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12/12/11 - CBS's Bob Schieffer Detonates ... 'Can the Republic Survive?'
CBS's long-time political host Bob Schieffer went quietly berserk the other day, though few noticed. Schieffer, a pre-eminent water-carrier for the power elite, was livid ... |
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12/06/11 - Euro Crisis Destabilizing the Dollar
In response to pressure from Wall Street, the White House and central banks in Europe, the Federal Reserve last week drastically cut interest rates for currency swaps to ... |
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11/29/11 - The Folly of Sanctions
Many people have the misconception that sanctions are an effective means to encourage a change of behavior in another country without war. However, imposing sanctions and ... |
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11/22/11 - On the Super Committee
This week marks the deadline for the so-called congressional Super Committee to meet its goal of cutting a laughably small amount of federal spending over the next decade. In ... |
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11/21/11 - Announcement: End The Fed – Marches And Rallies – Tuesday 11-22
Marches and rallies planned in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, National Group, Boston, Houston, Salt Lake City: NEW YORK - End the Fed NYC Tuesday, November 22, 2011, ... |
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11/15/11 - European Debt Crisis Threatens the Dollar
The global economic situation is becoming more dire every day. Approximately half of all US banks have significant exposure to the debt crisis in Europe. Much more dangerous ... |
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11/10/11 - CNN Defends the Fed – Calls Ron Paul Economically Illiterate
Every 2012 contender attended college. They all graduated. They went to schools like the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Texas A&M, Morehouse, Penn State and Emory. ... |
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11/08/11 - Taking Executive Orders Too Far
These are frustrating times for the President. Having been swept into office with a seemingly strong mandate, he enjoyed a Congress controlled by members of his own party for ... |
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11/01/11 - Leaving Iraq?
It is not too often I am pleased by the foreign policy announcements from this administration, but last week's announcement that the war in Iraq was in its final stage and all ... |
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10/25/11 - TSA Releases VIPR Venom on Tennessee Highways
If you thought the "Transportation Security Administration" would limit itself to conducting unconstitutional searches at airports, think again. The agency intends to assert ... |
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10/21/11 - Ron Paul WSJ Article: Fraud of Central Banking Is 'Price Fixing'
Blame the Fed for the Financial Crisis ... The Fed fails to grasp that an interest rate is a price, the price of time. Attempting to manipulate that price is as destructive as ... |
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10/19/11 - Musings on GOP Follies
The Empty Suit In the wake of the recent New Hampshire debate televised on Bloomberg October 11th, one has to conclude that Rick Perry's star is not just fading; it has crashed ... |
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10/18/11 - The Business of Government
Amid the din of economic nonsense being bandied about since the collapse of the housing bubble and the steep ramping up of our national debt, there has been the persistent ... |
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10/17/11 - Ron Paul Is a Change-Maker
... Exclusive: Ron Paul's Agenda To Include Eliminating Five Government Departments And He Will Take $39,336 Presidential Salary ... Ron Paul's detailed agenda for America will ... |
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10/14/11 - Ron Paul Schism in Occupy Wall Street?
SHUT UP about Ron Paul ... I'm sick and tired of seeing these guys infiltrate OWS. You can be a part of us, but we definitely don't want Ron Paul as a leader. – Occupy ... |
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10/11/11 - A Dangerous Precedent
According to the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution, Americans are never to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. The Constitution is not ... |
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10/10/11 - The Ron Paul Revolution Past 2012
Times of great crisis in history are usually the crucible from which nations form new leaders and new visions. Such leaders seem to suddenly appear, often out of nowhere, to ... |
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10/05/11 - Ron Paul Is Out of the Mainstream on Awlaki Killing
Ron Paul (left) Continues His Controversial Comments ... Ron Paul shows no sign of backing off his controversial views, a trait which endears him to his admirers but makes him ... |
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10/04/11 - The Fed Twists, The Market Shouts
Last week the Federal Reserve began the second incarnation of "Operation Twist," an attempt to drive down interest rates by purchasing long-term Treasury debt and selling ... |
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09/27/11 - DB Briefs: Economist Mag Makes Up New China Term / Avoiding Ron Paul, Desperate Republicans Turn to Chris Christie / Indian Gov Says Poor Can Live on Half Dollar a Day
Economist Mag Makes Up New China Term Catching up is so very hard to do ... The emerging economies have had a great decade. That was the easy part. THIS month Italy's ... |
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09/27/11 - A Palestinian State?
