Ron Paul Answers Questions From C-SPAN Callers pt.1

[Thizzmotion]

I think he makes a good point at the end about "weak people" ..if the economy is doin well, mostly everyone will be employed, so long as there is sound money, that society can go on for days. But if u have the govt helping the weak on an institutional level, that society is stuck in a perpetual dichotomy of rich n poor, strong n weak, not being able to take care of oneself, less others..

[cupmyplums]

America.......running scared from liberal socialism straight into the arms of a corporate plutocracy.

[Jononutoob]

@cupmyplums Actually liberals are running from corporations into the arms of big government. I would rather deal with a corporation than a government. You have a choice to buy a product. Do you have a choice if the government takes money out of your check? Nope. I deal with BP and ENRON by not buying their products. I know that research or making a decision can be hard for liberals.

[StrokedGT]

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[YaHuWaHservant]

Hey Federal Reserve I just want to say that you for becoming the pimp of our government, keeping us in perpetual debt, and most importantly having the government tax us a Federal Income Tax which is used 100 percent to pay you,the Federal Reserve, back for printing our money and loaning it to us! Oh and thanks even more for charging our government and others you print/loan money to for charging interest on top!

[LordoftheKaty]

RUN RON RUN! RUN RON RUN! RUN RON RUN! RUN RON RUN!

HOW CLEAR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE IT? WE WANT YOU FOR PRESIDENT, TO SAVE AMERICA AND RESTORE IT TO ITS INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATIVE GLORY, TO DESTROY THE CENTRAL BANK AND BLOATED GOVERNMENT AND SPECIAL INTEREST FEEDING OFF TAX PAYERS, BUYING OUR GOVERNMENT, TO DESTROY THE WELFARE STATE AND MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX!

WE NEED YOU RON!

[wanderhomenow]

go ahead and keep blaming each others instead of fight the evils of the banks,government,corps and unions...and we are all doomed to slavery

[wanderhomenow]

keep blaming each other instead of coming together and fighting the evils of the banks, government, corps and unions...

[JFAINTER88]

1st caller is what is wrong with america. uneducated in simple economics.

[citidalfan]

aww it sounds like he's got a cold! poor ron :( i hope you're feeling better!

[PolishAmericanDC]

I see large new financial collapse is coming on the scale never before. Small business is doing very bad.

Best sensor is the Ebay sales collapse. In Washington DC area all jobs are in non production sector like defense, homeland security, law and related

all paid by borrowed money from a taxpayers.

[caseyryanpotter]

Hey mox news dot com. are you posting ron paul videos because you agree or disagree with them?

[spencermel]

get rid of evil fed reserve! and drug test welfare ticks.

[Burnz2much]

Lol @ the redneck farm idiot caller..

[IceSlushi]

The weak people are the bankers!? WUT

[sparkyj99]

~~> So WE bring all of our boys home.. WE are broke & the corps do not want to invest... What do WE do with all the new mouths to feed?? There is no more wellfare and no more wealth... WE don't have jobs for the mouths already here so what do our service members do once they are home?? Stimulus (investing in the homeland) is an outrage, so what do WE do??

[sparkyj99]

~~> Ofcourse the banks made well off because of the bubble... They were never regulated properly which allowed for them to take advantage... Had there been some rules to safeguard the wall, WE might not have had this problem...

[Kras3169]

@sparkyj99: You think the problem was the banks weren't regulated properly? The problem was the government FORCED the banks to give loans to people that wouldn't have qualified for them. If you have a shitty credit rating, low income, etc. a bank wouldn't risk giving you a lone. The government forced them to.

Clinton Adminstration: watch?v=ivmL-lXNy64

Bush Administration: Look up the American Dream Downpayment Act

...George W Bush: "we want everybody in America to own their own home"

[sparkyj99]

@Kras3169 ~~> So you think it was the gov who said to give out lier loans and the banks did it without fear of losses because what?? That was good business practice?? It had nothing to do with the realtors juicing up the applications or the banks pushing them through because they knew they were secured or the ratings companies who shreaded them and tossed them in with good loans and rated them A+ & sold them to 401kz...

