Ron Paul to Ben Bernanke "You can't Reinflate the Bubble" 02-25-09

[tsafa1]

There is only one solution. Write down the federal debt and balance that by also writing down consumer debt by the same proportion as well as removing money from the system in proportion. Those with no debt, will benefit by seeing a appreciation in their savings as the dollar goes up.

[delmaroeb]

Vote against those that shot down the Federal Reserve investigation on their books. We need to vote independant from Republicans and Democrats until then the Sheeples will always stay sheeples. Chris Dodd and Joseph Liberman will not win their next election in the State of Ct. Get them out next time.

[arrdvarks]

Rp is pathetically unable to articulate anything but unfound hatred of the fed. What is the difference between a babbleing moron in an insane asylum and the supporters of the obgyn rp from texas? The insane person does not say all of the crazy things about the fed. Lol they tend to be a lot less racist also

[calimar28]

RP is the man! 2012!

[arrdvarks]

rp said our foreign affairs do not change from administration to administration. This is an absolute falsehood. Our government will be reducing troop level massively in iraq because his party, Republicans, were thrown out of office. Isn't that what the R means after his name? If he isn't really republican, isn't that fraud? Doesn't that raise a little bit of your BS meter when he makes unproven economic statements?

[Malbrojia]

@arrdvarks 11 mo. later and we are only increasing our troop levels and looking toward other possible engagements. Wake up, and quit the bi-partisan whining... rep and democrats suck for the most part. Do you still hold the same position 11 months later?

[xMaXiMuSx]

@arrdvarks

How stupid must you feel right about now.. We got more troops in IRaq and Afganistan than ever before.. Lol

[arrdvarks]

Three cheers for the greatest economist of our time. A dawdling confused obgyn from texas. lol

[arrdvarks]

Jnnelson, revolutionary representatives or senators are rarely succcessful. Yes those examples indeed kicked ass.

[arrdvarks]

Lux, Revolutionary figures tend to not be successful. Rp will not be either.

[jnjnelson]

Revolutionary figures? Was not George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the like successful? They were revolutionary figures if ever there was one.

[burnzorz]

aardvark you know nothing, he wants to get rid of the fed, and taxes. Not just tax cuts for the rich. He is not asking for slavery and outdated ideas. He's asking for freedom from banks and an over sized government that work hand in hand to create gigantic collapses like this one on purpose for their own gain. You distort the truth purposely. No one can truly be that ignorant say so many lies so carefully without it being purposeful. Stop posting here it's not appreciated by anyone.

[arrdvarks]

Burnzorz, The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The gop and rp wants to eliminate taxes and stop spending. What happens when the top tax bracket is slashed from 90% in 1960 to 45% today. Trillions in defecits. The rp playbook. Cut government income, spend 400 million$ on earmarks, then blame the fed. lol wake up. Skip his rp gop inflammatory rhetoric, read his voting record.

[KartChampion]

I appreciate the parts of UR argument that arn't puposedly misleading Vark, but I don't understand? U even contradict yourself. U said RP wants to cut spending and then 2lines later U say he WANTS to spend. Also I beleive the GOP wants to spend.You can't deny that the GOP & Bush didn't spend like crazy. (RP wants to CUT spending instead of increasing taxes to spend more.) The GOP & the Dems are trying not to TAX and are also spending at the same time. does that seem irresponsible?

[arrdvarks]

Kart you miss the point. They want to stop spending. but they do not. Their intentions never materialize. Now you understand the problem the awakened electorate have with the gop. Rp does not want to cut spending. He got 65 earmarks for 400 million $. They do cut the governments income and this lack of income causes the national debt.

[KartChampion]

I have been reading some of this thread and I'm not sure if he relizees it or not but Arrdvarks distorts the truth an embarrassing amount and also tries to force connections that just arent there..It baffles me why he would waste so much time doing this?

[arrdvarks]

Kart, changing minds, influencing results. Go to new york fed website. Look at the history of the fed. 20 years in history. Capital for investment can come from banks, clients deposits, earnings, savings. 22 years of business experience. Rp misleads. Go to an interview tell the boss you want to throw out the fed, eliminate the fdic, are against martin luther king's bday and the civil rights amendment, against fdic, against regulation. Tell the boss you want a job as a manager. Understand?

[threelegduck]

ron paul is a true patriod of an olden time. some times when i hear him speak i wish he were wearing a whig like the glorious founders did. ron paul is benjamin franklin sam adams alexander hamilton and george washington all in one.