The Palestinian Authority's recent announcement that it would seek UN recognition as an independent state dominated the news and the political debate in the United States last ... |
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09/20/11 - Government as a Venture Capitalist
In January 2009, the administration claimed that if Congress passed a rush stimulus bill, the United States would be saved from economic catastrophe that was threatening to ... |
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09/17/11 - Welfare Statism and Compassion
There are many debates in political theory, most of them focused on what kind of legal system is just. It is an ancient topic, of course, and the various positions do not ... |
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09/15/11 - Ron Paul Supports Global Psychopaths
Ron Paul's scary vision for America: He'd be tyrants' best friend ...The problem is that Ron Paul's America would be a scary place to live in. So would the rest of the world. ... |
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09/13/11 - Foreign Occupation Leads to More Terror
Ten years ago shocking and horrific acts of terrorism were carried out on US soil, taking over 3,000 innocent American lives. Without a doubt, this action demanded retaliation ... |
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09/06/11 - We're From the Government. We're Here to Help.
In the wake of hurricane Irene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to come hat in hands asking for more money from Congress. Like the rest of the government, ... |
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09/03/11 - Corporations, Mining Stocks and Speculation
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) has had a good deal to say recently about corporations and corporatism. He detailed his views most recently on several radio programs and the ... |
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08/30/11 - Mission Accomplished in Libya?
Even as a major hurricane hit America's eastern seaboard, the administration is determined to expand the war in Libya while threatening the regime in Syria. Is there any limit ... |
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08/29/11 - Alex Jones Asks Lew Rockwell: Can Ron Paul Win?
In this InfoWars interview, Lew Rockwell discusses the media's attempts to black-out stories about Ron Paul's surge in the polls and deny him coverage. It's living proof that ... |
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08/27/11 - The Many Collapses of Keynesianism
It should be obvious to everyone but the most dedicated adherent of Keynesianism that the stimulus did not accomplish its end. The combination of outright spending by Congress, ... |
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08/25/11 - There They Go Again
Picking up where they left off in 2008, the media is in the midst of a campaign to ignore and undermine the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul (they gave me even rougher ... |
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08/24/11 - DB Briefs: The Depression Continues / Retribution For S&P Downgrade / Worst Home Sales In 50 Years / The Ron Paul News Blackout Continues
'Very Muted Growth' Coming for Next 10 Years: Faber "Both the U.S. and Europe are facing a decade of slow growth brought on primarily by the blunders of central banks, noted ... |
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08/23/11 - The Illusion of Safety
Recent incidents of violence in Norway and London have made us understandably uncomfortable here at home, as many fear that a worsening economy will lead to violence and unrest ... |
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08/22/11 - Jon Stewart Bashes the Media Over Ron Paul
Jon Stewart, host of the The Daily Show, exposes mainstream media's blatant refusal to acknowledge Ron Paul as viable candidate in the GOP presidential race. Instead the money ... |
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08/16/11 - S&P States the Obvious
Politicians did not get much time to pat themselves on the back for supposedly rescuing the economy with the debt limit deal last week. The ink was barely dry when Standard ... |
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08/13/11 - Ron Paul: Mainstream America Is Coming My Way
Following the GOP debate on Thursday night in Ames, Iowa, Congressman Ron Paul was interviewed by Fox News' John Stossel. When asked by Stossel about US foreign policy, here is ... |
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08/10/11 - DB Briefs: Housing Slump Over? / Obama's Super Congress / Give the Government More!