[sparkyj99]

@Kras3169 ~~> What were the reprocussions if the banks didn't give loans?? It would be good to know that today because the banks are not giving loans now... You said they were forced to do it so what was the fine if they didn't??

[degenvf]

This guy will get killed if he ever get in to the whitehouse...

Honesty dont serve well in politics of satan.

[SuperCaduceus]

Ron Paul is not a stupid man! He KNOWS this bum is a Kenyan born illegal alien. Not only has he refused to show his birth certificate, but has spent a million $'s in legal fees to block it from being produced!! But like his conplexion-cohorts, Ron is SO TERRIFIED of being called a racist he would rather talk about the economy than the one thing that will MORE immediately destroy this country. ELIGIBILITY!! The lack thereof!!

[SuperCaduceus]

Whats the point of the stratospheric economic blah blah about our grandchildren burdened with our debt when there may not be an America for them to enjoy? While economists and politicians confuse each other and us, that usurper allows terrorists to flood across our borders and gives OUR constitutional rights to those already here! Instead of being so focused on the econ., we should be focused on perp-walking that fraud & his band of freaks out of the WH in handcuffs before he gets usl killed!

[SuperCaduceus]

Its not about the economy, its about the ELIGIBILITY!! Its about white peoples fear of being called racists!! The economy focuses on policy, but eligibility risks charges of racism.Thus, focusing on the economy is politically safer.Unfortunately, this misplaced focus is going to doom us all!!

[SuperCaduceus]

You can walk the streets of any U.S city all day and you would hardly find 1 cop, 1 mail carrier, 1 bus driver, 1 office secretary, etc, who can tell you what the letters in the term "TARP" stand for or what it means! 99% of people believe the Fed. Reserve is a Govt agency! Thus the discussion of the economy as Amer.'s #1 problem proceeds ad nauseam and confusingly way over most people's heads. The prob. is not the econ., but the ELIGIBILITY! Solve the $ problem & you STILL have evil in the WH!

[SuperCaduceus]

yes

[kmg501]

"The wealthy overtake the welfare system once you institutionalize it" -Dr Paul

Bingo! That is exactly the point that most economic leftists never grasp about bit government programs. It becomes a giant con game.

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[sparkyj99]

@kmg501 ~~> That is why there is need for more rules not less... The honor system doesn't work in the free market capitalist system... The taxes levied are to provide for the people... There will always be shisty people who try to exploit that, just like there will always be tax evaders...

[kmg501]

@sparkyj99

You are hopelessly clueless.

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[sparkyj99]

~~> I'm sure the gov said there are no standards for the loans you give out... No Job, No Problem, right?? I watched lil bush say you can have a good house even if your credit an't so good... The lack of regulation was the problem... Expecting the banks to be honorable and to preform in good faith was too much to ask... The door was open and greed sliped thru... What started with good intention failed to the wealth overtaking the unregulated institution...

[kmg501]

@sparkyj99

Do yourself and everyone else a favor. Just shut up. You're making it very apparent that you're a partisan idiot who has no clue of what they are talking about.

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[sparkyj99]

@kmg501 ~~> Is that the case?? I am not blue or red, I am for the working man brother... Watch the video on my channel to know my stance... But I will not to make up lies to fit my narritive... I aggreed with what Paul Sr. said, I just don't believe in honor system.... If there is a loop hole there is a lawyer looking at how to exploit it...

[kmg501]

@sparkyj99

Oh please, just stop already. You're a waste of time. America has not had a free market system for decades but yet you blame free market principles. Bush was an idiot but even he tried to reign in some of the major factors driving the bubble but yet you single him out. That's how I know you're a partisan, an idiot and clueless for how things have been actually working.

Just go away.

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[sparkyj99]

@kmg501 ~~> Thats right, just point your finger and say look at the bad guy... Thanks for the rebuttle statment... I can definatly see your point now... Crystal Clear... You need someone to point your finger at... Glad I could ablige...

