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Ron Paul is not convinced by Obama’s financial pronouncements

In his latest interview with Montel Williams on AirAmerica, Ron Paul states that he is not convinced by Barack Obama’s latest financial pronouncements.
According to the President, the return of TARP funds by some 10 banks will lower the national debt by $68 billion and has generated a profit for taxpayers. In reality, the so-called [...]

Ron Paul: Income Tax = Involuntary Servitude

In his latest column, Ron Paul talks about Tax Freedom Day, a hypothetical holiday which is “celebrated” today, April 13, and symbolizes the fact that Americans are slaving away 3.5 months, or 28.2% of this year to fulfill the government’s voracious appetite for confiscatory taxes, corrupt bailouts and wasteful stimulus efforts. Ron Paul wants to [...]

Ron Paul on the Jim Bohannon Show

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQhsh3f3tkI
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQzPItEbLcA
Show: Jim Bohannon Show
Host: Dimitri Vassilaros
Date: 3/24/2009
Transcript:
Dimitri Vassilaros: I’m Dimitri Vassilaros, guest host. I’m a talk host on News Radio 1020 KDKA here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and an editorial page writer for The Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
While no one doubts that some major steps are needed to return the economy to stability, there are [...]

Ron Paul: Common sense tells us that we can’t live on credit

In Thursday’s interview with Steve Gill, Ron Paul explains that common sense tells us that we can’t live on credit, how savers are being cheated, and why there should be more accountability in government spending.

Show: Steve Gill Mornings
Host: Steve Gill
Date: 3/12/2009
Transcript:
Steve Gill: We have Congressman Ron Paul with us, and Congressman, I’m going to give [...]

Fool Me Once…

In his latest column Ron Paul compares the new $825 billion “stimulus package” to the much-hated 2008 TARP bailout, where a bunch of failed bankers extorted hundreds of billions of dollars from a scared Congress operating under the influence of vicious lies, empty promises, and even threats of civil unrest and martial law. Unfortunately, it [...]

America’s Strength Is Freedom, Not Government

In his latest column Ron Paul reminds us that freedom is our strength, while government is our weakness. Those who announce grand plans to build roads and bridges and banks and jobs and wind farms can only do so with our money as they do not own any real assets. All they can do is [...]

Central Economic Planning Doesn’t Work

Here is Ron Paul’s opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on January 13, 2009 dealing with the TARP funds.

Ron Paul: “This continued debate that has gone on about our rescue programs that we have been devising is confirmation, I believe, that there’s very little understanding as to how we got into this [...]