
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Thanks, for coming. Well, thanks for the warm welcome. Thank you for being here today. I appreciate your attendance to this very important conference. You see, we want everybody in America to own their own home. That’s what we want. This is – an ownership society is a compassionate society. [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Financial Crisis, G.W. Bush, Housing Bubble, Minorities, Socialism |
By RonPaul.com on September 26, 2008
Congressman Ron Paul U.S. House of Representatives July 16, 2002 “Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce the Free Housing Market Enhancement Act. This legislation restores a free market in housing by repealing special privileges for housing-related government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). These entities are the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Congress, Financial Crisis, Housing Bubble, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on September 25, 2008
Dear Friends: The financial meltdown the economists of the Austrian School predicted has arrived. We are in this crisis because of an excess of artificially created credit at the hands of the Federal Reserve System. The solution being proposed? More artificial credit by the Federal Reserve. No liquidation of bad debt and malinvestment is to [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Dollar, Financial Crisis, Ron Paul |
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 24, 2008
“Mr. Chairman, I believe that our economy faces a bleak future, particularly if the latest $700 billion bailout plan ends up passing. We risk committing the same errors that prolonged the misery of the Great Depression, namely keeping prices from falling. Instead of allowing overvalued financial assets to take a hit and trade on the [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Bailout, Congress, Dollar, Financial Crisis, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on September 23, 2008
Say NO to the forced redistribution of billions if not trillions of dollars and the de-facto nationalization of our nation’s entire financial system. Say NO to the special interests who are working to destroy the dollar and eliminate global confidence in America for decades to come. Say NO to any sell-out congressman or senator who [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Bailout, Financial Crisis, Socialism |
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 August 5, 2008
In his latest essay Dr. Ron Paul accurately diagnoses the government’s money dilemma and prescribes a painful but effective cure. We the people are in agreement, but our decadent politicians and bankers have decided to prolong the “easy credit” bonanza for as long as they possibly can. Are they oblivious to the risk of total [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Banking, Financial Crisis, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on May 16, 2008
Ron Paul questioned former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Paul Volcker, at a Joint Economic Committee (JEC) hearing ominously titled “Wall Street to Main Street: Is the Credit Crisis Over and What Can the Federal Government Do to Prevent Unnecessary Systemic Risk in the Future?” Ron Paul expressed his disapproval of reserve requirements going down [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Paul Volcker, Ron Paul |