End in Sight for Housing Slump? Home prices will slip further over the rest of the year, before beginning to rebound in 2012, according to a forecast by a leading housing ... |
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08/09/11 - Super Congress a Gift to K Street
The Super Congress created by the recent debt ceiling increase deal is a typical example of something nefarious attached to a bigger bill that is rushed through Congress ... |
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08/08/11 - Ron Paul Slams Obama's "Monstrous Creature," the Super Congress
Congressman Ron Paul is interviewed on CNN by Lou Dobbs about why he voted "NO" to raising the debt ceiling. Ron said the following: "Mainly because I have never voted for any ... |
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08/02/11 - When a Cut Is Not a Cut
One might think that the recent drama over the debt ceiling involves one side wanting to increase or maintain spending with the other side wanting to drastically cut spending, ... |
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07/30/11 - As America Continues to Tank, What Will You Do?
Over the course of the past dozen or so years I have had the pleasure of rubbing shoulders with some of the more savvy free-market thinkers around. And during much of that ... |
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07/29/11 - Ron Paul: If Debt Is the Problem, Why Do You Want More of It?
In this non-telepromted address to the US Congress, Rep. Ron Paul succinctly lays out the true nature of America's economic problems and why raising the debt ceiling is foolish ... |
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07/26/11 - The Pesky Neighbor and the Debt Ceiling
Imagine you had a pesky neighbor who somehow took out a mortgage on his house in your name and by some legal trickery you were obligated to pay for it. Imagine watching this ... |
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07/19/11 - Debt Ceiling Drama
The debt ceiling debate is providing plenty of opportunity for political theater in Washington. Proponents of raising the debt ceiling are throwing around the usual scare ... |
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07/16/11 - The Morality of Gold
The Telegraph's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is out with a notable article predicting the return of a gold standard "as the world order unravels." We notice he's careful not to ... |
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07/15/11 - Bernanke Plots Further Stimulus
Says Fed Would Consider New Stimulus ... The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, gave a subdued account of the economy's health Wednesday and said that the Fed was ... |
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07/14/11 - Ron Paul Takes Ben Bernanke to Task: Is Gold Money?
Congressman Ron Paul takes Ben Bernanke to task on the reckless spending policy of the Federal Reserve. Before questioning Bernanke, Dr. Paul uses his time on the floor to make ... |
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07/12/11 - Competing Currencies - a Defense Against Profligate Government Spending
The end of June marked what is hopefully the end of the Federal Reserve's policy of quantitative easing. For months the Fed has purchased hundreds of billions of dollars of ... |
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07/06/11 - TSA Abuses and Failures
The press reports are horrifying: 95 year-old women humiliated; children molested; disabled people abused; men and women subjected to unwarranted groping and touching of their ... |
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07/02/11 - Ron Paul: Obama Violated War Powers Resolution
In this interview with CNN, Congressman Ron Paul discusses the illegality of President Obama's decision to further embroil a bankrupt country – the United States – ... |
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06/28/11 - How Should Government Treat Energy Producers?
As the economy continues in its downward spiral and talks in Congress about reducing spending have only amounted to political theater, the subject of how the tax code treats ... |
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06/21/11 - Strange Definitions of War and Peace
Last week I joined six Republican and three Democrat colleagues to file a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its illegal war against Libya. Now that more than 90 ... |
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06/20/11 - Time Magazine Attacks Ron Paul Conservatives
Conservatives used to be the ones with heads firmly based in reality. Their reforms were powerful because they used the market, streamlined government and empowered ... |
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06/17/11 - Ann Coulter Bashes Libertarians
Get Rid of Government – But First Make Me President! ... I consider all Republican debates time-fillers until New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie jumps in, but Monday night's ... |
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06/14/11 - The Keys to Economic Growth
Recent economic data show that U.S. job growth in May was negligible, while the official unemployment figure – at least the figure the Labor Department admits to – ... |
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06/07/11 - Ron Paul Could Win It All?
