Ron Paul Says: “Pay Off The Country’s Mortgage”, Your Thoughts?
Filed under: News, Politics | By: Ryan
Posted on: September 11, 2007 | 37 Comments
Ron Paul has earned his right as being the president of the internet with his obvious popularity amongst the web. His thoughts and ideas provoke many to question him, whilst thousands are backing his every word with reason.
The unfortunate American policy of “tax, borrow and print [money]” is pushing this country into a financial ruin, says U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul.
Paul quite rightly said that the country’s financial issues, that he described as a crisis, is one of the more significant problems that is concerning many accross the country.
“This country is mortgaged. Our government is mortgaged,” Paul said during a meeting with The Gazette’s Editorial Board.
“The wealth is not there. The only thing they can do is print more money. We’ve lost three million manufacturing jobs. They’re overseas and they’re not coming back,”
“More taxes won’t resolve the financial woes, but stopping foreign aid would help”, he said.
I doubt by that comment that he meant that all foreign aid was a bad idea, but I can see the point he’s trying to get across. If US were to stop aiding other countries and perhaps started aiding their own country, the financial mortgage crisis wouldn’t be as critical as it is right now.
“The way to neutralize this is to send money to nobody,” Paul said.
Interestingly, Paul noted that most American foreign aid never gets to the poor people it’s intended to help, which is a valid and somewhat worrying point. But the government can’t just halt loans, can they?
Ron Paul has expressed his views to country about the war President George Bush tangled up in, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I would just come home. We made a mistake. We went in there under false pretenses. It’s sad. It was not worth 3,300 American lives and 25,000 casualties. We need to change course. We’re continuing to do the same thing — send more troops. Just back off. You don’t need any money for that.”
An interesting fact is that George W Bush, the current president of America, has borrowed more money than all the past presidents combined. More on this can be read here.
Dr Paul seems like a very intelligent man, but would his views really benefit the whole of the states? Do you agree with Ron Paul’s views? Let us know.
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btw sry about my english, it’s not my mother tongue. hope it wasn’t too bad.
I just took a quiz that was billed as a “political calculator.” I entered my opinions on a long list of issues and the “calculator” returned the result. I agree with Ron Paul on just over 90%. The next nearest candidate was Mike Gravel with 58%. All the other Republicans were way down the list.
I agree with Ron Paul completely on the issue of foreign aid. He is a Constituionalist which means he believes that the Federal government rightly has only those powers expressly listed. Since there is no mention in the Constitution of a power to tax Americans in order to give the money to foreign governments, ALL foreign aid is unconstitutional and illegal. The illegal taking of money from an individual is theft. Our government has been literally stealing from us for decades, and giving the money to dictators in foreign countries. It is disgusting. Ron Paul is the only candidate with the courage to end it completely.
And Ron Paul is absolutely correct in saying that the country is mortgaged. He’s not talking about the current “mortgage crisis” that is affecting the banks. He means the WHOLE COUNTRY is mortgaged. We already owe $9 TRILLION to the banks and to foreign countries. And that says nothing about the $50 trillion in unfunded liabilities of our “entitlement” programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, etc. In short, the government of the US in now in debt by more than the total wealth of the country. We owe more than we are able to pay. We are bankrupt. And still the idiots in Washington borrow billions every day to pay for a war we cannot win. This is insanity. Only Ron Paul wants to put an end to the madness and get the country back on a sound financial footing.
The choice is simple. Ron Paul or the end of the US as we know it. There are no other options.
Ron Paul in 08!!
Our “money”… or what people have been taught to believe and accept as money, is absolutely the disease afflicting our nation. Dr. Ron Paul, being the master Constitutionalist, understands this (see Article I, sections 8 & 10 of ours). I believe that the most compelling issue that Dr. Paul intends to tackle, the dismantling of The Fed, is at the nexus. It is the core disease… the unseen tax. Dr. Paul’s position regarding this issue is unwavering because he understands that by correcting that disease, all of the many symptoms will subside. For those who have never seen it, an insightful read on how this cancer works may be found at:
http://www.321gold.com/fed/greenspan/1966.html
Simple Example:
1971 Gold = $35 oz. New Corvette = $5,200.00 = 148 oz. gold
2007 Gold =$700 oz. New Corvette = $50,000.00 = 71 oz. gold
An ounce of gold or silver will buy the same thing in the marketplace today that it did 150 years ago.
O’Reilly lost a lot of fiends last night,9/10 and made some enemies out of former fans like me. Ron Paul lost no one and undouptedly gathered quite a few more supporters. I had hoped BillO would stand a little taller then the rest of the Fox whores but no he’s just another blow job. If the way you treated our next president was not spinning, then how come I got so f%%king dizzy?? By by Billy boy I wish I could be there to watch you’re ratings drop.
Ron Paul is the **only** candidate that says ANYTHING sensible these days **AT ALL**.
Snickering marginalizing and questioning him is self effacing.
The US will disintegrate unless he is elected.
Ron Paul is right.
RON PAUL:
- This may be the only revolution that doesn’t require a Gun.
- Washington needs a doctor not a politician.
- Legalize the constitution, vote Ron Paul.
Think for yourself, and question authority!
I agree with Ron Pauls views and platform but reducing the exploding national debt should be combined with abolishing the Federal Reserve. Read and sign the Ron Paul Is Right – Abolish the Federal Reserve Petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/fed/petition.html
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Thanks,
Ron Holland, Editor
FreedomFest News
Without a doubt, you can and should trust Ron Paul’s understading and plans for removal of the Federal Reserve. The Fed Reserves interests are not about protecting the american people. Quite the opposite. If you would like a history lesson and understand the very crux of what Ron Paul’s idea are about watch this video:
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936
I’m sorry, it is long and dry but it is more informative and not as long as all the time I spent in my college clases of history and economics. This is the stuff they forgot to include.
Make no mistake, the US is bankrupt and we all are feeling the theft thru inflation as we speak. Go to the grocery store lately? Tuition, Healthcare? The only way this bohemoth government is functioning now is thru theft of your resources. The FED keeps on printing the money, the value goes down, and prices up! Congress figures you notice it less than direct taxation and they can always blame oil, drought, etc. Its Huckabees fair tax already in action in addition to income taxes. And its gong far higher.
He really is the only candidate who “get’s it”.