[pipewerkz]

@sparkyj99 - This is NOT free market capitalism! This is corporatism, corporate fascism and too damn close to socialism for my liking. A Central Bank (like the Federal Reserve) is the root of the evil, and is straight out of the Communist Manifesto.

"There are thousands hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." - Thoreau

Ron Paul is striking at the root - Ron Paul 2012.

[sparkyj99]

@pipewerkz ~~> It is socialism... Privatiez the profits (record profits) and socialize the losses (think TARP)... STOP THE CORPORTOCRACY...

[mittenola]

@pipewerkz HELL yeah Ron Paul 2012!!!!!!!! One of very few in DC who actually represents the AMERICAN people!!!!!!!

[Anthoric]

@pipewerkz a Fed bank in the Manifesto? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH­AHA! Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh even harder!

[pipewerkz]

@Anthoric - Completely serious, fool. Sometimes I think you Socialists just don't understand the system you are supporting... In the "Ten Planks of the Communist Manifeso" by Karl Marx in 1848...

Number 5: Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.

Read more: laissez-fairerepublic com / TenPlanks . html

[chefextra]

Ron Paul has a lot of good points. If he was elected instead of Obama we would most definitely be experiencing a lot less problems and probably coming out of this economic slump by now..........

[plainstudman]

the biggest argument against democracy is a conversation with the average citizen. but yeah that first called sweet jesus what a fucking dumbass. i think thats how the qoute goes lol, but its a good qoute lol.

[North2016]

What a dumb caller...can't even form a sentence

Dr. Paul 2012

[spamllpitdept]

Out with Obama in with Ron Paul 2012!

[FlashWeiner]

@xWren

1. My subscriptions have 0 to due with my political views.

2. I've NEVER in my life read the Daily Kos (never seen the website)

3. You haven't proven my assertions wrong.

[rmcc0002]

thx for the post

[FlashWeiner]

@xWren

Ron Paul is a birther (as Rand), but keeps it under his hat very well. I give him great credit for this as a skilled politician. People are duped hearing Paul always talking anti-big govt., anti-war, anti-big corporations which is all fine and good. But let Paul talk more about what he thinks about the govt. assuring equal rights for minorities, women, poor, sick, elderly, etc. His motto is "No way! Tough shit for you if you're on this list" (and we are all on the list at some point)

[macktasticjoshflava]

Wait.. huh? The government typically assures unequal rights, and I think that's precisely his point. In what way does treating people unequally with government policy, end unequal treatment? I think you are perpetuating the problem. Which is sad, really, because people like Paul who actually want to end inequality are constantly being undermined by people who think folks who are minorities should have more rights than non minorities.. when in fact they equality means equal.

[macktasticjoshflava]

What is your agenda to spread lies about Mr. Paul? He has about 35-40 years of history of excluding himself from the exact type of propaganda that really means nothing... I mean, Mr. Paul has been asked this question numerous times, and has stated that he isn't inclined to agree with that.. nor does he think its really relevant at this point. He stated his policy was relevant, and his policy was bad.. and constantly talks about policy.. FORTUNATELY, everyone who reads this knows your a fake.

[WhatsAfterThisPlace]

I saw Ron Paul on my Subscription box and I didnt even bother with anything else I immediately clicked!!

[FlashWeiner]

Another redneck hillbilly racist politician from Texas.  Puke!

[tbscrazy12]

@FlashWeiner ....yeah, one who is talking about monetary theory and economics.....

[FlashWeiner]

@tbscrazy12

...yeah, Nazis sat around and talked in the same way. Their education and I.Q. doesn't change anything.

[tbscrazy12]

@FlashWeiner Your argument makes no sense. I suggest you try reading books on philosophy, politics, and history and then come back.

[FlashWeiner]

@tbscrazy12

Of all the laughably simple-minded comments I've seen "read some books about.." just shows what kind of pea-brains defend Ron Paul. You're 23? Keep reading for another 20 years and then come back. You could never catch up to me junior and anytime you wish to try to seriously debate me then feel free.

[tbscrazy12]

@FlashWeiner Perhaps, I'll catch up. 