The Republican Who Can Win ...The candidate would know Americans are more worried about their jobs and their savings than abstractions like 'big government.' To win the ... |
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06/07/11 - Holding the President Accountable on Libya
Last week, more than 70 days after President Obama sent our military to attack Libya without a congressional declaration of war, the House of Representatives finally voted on ... |
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06/01/11 - Ron Paul on Raising US Government Debt Limits
Fox News interviews Ron Paul where he discusses the problems with raising the debt limits. Dr. Paul has been worried since the 1970s about increased government spending and ... |
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06/01/11 - Enabling a Future American Dictator
These are truly troubling days for liberty in the United States. Last week the 60 day deadline for the president to gain congressional approval for our military engagement in ... |
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05/24/11 - Stop Raising the Debt Ceiling
The federal government once again has reached the limit of its legal ability to borrow money, meaning it cannot issue new Treasury debt without action by Congress to increase ... |
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05/17/11 - The Milk Police
On April 20th, after a year-long undercover sting operation, armed federal agents acting on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raided the business of ... |
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05/10/11 - On the Elimination of Osama bin Laden
Last week marked an important milestone in the war on terrorism for our country. Osama bin Laden applauded the 9/11 attacks. Such deliberate killing of innocent lives deserved ... |
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05/03/11 - On Constitutional Concerns
Last week the media focused on President Obama's basic eligibility to be president while ignoring the unconstitutional manner in which he governs. For example, his recent ... |
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04/29/11 - Ron Paul Address Ben Bernanke's "Fed Wants a Strong Dollar" Speech
Congressman Ron Paul points out that during the one-hour long Ben Bernanke press conference the dollar plummeted roughly 1.5% as measured against gold and that the ludicrous ... |
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04/26/11 - Waking Up to Economic Realities
Last week the financial markets were roiled by Standard & Poor's announcement that they will change their outlook on the fiscal health of the United States over the ... |
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04/19/11 - Budget Cuts Are Meaningless Without Fed Transparency
Congress focused on issues surrounding government spending this week as talk of deficits, the national debt, and the debt limit saturated the airwaves. This is a positive ... |
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04/12/11 - The Nanny State Can't Last
Last week, Congress and the administration refused to seriously consider the problem of government spending. Despite the fear-mongering, a government shutdown would not have ... |
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04/05/11 - The Fed Undermines Foreign Policy
Last week I was both surprised and pleased when the Supreme Court upheld lower court decisions requiring the Federal Reserve Bank to comply with requests for information made ... |
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03/29/11 - Constitutional Problems with the Libyan War
Last week the Obama Administration took the United States to war against Libya without bothering to notify Congress, much less obtain a Constitutionally-mandated declaration of ... |
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03/22/11 - Judge Andrew Napolitano Interviews Ron Paul About America's Unconstitutional War Policy
Ron Paul is America's leading voice for limited, constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, a return to sound monetary policies, and a sensible pro-America foreign ... |
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03/22/11 - Fed and Inflation
Last week, the subcommittee which I chair held a hearing on monetary policy and rising prices. Whether we consider food, gasoline, or clothing, the cost of living is increasing ... |
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03/15/11 - No-Fly Won't Fly Constitutionally
Last week we once again heard numerous voices calling for intervention in Libya. Most say the US should establish a "no-fly" zone over Libya, pretending that it is a ... |
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03/08/11 - Buying Friends Creates More Enemies
Last week Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and I had the opportunity to raise some of my concerns regarding US foreign ... |
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03/01/11 - Congress Must Reject the Welfare/Warfare State
During the past few weeks, Congress has been locked in a battle to pass a continuing resolution to fund government operations through September. Both supporters and opponents ... |
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02/22/11 - Central Economic Planning at its Worst
Last week, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) presented its results to the Financial Services Committee. As with most other politically-appointed ... |
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02/15/11 - Deception at the Fed
For the past three decades, the Federal Reserve has been given a dual mandate: keeping prices stable and maximizing employment. This policy relies not only on the fatal conceit ... |
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02/08/11 - Our 30 Year Mistake
The events in Egypt of late have captured the attention of the world, as many thousands of Egyptians take to the streets both in opposition to and in favor of the current ... |
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02/01/11 - The Fed and Job Creation
