Category: Ron Paul

In my www.ronpaultwentytwelve.wordpress.com blog, I have re-started the practice I began in 2007. Back then, these podcasts were very successful. I will link to new ones as they become available. They are short little introductions to the political thinking of Congressman Ron Paul.

Here are episodes 1 & 2

Congressman Ron Paul argued that he opposes abortion from a Christian and Libertarian perspective. His remarks were made to an audience Monday in Iowa. Politico reported Paul as saying:

“Life comes from our creator, not our government…Liberty comes from our creator, not from government. Therefore, the purpose, if there is to be a purpose, for government is to protect life and liberty.”

Rand Paul (his son) remarked earlier that at least one Paul will run. Is the 76 year-old Pro-Life Libertarian going to make another run for the presidency?

You can read more Ron Paul news here.

I saw this video this morning and thought Paul did quite good. There are always things I wish he would have said, but I do not love the man because of his rhetorical abilities, but his philosophy. Speaking of philosophy, Matthews observed that Ron Paul was the only consistent one he has met. He was referring to how Paul is consistent both economically and socially. He also pointed out what I hoped he would say many times, and that is, that in case of harm or medical need, there is a proper role for churches and charity (he also added family and friends). When caring for physical needs, voluntary assistance always trumps the forced assistance of the state.

Writes Ryan Jaroncyk:

Like him or hate him, Dr. Ron Paul doesn’t just talk a big game about fiscal conservatism, he lives it. In 2008, his congressional office returned $58,000 to the Treasury. In 2009, his office returned $90,000. Now, according to an official press release, Dr. Ron Paul’s congressional office has just paid back $100,000.

At a time when Wall St is running wild, the national debt is $14 trillion, and the federal government is running $1.4 trillion deficits, Dr. Ron Paul’s congressional office is running a surplus and paying back the American people. At a time when the federal government is paying record salaries and hiring record numbers as the rest of America suffers punishing unemployment, Dr. Ron Paul is operating his congressional office with a frugality that recognizes the current economic climate and respects the suffering of the American people.

Whether you like him or not, you have to respect the anti-war, fiscally conservative Republican Congressman. Unlike the vast majority of politicians, he doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the walk. If President Obama claims that he is serious about reining in the runaway debt, perhaps he should install Dr. Ron Paul as the CEO of the bipartisan deficit commission. It appears he’s the only one in the federal government with the track record to speak with the highest degree of credibility.

{HT: Lew Rockwell}

…says Politico.

Is libertarian rock star and Texas Republican Ron Paul going mainstream?

He’s got everyone from South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint to Minnesota moderate Democrat Collin Peterson to California liberal Barbara Boxer on his side in his audit-the-Fed crusade. He’s drawing liberal support in his push to rein in the cost of the war in Afghanistan. Senate candidates like Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes of New Hampshire are finding Dr. No’s populist economic anger to be useful in the campaign, echoing Paul’s criticism of the Federal Reserve.

In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming and bipartisan 43-26 vote on Thursday afternoon despite harried last-minute lobbying from top Fed officials and the surprise opposition of Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who had previously been a supporter.

The measure, cosponsored by Reps. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), authorizes the Government Accountability Office to conduct a wide-ranging audit of the Fed’s opaque deals with foreign central banks and major U.S. financial institutions. The Fed has never had a real audit in its history and little is known of what it does with the trillions of dollars at its disposal.

Read the rest.

{HT: Lew Rockwell}

End the Fed, Save the Dollar: Ron Paul; a review by Brian Beers.

You get the feeling after reading this book, that Paul sees his goal of cutting off the power of the Fed as attainable in the long run, but needed a “playbook” to help educate the general public as to why they should care, and what they should demand be done about it from their elected officials.