[trry32]

Being aRP fan, I know when he hits it out of the ballpark and this was one of those times. His explanation of higher interest rates due to no fed printing could of been better. He went too fast for those not used to him to understand what he was saying.

But ALL the rest was once again the doctor responding  in his astute, enlightened manner. This man is going to be a big part of american history if the people start to have "confidence in freedom".

[stabbed22]

How nice of him to point out that the modern-day Tea Party is not the same as the original one. It's been hijacked and if you want to know what a man Dr. Paul is whithout ever reading a word about him, be a witness to him NOT surfing on the Tea Party wave to score votes. THATS HONESTY RIGHT THERE PEOPLE!!!

[JFAINTER88]

@stabbed22 thumbs down

[MrAlecaf]

thanks moxy moxy

[Rodney92]

You can't keep lowering taxes. That's what is destroying the economy.

[mit26chell]

WTF! The ONE day I'm not watching CSPAN my hero is on! Thanks for uploading!

[hmmurdock835]

Ron Paul is like a soaring B-52 Stratofortress of truth dropping 50 thousand pound info bombs on all the stupid rubes watching cspan.

[snipzor]

I love the end of this segment, he argues that because of a history of the right-wing making it easier for corporations to gain access to tax dollars, every welfare program should be scrapped. That's a very unique logical fallacy, one that adheres to just being stupid.

[macktasticjoshflava]

@snipzor Left right paradigm bullshit sounds dumb as hell. It was corporate welfare and bipartisan from the get go. The stage was set for housing, and tons of money was made just from the initial finance and building of houses by the corporations from the get go. It's not entirely different from the majority of our other supposed welfare schemes that really end up being more corporate welfare. I think Ron is entirely correct in stating the wealthy always find a way to manipulate the welfare.

[snipzor]

@macktasticjoshflava Ha, that's adorable, you jump headfirst into a pool of conspiracy and insanity. And as a result, you fracture your skull at the bottom of the pool. I'll leave it off here before the metaphor goes all wrong.

[macktasticjoshflava]

@snipzor It's not conspiracy and insanity. I don't think anybody in this country will deny that many of our programs lead to corporate profits. I mean, who really profits from the student loan situation we have ourselves in? Who really profited from cash for clunkers? The loan companies, automotive companies? Not the poor people, because affordable cars just got crushed. I think Paul is spot on, and there's evidence enough in the results that a lot of our efforts to help the poor don't help.

[prayfortruejustice]

Thank MOX for posting.

[ennuiandthensome]

As the saying goes, libertarianism is anarchy for rich people. America cannot be defined as a "welfare state" with welfare from cradle to grave. If that were true, it would fly in the face of the ballooning gap between rich and poor. No, this is not a welfare state. This is a dictatorship of the Haves and a slavery of the Have-Nots.

[snipzor]

@ennuiandthensome Essentially yes. If it were a welfare state, all of its people would have real access to financial security with banks and would have access to healthcare without having to pay a ridiculous amount or damage the overall costs of receiving care for everyone. The rich being benefited by tax breaks from the right-wing is not a part of welfare, it's not fascism mind you, but a special brand of it.

[leafwatch]

@ennuiandthensome Your mis-education is at the root of this country's decline. Do some independent research, it's easily available on the web. All socialist schemes fail, they failed all through the last century and through ancient history too; every major country today has central planning & banks. The worst result has been Democide, look it up. Please educate yourself rather than continuing to support the same policies that are ruining economies globally. Power corrupts, absolutely.

[ennuiandthensome]

@leafwatch "All socialist schemes fail, they failed all through the last century and through ancient history too; every major country today has central planning & banks."

Yes, major countries have central banks. And since my studies focus on finance, I am -well- aware of this. Would you like me to list the countless benefit of central banking? Heres a hint for some research of your own: compare the UN's HDI data on Somalia and a country with a central bank. You'll see the difference.

[leafwatch]

@ennuiandthensome You might try a less biased source at some time in your young life. The UN is comprised of centralist-statist regimes which naturally favor central planning & banking. Just run your mind over Somalia's history; after escaping colonial rule it had a brief golden age then in the 1970s sank into rigid Marxist-socialist gov. that replaced local tribal powers, became increasingly repressive and resulted in civil war as conditions worsened. Another failure of centralization.