[arrdvarks]

Three, I agree the founders owned slaves, refused to give women the right to vote, and were trying to nurture a fledgling government. Rp's ideas and votes is lockstep with these outdated figures from our history.

[arrdvarks]

Totem, it is an honest evaluation. This is a sentence by sentence evaluation by a college educated businessman. I am serious. I probably reflect the 98 percent of americans who did not vote for him in the primaries.

[arrdvarks]

I cannot continue my review. Rp lies, distorts, fears, is wrong. He is responsible with the gop dogma of tax cuts for the rich while commanding 400 million $ in earmarks for his district. lol It is enough to turn your stomach.

[arrdvarks]

i believe the problem started a lot sooner 2000, blame fed, true job growth never existed in the past8 or 9 years. (Rp Gop suck at governance, They gave the rich and corporations the tax money without investing in infrastructure that helps business, A bridge fell in minnesota. lol) Now we are suffering the consequences. It is a failed policy. (yes you failed gop member as did your dogma)

[arrdvarks]

A new system has to be realized? (bs.) We have to have a system that encourage people to work and save. (We do rp.) We tell the consumers to spend the same process. (That was rp gop that said spend after 911 lol) In the last month we have injected 1 1/2 trillion and not much has happened (A depression was avoided rp, a lot of that is in the pipeline),The deficit is over 9 trillion$ and nothing is helping.(The rp gop cut the tax rate on the rich from 90% in 1961 to 45% today. )

[arrdvarks]

Capitol has to come from savings. LOL Rp Bs for the uneducated sheep. So if I need capitol to invest I need 100k for office space so my business saves and pays the full 100k. OKAY? no way. Noone is this stupid. Work hard, live within our means and what is left is capitol. Wrong. Capitol for business often comes thru credit lines. He repeats the same falsehood about providing credit. The fedtakes over an insolvent bank wipe out the shareholders, recapitolize and sell to investors. He is wrong.

[totempoll27]

our joking right? your acting so ignorant as joke sometimes i don't get them right way.

[lou737]

Capitol does come from saving and deposits on hand in banks. Lines of credit is made on depoits. Think about what you are saying. If we used your theory bank will just print there own money call it credit and lend it out. .

[George21T]

OMG THEM people pissed me off brushing off ron paul saying using free airtime.

[kirtokosseamrica]

paul had it right before, he's got it right still.

the empire is too stretched, its financialy broke and collapsing -

expensive loosing wars don't help either-

we are not manufacturing what the world needs at a reasonable price -

u.s. waste, doesn't live within its means, and 32 percent of students never graduate from high school-

as a substitute, we want to create wealth out of thin air-

[mousegonemad]

If Ron Paul was a great speaker, he would stand out amongst all politicians, and ALL would listen.

[4soundmoney]

It is exciting times we are living in. The whole world economy will collapse and Americans will go ape shit nuts; not because they have lost everything. No, they will start killing when the schmickelschmuckels take American Idol of the air.

[chick7489]

ah "sex" my friends favorite game hilarius,, Family Guy is the shit and you are all just POOP STAINS.

[jwka2001]

fuck those 2 cnbc hosts

[JimL582]

Clever guy

[mauriov2270]

This guy should've won and be our president  ..I like Obama but always stoked me some one who knows what he's talking bout

[Tauptu]

I'm building a time machine so I can go back and vote for Ron Paul.

[tymcd07]

I'll second that one!

[theseus54]

its a big scam.....they (banks) create the money out of thin air and then loan it to us and we have to pay it back with interest? its that easy to understand. they print the money...they have no real assets to begin with.....its not backed by anything other than the mortgages that customers give them; so when the mortgages are worth less it really shows that they have nothing to loan out!

[tymcd07]

To those who said that the Fed is great. I would like to ask why do we, the tax payer pay a group of bankers interest to print our money? Further why not cut out the middle man and have congress print the money as in the constitution, this would save lots of money. Anyone interested please look at the annual statements of each of the twelve reserve banks, its crazy the profits they make from printing our money, backed the tax payer.

[IndIka024]

well.. I think you're a little confused.. I do agree the bailout was the wrong move.. however its not true that private banks create money. The fed controls when money is printed, if the fed had a place where they printed money all they would do is print it, then hand it over to the banks.. so who cares who prints it.. as far as interest goes of course banks make money off printed money.. the money printed is a loan to banks, they charge interest to pay back either china or the tax payer.

