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Campaign for Liberty to Congress: Don't increase spending
Campaign for Liberty has joined a collation of organizations on a letter demanding that Congress adhere to the spending caps imposed by the 2011 budget deal. Of course, these caps are no where near the spending reductions needed, and in many [...]
Audit the Fed More Necessary Than Ever
In his most recent Texas Straight Talk, Dr. Ron Paul argued that Americans ought to blame the Fed, not China, for the recent stock market crash. Many blamed the crash on China’s recent currency devaluation. It is true that the crash was [...]
The Federal Reserve is Not Your Friend
Rand Paul and investor Mark Spitznagel have an op-ed from Reason that talks about how the Federal Reserve's policies benefit the wealthy and Wall Street at the expense of the average American. When it comes to money, politicians are often seen [...]
Does the Fed really value its secrecy?
For an institution fanatically devoted to keeping the American people in the dark about its operations, the Federal Reserve does a remarkably poor job of preventing leaks. The most recent leak occurred in June when economic [...]
Is "Audit the Fed" a Misnomer?
Webster's Dictionary defines the word "audit" as: "a methodical examination and review." When we say Congress needs to "Audit the Fed," that is exactly what we propose to do -- have the Government Accountability Office conduct "a methodical [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Blame the Fed for the crash
This month marks the eight-year anniversary of the bursting of the housing bubble and the resulting stock market downturn. Following this crash, Congress passed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, legislation authorizing the use of [...]
RON PAUL: Blame the Federal Reserve, Not China, for Stock Market Crash
Following Monday’s historic stock market downturn, many politicians and so-called economic experts rushed to the microphones to explain why the market crashed and to propose "solutions” to our economic woes. Not surprisingly, most of those [...]
The Federal Reserve & the War on Drugs
By Danny Lewis The Federal Reserve is now taking part in the drug war. The Kansas City Federal Reserve is bullying Colorado’s Fourth Corner Credit Union which serves the interests of legal marijuana and hemp industries in the state. An [...]
Rep. Alex Mooney Speaks in support of Audit the Fed
Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) spoke earlier today on the House floor in favor of Audit the Fed. Watch his speech below:
Will the Fed bailout Greece?
Even though the world is fixated on the developing situation in Greece, few commentators have focused on the role the Federal Reserve may play in any bailout of the Greek economy. Fortunately, my fellow Ron Paul alumni Paul-Martin Foss [...]