[ennuiandthensome]

@leafwatch you must first seperate the ideas of centralized government and centralized monetary policy before you can become reasonable.

[Patriot4Liberty1776]

@ennuiandthensome

So we have beat you down with your one phony straw man of "Somalia doesn't have a Government"

Yawns .... like we haven't seen that softball before.

Is that all you have?

One BS straw man and some ad hominems??? That is it .. what a Joke!! .... Get back to watching MSNBC where you can woo the masses with your talk that "Somalia doesn't have a government"

[leafwatch]

@ennuiandthensome There is no division. One supports the other, each depends on the other for its existence.

The same is true for the concepts of peace and liberty. You cannot effectively separate them or they both vanish. Peace does not support suppressing the liberty of fellow humans; and people cannot live freely in a war zone. Politics is war of all against all, each special interest grabbing for the biggest piece of pie and rule over others.

N.A.P. is the only solution that works

[macktasticjoshflava]

@ennuiandthensome The US had huge periods of REAL financial growth without a central bank. We've had periods of false, unsustainable financial growth caused by manipulating behavior and the economy to achieve maximum employment and maximum output. Unfortunately, that always ends up being unsustainable.. I'm not arguing which is better, I"m just simply saying your one liner is not going to disprove or prove anything. If you want to convince us, use real arguments not irrelevant generalizations.

[ennuiandthensome]

@macktasticjoshflava Look. Up. Statistics. On. Somalia. Somalian currency especially. SOmailia has no central bank. Somalia's poverty has been traced by many writers in the literature to the lack of centralized monetary policy. Its not my fucking job to educate you.

[Patriot4Liberty1776]

@ennuiandthensome

Believe me you are not educating us....only showing your ignorance to state conditioning. Somalia has brutal Oligarchy for a government. Their government is the cause of the problem, not the lack of a central bank that steals purchasing power from the poor to give to the rich.

Keep talking people need a good laugh.

[ennuiandthensome]

@Patriot4Liberty1776 the government only controls Mogadishu you ignoramus! the whole country is in anarchy!

wow, im not goin to waste any more time on you. not even worth talking to polemic libertarians, y'all wallow in conspiracies.

[Patriot4Liberty1776]

@ennuiandthensome

1) "Only controls Mogadishu" --- Let's negate this. How about you enter the country and see if the oligarchy let's you setup shop ;) ... perhaps outside of Mogadishu ... any bets on how that will go for you?

2) Anarchy? -- Being ruled by the brutal Oligarchy to live under for your Government means you are under rule of their law -- That is not Anarchy where you have an absence of government.

OLIGARCHY IS GOVERNMENT

Please keep Writing, As I said people need a good laugh!

[ennuiandthensome]

@leafwatch "Power corrupts, absolutely."

No. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power corrupts, and its damage is mitigated by a social contract and by a form of government. This is why dictatorships are successful; no bullshit involved. 1 will affects the state. This allows the will to be uninterrupted in its decision, making corruption more likely to manifest.

really, you are the people that depress me the most. People are not logical, libertarianism is a dead philosophy, get over it.

[cfbastiat]

@ennuiandthensome If power corrupts, what makes politicians exempt? Do people suddenly become angels once elected to office? More importantly, if power corrupts, why allow one institution (i.e. the state) to have a monopoly on force? Where's the logic in that? To think people in government will restrain themselves from misusing their monopoly on force is naive and illogical. They will keep ratcheting up the misuse until one day the sheeple realize that they've been fleeced (pun intended).

[ennuiandthensome]

@cfbastiat Politicians are not exempt from this will. However, their net level of corruptive force is constrained by by the political system and transparency.

"More importantly, if power corrupts, why allow one institution (i.e. the state) to have a monopoly on force? "

Power corrupts people. People are not documents. Documents are the basis of the state. Therefore, the basis of the state is by definition incorruptible. The people may be corrupt, but the basis of the state is not.

