By RonPaul.com on November 10, 2010
Ron Paul reacts to the proposed cuts in spending, a massive overhaul of the tax code and reductions in Social Security benefits aimed to get the massive deficit under control. Date: 11/10/2010 Transcript Dylan Ratigan: Joining us now with his first reaction to today’s draft proposal, the fiery deficit hawk himself hailing from Texas, Republican [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Currency Manipulation, Debt Monetization, Dylan Ratigan, Inflation, Social Security, Troops, War, Welfare State |
By RonPaul.com on November 8, 2010
Encouraged and misled by Paul Krugman’s outdated economic views, the Federal Reserve is leading the charge to destroy the dollar. Date: 11/08/2010 Transcript Joe Kernen: All right. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Central Bank’s trying to help a weak economy with its new $600 billion bond purchase, not jump-start inflation. Ben Bernanke: There’s a [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Ben Bernanke, End the Fed, Inflation, Paul Krugman, QE2, Quantitative Easing |
By RonPaul.com on October 19, 2010
by Ron Paul Inflation fears are heating up this week as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech in Boston on Friday, causing further frantic flight into gold by those fearful of the coming “quantitative easing” the Fed is set to deliver in November. Others who view gold as a short term investment engaged in [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Currencies, Gold, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on September 6, 2010
Successful Economic Policies? For Whom? by Ron Paul Last week, in the wake of another uptick in the official unemployment rate, the administration continued to claim that their economic policies were working, just not fast enough. This administration inherited an unemployment rate of 7.7% and promised a peak of no higher than 8% if their [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Fiat Money, Inflation, Too big to fail, Unemployment |
By RonPaul.com on July 15, 2010
Ron Paul tells the Joint Economic Committee that the people can handle the truth about unemployment and inflation numbers. Real unemployment is at 22% and real inflation is at 6% according to the original method of measuring the CPI. Date: 07/14/2010 Event: Joint Economic Committee Hearing Transcript Ron Paul: I thank the Madam Chairman, and [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Hearing, Inflation, JEC, Joint Economic Committee, Unemployment |
By RonPaul.com on March 25, 2010
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement for the Record March 25, 2010 Mr. Chairman, today the Federal Reserve finds itself in an unprecedented and unenviable position. It has boosted the monetary base by nearly $1.5 trillion since September of 2008. Excess bank reserves remain at historically high levels, and the [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Balance Sheet, End the Fed, Frederic Bastiat, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Malinvestment |
By RonPaul.com on March 25, 2010
At today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing Ron Paul asked Laurence Ball, Larry Meyer, Marvin Goodspeed and John Taylor about inflation, the government’s role in the value of money, and the Federal Reserve’s monetization of debt. Location: House Financial Services Committee Hearing: Unwinding Emergency Federal Reserve Liquidity Programs and Implications for Economic Recovery Date: 03/25/2010 [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Debt Monetization, House Financial Services Committee, Inflation, Keynesianism, Value of Money |
By RonPaul.com on March 17, 2010
Ron Paul teaches Ben Bernanke a lesson on Austrian free-market economics, but the Chairman is not listening. Instead, he tries to defend his actions by asserting that “central banking is an art” that requires guesswork. Location: House Financial Service Committee Date: 03/17/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I have a question for Chairman Bernanke. During the early [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Art of Central Banking, Ben Bernanke, Central Banking, Constitution, Inflation, Interest rates, Price Fixing |
By RonPaul.com on March 16, 2010
Ron Paul appeared on Fox Business to talk about the Federal Reserve, the flawed monetary system and the inflation it creates. Channel: Fox Business Date: 03/16/2010 Transcript News Anchor: Just over an hour ago, the Federal Reserve announced it will leave interest rates unchanged. So what does one of the most vocal critics of the [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Ben Bernanke, End the Fed, Fox Business, Inflation, Monetary system, Regulation |
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 December 4, 2009
Show: Glenn Beck Program Host: Judge Andrew Napolitano Channel: Fox News Date: 12/03/2009 Transcript Judge Napolitano: Today on Capitol Hill Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Fed, was reamed and rightly so by some members of the Senate Banking Committee. Bernanke wants that second term as head of the Federal Reserve, but Republican Senator Jim [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, End the Fed, Fox News, Glenn Beck, HR 1207, Inflation, John Tamny, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Obamanomics, Tim Carney |
By RonPaul.com on December 3, 2009
Site: CNNMoney.com Host: Poppy Harlow Date: 12/03/2009 Transcript Poppy Harlow: Ben Bernanke is facing confirmation hearings for a second term on Capitol Hill. A loud critic of the Federal Reserve, Congressman Ron Paul, joins us now from Washington. First question to you, Congressman, and thank you for being here: should Bernanke be confirmed? I think [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Inflation, Senate |
By RonPaul.com on August 7, 2009
Show: Alex Jones Show Date: August 5, 2009 Alex Jones: We have the one and only Dr. Ron Paul, Congressman Ron Paul, here to talk about socialized healthcare, he has actually read the subsections and we have them here. Total takeover, he’ll be breaking that down. He’s got bills to beat it and to really [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Alex Jones, Audit the Fed, H1N1, Inflation, Mass Inoculation, Nationalized Healthcare, Obama, Propaganda, Rand Paul, Swine Flu, Townhall Meetings |
By RonPaul.com on July 22, 2009
Channel: Fox Business Date: 7/21/2009 Transcript Neil Cavuto: Ben Bernanke is back up on Capitol Hill. Ron Paul is wondering why the Capitol even bothers because if the Texas congressman and former presidential candidate had things his way, there wouldn’t even be a Federal Reserve, a point he underscored in sometimes testy exchanges with Bernanke [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Fox Business, Inflation, Neil Cavuto |
By RonPaul.com on July 21, 2009
“What about today? Interest rates are artificially low. Could there be any political pressure to keep interest rates artificially low? Historically, that’s been well known, it’s been documented and written about, how other Federal Reserve chairmen, they were on the verge of reappointment and they know the president, and all of a sudden… so, it’s [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Debt Monetization, House Financial Services Committee, HR 1207, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on July 16, 2009
In an interview with Yahoo! Finance’s Tech Ticker, Ron Paul talks about his concerns regarding the government taking a larger role in healthcare. Watch the full interview here. Aaron Task: Healthcare is not a right, according to Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who also happens to be a doctor. Tech Ticker has come to Washington today [...]
Posted in Health Care, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Education, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on May 12, 2009
Channel: Fox Business Date: 5/11/2009 Transcript David Asman: Congressman Ron Paul who joins us now by phone from Texas and has been warning us about all this for quite some time. Congressman, it’s good to have with us. Did you expect it to be this big this soon? Ron Paul: Well, I’m not a bit [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Correction, Deficit, Fox Business, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on April 14, 2009
Channel: CNN Date: 4/14/2009 Transcript News Anchor: …eventually went to John McCain, and Congressman Paul is on the line with us. Congressman, thanks for your time, we appreciate it. Ron Paul: Thank you, good to be with you. News Anchor: Hey congressman, do you give the president’s policies credit for thawing markets and auto sales [...]
Posted in President Obama, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged CNN, Economic Fascism, Inflation, MSNBC, Obama |