Congress wants to establish a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) that will regulate everything from credit cards to mortgages.
House Democrats want the CFPA to be an independent agency, but Republicans are opposed. As a result, Senators Chris Dodd and Bob Corker are thinking of making it an arm of . . . the Federal Reserve!
Both…
In his latest column, Representative Ron Paul, sponsor of the Audit the Fed bill, asked the question, “Are US Taxpayers Bailing Out Greece?” We’ve edited that column as today’s Downsizer-Dispatch. You can read the full, original statement at his website.
Here are the highlights …
The Greek government is the latest to come close to default on…
Congressman Paul speaks on the floor about assassinations of Americans by their own government.
Last week marked the one year anniversary of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, or the stimulus bill, passing into law. While the debate over its success has been focused on whether or not it is stimulating the economy and on various questionable uses of funds, in my estimation this legislation is accomplishing exactly what…
As the blizzard-bound residents of the mid-Atlantic region get ready to dig themselves out of the third major storm of the season, they may stop to wonder two things: Why haven’t we bothered to invest in a snow blower, and what happened to climate change? After all, it stands to reason that if the world…
For four years DC Downsizers joined with other organizations and countless farmers to oppose the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).
Finally, the USDA saw the writing on the wall. It is scrapping NAIS!
The USDA still has plans for an animal tracing system, but it is to apply only to animals moving in interstate commerce, meaning ….
As we start the new year 2010, the establishment politicians, economists and Wall Street are trying to convince themselves that we have turned the corner and economic growth has once again begun. The predictions that conditions are getting back to normal come from those who never saw the crisis coming and don’t have the vaguest…
Last Friday, Dr. Paul was interviewed by CNN shortly before our Freedom Celebration concerning his time in Congress, President Obama’s first year, and whether things would be different under McCain.
A Big Government Republican politician, Scott Brown, saw the massive public opposition to the healthcare bill, and decided to pander to it. He did this in spite of his own long history of supporting Big Government schemes, including the health insurance mandates inflicted on the people of Massachusetts by Republican Mitt Romney.
The result of Brown’s…
Republican Scott Brown tonight pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Massachusetts political history, defeating Democrat Martha Coakley to become the state’s next United States senator and potentially derailing President Obama’s hopes for a health care overhaul.
The victory caps a dramatic surge in recent days as Brown, a state lawmaker from Wrentham once thought…