[tymcd07]

Please read the actual federal reserve act. The federal reserve is a centralized bank that has member banks. The federal reserve act itself gives this entity the right to print federal reserve notes at interest. The federal reserve is not part of the government. So they should not make money off of printing US dolars. Look at each banks annual report. There is a six percent divedend paid the members, and then the rest is paid back to the treasury. It is all in the Federal reserve act.

[tymcd07]

When I say banks, I mean each of the actual twelve Federal Reserve banks annual reports.

[Shaunt1]

You're right sorry I accidentally thumbs down you I meant to thumbs up.

[tymcd07]

Its all good. Thanks for the props! :-)

[rrdrums110]

aadvarks you're going down to the slums with everybody else then what you gonna do when there is no food water or freedom. can you fight? you better be real good at it cause the national Guard aren't half bad at it and they want a piece of your stupid traitorous ass too.

[CuradFlex]

arrdvarks is far left liberal obama says jum p he jumps with out questioning.RP is accurate and knows what he is talking about. Unfortunately people like you run the media. You pump everybody with that you live in usa so nothing bad can happen to you bs! Wake up idiot things dont look good for america.

[Chick6517]

OOoooOO lala that was a good one... haha i almost fell off my chair from luaghing haha ... ahhhh im still luaghing at that one tooo FUNNY [=

[ClemondNFlinch]

I woke up in the middle of the night last week to find Ron Paul poking out from under my bed and sniffing my socks. When I yelled at him he scurried off leaving behind a Ron Paul Commemorative Gold Coin. One side of the coin had a gerbil with a straw hat and nunchucks and the other side had the Constitution.

[arrdvarks]

Rp is a joke. Wrong the government can spend money thru stimulus to get the economy moving. He even asked for 65 earmarks at 400 million$. B.S. The fed is a great thing and regulation of the finanacial market is a good thing. The fdic insurance on deposits he want to get rid of is also a good thing.

[onenikkione]

dr paul injecting a dose of reality

[oryxx]

I would like to have such a fundamentally sound politician in Canada. Inspiration.

[rm121181]

damn ron paul can make them fuckers squirm. go rp 2012

[arrdvarks]

rm121181, He could make any college educated person squirm with his 20 year history of making the same fearmongering bs statements. Insane people that ramble from the asylum make people squirm.

[rm121181]

evilsinz is right. the only way people are gonna learn is if rp dumbs it down for them. america deserves its fate. its just a shame that the 2% of people that are smart are gonna get sucked in too.

[richardhutnik]

People don't want to listen to Dr. Paul now. To listen to Dr. Paul is to say everything failed and no one has answers and the mechanisms for growth used in the past are broken.

[jugdick]

@Richardhutnik

First of all you are an idiot.... Everyone wants to listen to Ron Paul. Even if it is doom and gloom. His message is based on a kernel of truth and that is that our system is failing 99% of the people. Notice that you can find all kinds of videos of him here on youtube and elsewhere on the internet, yet can rarely find him on mainstream news shows. As you can see, the CNBC hosts realized they fucked up by letting his opening statement get on to the air. Thanks Ron Paul!

[richardhutnik]

Last of all, the comment "you are an idiot" is like banging your fist on the table. It does NOTHING to contribute. As someone who had been involved in the ad-hoc Ron Paul campaign, I do know what his meetings are like and what people think about Dr. Paul's message, and why he didn't get many votes. And the message isn't the system is "failing 99% of the people", but "the government is out of control and ruining the dollar, and everyone has too much debt and needs to live within their means.

[arrdvarks]

Richard, You are a genius. How accurate. The sky is not falling rp and the gop gave tax breaks to the rich to the point the top bracket in 1961 that was 90% is now 45%. I wonder where the money went. lol

[evilsinz]

Ron Paul should create a rap video to explain this with some girls backing that shit up and seeing how low they can go. making it bounce.. working it..

you know, so we can actually learn it.

[gokinsmen]

The only Repub worth listening to.

[MS1719ms]

Great Ron Paul!! as allways!!

[gennx30]

didnt he say " We'll be back when something substandard comes our way"? its in keeping

[aarythmic]

CNBC clowns. At least RP got some air time, even though what he said was immediately dismissed as being "unimportant", by these dimwitted "reporters".

[jetztisfeierabend]

its s shme that he isnt president

[eurohim]

You tell them Ron.

[malibuhur12]

Ron Paul is the only guy who knows whats going on in the government.