By RonPaul.com on May 6, 2010
Date: 05/06/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I rise today to talk a bit about our economy and the marketplace which, if anybody has observed, is in shambles. A couple of years ago we had a financial crisis, basically a bit of problems with debt with the financial institutions, the banks, and a lot of corporations. And [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Currency Crisis, Dollar, Fiat Money, Gold |
By RonPaul.com on January 21, 2010
Location: Congress Date: 01/20/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I thank the speaker and I rise at this time to talk about a piece of legislation that I’ve recently introduced. That legislation is HR 4248, it’s called The Free Competition In Currency Act. I believe that in the long-term this is a piece of legislation that will [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Competition, End the Fed, Free Competition in Currency Act, Gold, HR 4248, Private Money |
By RonPaul.com on December 4, 2009
Channel: C-SPAN Show: Washington Journal Date: 12/03/2009 Transcript Susan Swain: Former presidential candidate, Ron Paul of Texas, a member of the House Financial Services Committee and the author of the book “End the Fed” is our guest for our next program. Dr. Paul, thanks for coming in this morning. Ron Paul: Thank you. Susan Swain: [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, C-Span, Dollar, End the Fed, Fair Wages, Gold, HR 1207, Inflation, Ron Paul 2012, Washington Journal |
By RonPaul.com on November 14, 2009
Date: 11/12/2009 Ron Paul: I’d like to talk about monetary policy a bit. The dollar has been in the news, gold has been in the news, and a significant event has just recently transpired. It happened on November 2nd and to me it was a very significant event. That was the day the Indian central [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Devaluation, Dollar, Gold, HR 1207, Tim Geithner |
By RonPaul.com on November 7, 2009
Show: Alex Jones Show Date: 11/5/2009 Alex Jones: [asks about HR 1207] Ron Paul: Well, actually right now, we have 309 and that’s a 130-some Democrats as well as all the Republicans and at one time, Mel Watt had indicated to me that he would get a provision put in the bill by Barney Frank, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2012, Alex Jones, Audit the Fed, Dollar, Elections, Global Warming, Gold, H1N1, HR 1207, Inoculation, Republicans, Ron Paul 2012, Swine Flu |
By RonPaul.com on October 24, 2009
Venue: Joint Economic Committee Hearing Date: 10/22/2009 Transcript Ron Paul: Thank you, Madam Chairman and welcome, Dr. Brummer. I appreciate this opportunity to attend this hearing. I’m sorry I have to leave shortly to do some votes, but I did want to make a couple of points and maybe you can follow upon this later [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Dollar, Gold, Joint Economic Committee, Precious Metals |
By RonPaul.com on October 21, 2009
Show: Saturday Night with Dimitri Host: Dimitri Vassilaros Channel: NewsRadio 1020K Date: 10/17/2009 Transcript Dimitri Vassilaros: My guest is the only politician – federal, state or local – that I have ever admired, unabashed. He is from the Pittsburgh area here. He grew up in Green Tree, went to Dormont high school, now of course, [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Constitution, Dimitri Vassilaros, Dollar, Fiat Money, Gold, HR 1207, Silver |
By RonPaul.com on October 6, 2009
Channel: Fox News Date: 10/5/2009 News Anchor: Not too long ago the dollar was as good as gold. In fact, dollar bills were labeled “gold certificates”. So just imagine if the dollar was as good as gold once again. If confidence is one of the failures of our financial system right now, would a gold [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve | Tagged Bubble, Competing Currencies, End the Fed, Gold, Gold Standard, Silver, Treasury Bills |
By RonPaul.com on September 23, 2009
Date of Recording: 9/17/2009 or 9/18/2009
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fiat Currency, G-20, Global Currency, Gold, Gold Standard, Pittsburgh |
By RonPaul.com on April 3, 2009
Date: 4/2/2009 Transcript: Paul-Martin Foss: Dr. Paul, you’ve seen some pretty bad federal budgets over the years and you’ve voted against every budget for over a decade. Is this one of the worst budgets you’ve seen, and do you see any room for improvement in the next few years? Ron Paul: It is one of [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged G20, Global Currency, Gold, IMF, Special Drawing Rights, World Currency |
By RonPaul.com on February 27, 2009
In the “Hearing on Restoring the Economy: Strategies for Short-term and Long-term Change”, Ron Paul and Paul Volcker discuss the history, present and future of fiat currencies. Date: 2/26/2009 Transcript: Chairman: Mr. Paul for one minute? Ron Paul: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I, too, hear my voice all the time and I’m sure the rest [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Bubble, Congress, Crisis, Currency, Debt, Dollar, Dollar Standard, Fiat, Gold, Hearing, Paul Volcker |
By RonPaul.com on February 22, 2009
In his latest video update Ron Paul addresses important issues such as the housing bailout, the stimulus package, Obama’s war in Afghanistan, and the destruction of the dollar. Source: Campaign for Liberty Date: 2/22/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: Well the administration has just announced a new bailout for the housing market, 275 billion dollars; 75 billion [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Foreign Policy, President Obama, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Afghanistan, Dollar, Gold, Housing Bailout, Obama, Stimulus Package |
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 18, 2008
“There is no other power greater than the power over money, the power to create and contract the money supply, the power to control the purchasing power of your money. Throughout history, this has proven to be the most sought after monopolistic power of man. It has become more sophisticated over the decades and over [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Gold, Money, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on September 28, 2008
by Ron Paul I’ve discussed just a few benefits of sound money in the last two weeks, and contrasted them to the perils of fiat currency. Sound money keeps government spending in check, keeps trade fair and honest, which reduces the temptations, and many underlying causes, for governments to wage wars. It also gives you [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Dollar, Gold, Legal Tender, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on September 16, 2008
by Ron Paul Many who agree with me on a lot of other issues, do not understand my enthusiasm for gold and sound money or why I spend so much time studying and talking about monetary policy. It’s true that I talk about money differently than most, but the fact is sound money offers many [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy | Tagged Gold, Sound money |