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By RonPaul.com on October 31, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 the troops may be home for Christmas did sound promising. I have long said that we should simply declare victory [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Iraq, Military, Obama, Peace, Troops |
By RonPaul.com on October 24, 2011
by Ron Paul If you thought the “Transportation Security Administration” would limit itself to conducting unconstitutional searches at airports, think again. The agency intends to assert jurisdiction over our nation’s highways, waterways, and railroads as well. TSA launched a new campaign of random checkpoints on Tennessee highways last week, complete with a sinister military-style acronym–VIP(E)R—as [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged TSA |
By RonPaul.com on October 16, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 refrain that Washington should be run more like a business. If only more business people were in charge to wield their business [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged business, Jobs |
By RonPaul.com on October 9, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 some aspirational statement of values, allowing exceptions when convenient, but rather, it is the law of the land. It is the basis of [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Al-Awlaki, Assassination, Constitution |
By RonPaul.com on October 3, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 short-term debt. This is just the latest instance of the central bank desperately flailing around doing something merely for the sake of doing something. Fed officials [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Operation Twist |
By RonPaul.com on September 26, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 week, though in truth it should mean very little to us. Only a political class harboring the illusion it can run the world obsesses over [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Foreign Aid, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian State, Peace, UN, United Nations |
By RonPaul.com on September 19, 2011
Stop Wasting America’s Money on Pretend Make-Work Government Programs by Ron Paul 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 send unemployment figures above 8 percent. Government stimulus was the answer and if we cared about [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Jobs, Solyndra, Spending, Stimulus, Waste |
By RonPaul.com on September 5, 2011
by Ron Paul 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, it is broke. It has been suggested that any additional funds allocated to FEMA should come from cuts elsewhere. This seems harsh [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged FEMA |
By RonPaul.com on August 29, 2011
by Ron Paul Even as a major hurricane hits America’s eastern seaboard, the administration is determined to expand the war in Libya while threatening the regime in Syria. Is there any limit to government’s appetite to create more problems for our nation and economy? Americans may be tempted to celebrate the apparent victory of US [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Gaddafi, Libya, Syria |
By RonPaul.com on August 21, 2011
Government Cannot Protect Us From Violence by Ron Paul 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 in American cities. This is why Congress must view the economy as its first priority and a [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Liberty, London, Norway, Riots, Safety, Violence |
By RonPaul.com on August 15, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 & Poor’s downgraded the US debt ratings anyway, roiling world financial markets. Anyone who has taken an honest look at the [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Credit Rating, Downgrade, S&P |
By RonPaul.com on August 8, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 without giving Members ample opportunity to consider the full ramifications. This commission may turn into an early Christmas present for the well-heeled lobbyists of [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Corruption, Lobbyists, Military-Industrial Complex, Super Congress |
By RonPaul.com on July 31, 2011
by Ron Paul 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, but that is far from the truth. In spite of the rhetoric being thrown around, the real debate is over how much government [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Balanced Budget, Debt Ceiling |
By RonPaul.com on July 24, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 neighbor throw drunken parties, buy expensive cars, add more rooms to the house, and hire dozens of people to [...]
Posted in Debt, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Debt Ceiling |
By RonPaul.com on July 18, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 tactics and misinformation in order to intimidate opponents into accepting more debt and taxes. It is important to distinguish the truth from the propaganda. First of [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Debt Ceiling, Default, Dollar, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on July 11, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 Treasury debt, enabling the government to fund its profligate deficit spending, push the national debt to its limit, and further devalue the [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Free Competition in Currency Act, Gold, Silver |
By RonPaul.com on July 5, 2011
by Ron Paul 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 most private areas; involuntary radiation exposure. If the perpetrators were a gang of criminals, their headquarters would be raided by SWAT teams and armed federal agents. Unfortunately, [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Airport Security, Naked Body Scanners, TSA |