Special Interests

Free Trade With All, Entangling Alliances With None

By RonPaul.com on September 22, 2009

Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:19 minutes). Trade Wars and Protectionism are not Free Trade by Ron Paul Two weeks ago, both the administration and the Fed announced with straight faces that the recession was over and the signs of economic recovery were clear. Then last week, the president made a stunning [...]

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“I myself have never been an isolationist. I favor the very opposite of isolation: diplomacy, free trade, and freedom of travel. The real isolationists are those who impose sanctions and embargoes on countries and peoples across the globe because they disagree with the internal and foreign policies of their leaders. The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas to promote democracy, rather than seeking change through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example. The real isolationists are those who isolate their country in the court of world opinion by pursuing needless belligerence and war that have nothing to do with legitimate national security concerns.”— Ron Paul, The Revolution: A Manifesto