Post archive for ‘Economy’
Posted by Shane on February 25th, 2010 | Categorized as Economy, Legislation | Tagged as bailouts, federal reserve, federal reserve transparency act
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…
Posted by Shane on February 23rd, 2010 | Categorized as Economy | Tagged as ron paul, stimulus, taxes
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…
Posted by Shane on November 25th, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, Legislation | Tagged as alan grayson, audit the fed, federal reserve transparency act, hr1207, hr3996, ron paul
Rep. Ron Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act is making progress…
The House version of the bill (HR1207) has 313 co-sponsors
The Senate version (S604) has 30 co-sponsors
And last week, Ron Paul along with Rep. Alan Grayson introduced a version of the bill as an amendment to H.R. 3996, Rep. Barney Frank’s mammoth banking regulation bill.
In spite of…
Posted by Shane on November 24th, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, federal reserve, federal spending, hr1207, ron paul
I was pleased last week when we won a vote in the Financial Services Committee to include language from the Audit the Fed bill HR1207 in the upcoming financial regulatory reform bill. As it stands now, if HR 3996 passes, because of this action, the Federal Reserve’s entire balance sheet will be opened up to…
Posted by Shane on November 20th, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, In The Media, Legislation | Tagged as audit the fed, federal reserve, hr1207, timothy geithner
From a piece on MSN today regarding some of the House Republicans calling on Geithner to step down as Secretary of Treasury and Congress lashing out at Obama, we find this piece regarding yesterday’s vote on Ron Paul’s amendment to HR1207 to keep the bill doing what we want it to do, a full audit…
Posted by Shane on November 19th, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, In The Media | Tagged as audit the fed, federal reserve, jim demint, ron paul
For nearly a century the Federal Reserve has operated in the shadows, away from the prying eyes of Congress, journalists and the American people. Created in 1913, the Fed was given enormous responsibility to protect the value of our currency. Yet in the last 96 years the U.S. dollar has lost more than 95% of…
Posted by Shane on November 13th, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, Video | Tagged as imf, monetary policy, ron paul
In his latest C4L update, Congressman Ron Paul discusses recent events that will have a significant impact on monetary policy, talks about the dollar, and answers a question concerning the IMF.
Via Campaign for Liberty
Posted by Shane on November 4th, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, Health / Healthcare, In The Media, Legislation, Video | Tagged as cap and trade, elections, ron paul
Ron Paul appeared on Fox Business’ Nightly Scoreboard to discuss the political mood after yesterday’s elections, and other recent happenings in politics.
Posted by Shane on November 2nd, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, In The Media | Tagged as inflation, recession, ron paul
An excellent article from Ron Paul describing the “recovery” that we’re supposedly experiencing and the likelihood of inflation or hyperinflation.
Any number of pundits claim that we have now passed the worst of the recession. Green shoots of recovery are supposedly popping up all around the country, and the economy is expected to resume growing soon…
Posted by Shane on October 31st, 2009 | Categorized as Economy, Legislation, Video | Tagged as audit the fed, hr1207, ron paul
In this Audit the Fed update, Dr. Paul explains what is happening with HR1207 in the Monetary Policy Subcommittee, describes his plan to protect HR1207 in the full Financial Services Committee, and provides ideas on actions we can take to keep Audit the Fed from being watered down.
Via Campaign for Liberty