Unemployment continues to plague our economy. In spite of constant claims that we have just turned the corner into recovery, the jobs reports remain grim with no real signs of ... |
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01/25/11 - On Real Respect for the Constitution
I am pleased that the Constitution has received a lot of attention in recent weeks, thanks to the tea party movement. The 112th Congress kicked off with a reading of the ... |
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01/18/11 - On Gun Control and Violence
The terrible violence in Arizona last weekend prompted much national discussion on many issues. All Americans are united in their sympathies for the victims and their families. ... |
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01/11/11 - Toward Sensible Monetary Policy
Last week the 112th Congress was sworn in. I am pleased that I will be chairing the Monetary Policy Subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee, which has oversight of the ... |
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01/05/11 - Recipe for a Successful 2011
The year 2011 brings in a host of opportunities and challenges to America. Will we accelerate toward economic insolvency by continuing the policies that have created this ... |
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12/28/10 - Social Security Is Not "Insurance"
Perhaps the biggest media story of 2010 was the influence of Tea Party voters on the congressional landscape. The new congress comes to Capitol Hill with a mandate to end ... |
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12/21/10 - Distorting the Tax Policy Debate
George Orwell warned us about the use of "meaningless words" in politics, words that are endlessly repeated by sloganeering politicians until they have no meaning at ... |
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12/14/10 - Audit the Fed in 2011
Since the announcement last week that I will chair the congressional subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve, the media response has been overwhelming. The groundswell ... |
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12/11/10 - America's Salvation
Anybody with a lick of sense realizes there's no difference anymore between the Democrats and Republicans. Both preach big dictatorial government to the people, and they do so ... |
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12/07/10 - Focus on the Policy, Not WikiLeaks
We may never know the whole story behind the recent publication of sensitive U.S. government documents by the Wikileaks organization, but we certainly can draw some important ... |
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11/30/10 - Don't Raise the Debt Ceiling!
As of November 7th, the total U.S. public debt outstanding reached an astonishing $13.7 trillion. This means that although Congress just raised the debt ceiling to $14.3 ... |
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11/23/10 - Are Air Travelers Criminal Suspects?
The growing revolt against invasive TSA practices is encouraging to Americans who are fed up with federal government encroachment in their lives. In the case of air travelers, ... |
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11/20/10 - Introducing the American Traveler Dignity Act
Washington D.C. – Congressman Ron Paul Thursday introduced legislation designed to stop abusive TSA practices that treat American air travelers like criminal suspects. ... |
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11/17/10 - The World Shorts the Dollar
A remarkable confluence of recent events has brought unprecedented but very welcome attention to both U.S. monetary policy and the global political economy in general. First, ... |
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11/09/10 - Reject the Welfare/Warfare State
Last week's midterm elections have been characterized as a victory for grassroots Americans who are fed up with Washington and the political status quo. In particular, the ... |
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11/02/10 - Saudi Arms Deal is About Iran
This month the US Administration notified Congress that it intends to complete one of the largest arms sales in US history to one of the most repressive regimes on earth. Saudi ... |
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10/26/10 - Government and Job Creation
As the current economic downturn shows no signs of lifting, we hear quite a lot of rhetoric from current and potential office-holders about what government can and will do to ... |
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10/19/10 - More Inflation Fears
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 ... |
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10/16/10 - Yes, There Is Gold at Fort Knox
But Ron Holland fears it's not just the beer talking about Fort Knox. Gold reached a record high of $1,376 per ounce last Thursday morning but I'm writing about Fort Knox ... |
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10/12/10 - A Spooked Economy in October
Last week we received worse than expected unemployment numbers, challenging recent claims that the recession has come and gone. Also, as the economy continues to suffer the ... |
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10/06/10 - Free Markets Create Jobs
In this struggling economy it is essential for politicians to take a step back and think about what government has been doing to business in this country. In less than 200 ... |
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09/29/10 - Healthcare Reform: A Huge Misdiagnosis
This week marked six months since Congress passed the healthcare reform bill in what has become all-too-typical legislative chicanery. Those in power crafted a mammoth piece of ... |
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09/23/10 - Are Consumers Finally Winning in Washington?
This past week the administration announced its choice for the first credit czar at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This bureau was created as part of the ... |
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