[ennuiandthensome]

@cfbastiat "More importantly, if power corrupts, why allow one institution (i.e. the state) to have a monopoly on force? Where's the logic in that? ... misusing their monopoly on force is naive and illogical"

Naive and illogical, but that doesnt stop politicians from going to jail for abuse. See: Tom DeLay. The state has the monopoly of law because we, unlike anarchies, have a social contract. We bind our fate to the state since the alternative is much worse.

[leafwatch]

@ennuiandthensome  Try to think logically. A dictatorship is the breakdown of a social contract. A contract is voluntary. Coercion is no contract. And you cannot name a dictatorship that is successful for the majority of its citizens, ever. And you might try to look at the actual ideas libertarians offer. They are the only new ideas around. Coercion and tyranny are as old as civilization. What is revolutionary is the link of peace and freedom that libertarians alone advocate. N.A.P.

[ennuiandthensome]

@leafwatch "Try to think logically. A dictatorship is the breakdown of a social contract. A contract is voluntary. Coercion is no contract. And you cannot name a dictatorship that is successful for the majority of its citizens, ever. "

Counterargument: Hitler, a dictator, was elected and was part of the german social contract at the time. The third Reich did not contradict the Weimar republic (see article 48, constitution of the Weimar Republic).

[ennuiandthensome]

@leafwatch "And you might try to look at the actual ideas libertarians offer. They are the only new ideas around."

new =/= better. they have the same answer the Anarchists do to the question "what should government do". If government is feckless, why have a government?

[leafwatch]

@ennuiandthensome It is always interesting to see the absurd lengths Statists go to, to justify government coercion. Hitler is your shining example of a successful dictator? No wonder you are ok with the tyrannies of today also.

Sigh. Why State-centric ideologues cannot understand libertarian ideas is that they pertain to ordinary people, all people who value and pursue peace and liberty, not to the power elites who only exist because they easily dupe folks like you into servile support.

[ennuiandthensome]

@leafwatch when did i say Hitler was a "successful". My point is exactly that Dictators are not excluded from being part of a social contract. Dictatorship is not the absence of a contract, but the creation of a separate type of contract.

[leafwatch]

@ennuiandthensome Is English your first language? Because you seem not to understand common words. If a bully says, "give me your money or I'll twist off your arm" and you obey, that's not a social contract. It is simple force used to steal or get something the aggressor wants.

The same is true of governments. "Obey or we'll jail or shoot you" is not a social contract. It is simple oppression or outright slavery under a different label. You and most of your fellow serfs support slavery

[macktasticjoshflava]

@ennuiandthensome Wait, huh.. which dictatorships are successful in your eyes?

[ennuiandthensome]

@macktasticjoshflava no, not my point. dictatorships are another form of social contract

[Patriot4Liberty1776]

@ennuiandthensome

There is no such thing as a social contract Hobbes. Are you saying the people accept the terms and support the cause because they are ruled by force of the Oligarchy?

That's a laugher

Perhaps a little less time playing video games and more time studying some Philosophy

[ennuiandthensome]

@Patriot4Liberty1776

Somalia is currently divided into 5 part due to a civil war that broke out in 2006 that hasn't been resolved. The war is being fought by 4 factions: ethipians, Islamists, the transitional government (official govt of somalia), and rebels from puntland. the regions outside Mogadishu are not controlled by the current ARS government. the regions are in chaos, with little to no government of any kind after the ethioian army withdrew in 2009. It that enough logic for you?

[Patriot4Liberty1776]

@ennuiandthensome

Anarchy – or the state of Lawlessness never truly exists. People either rise up and rule others or they become ruled like you and I are. Somalia has a Central Oligarchy ruling the entire nation that has 4 smaller groups engaged in war for this power who all have their own Positives laws they want to rule others with. This is a government, what you have a hard time accepting is it is truly flawed government with mass consequences for the people trapped there.

[bestwrmd]

Ron Paul Ron Paul

[kdogg1000]

You can't start Austerity on The People until you end the Wars and stop getting involved in new ones.

[chefextra]

@kdogg1000 wasnt that one of his points?

[Aryaba]

@kdogg1000 Financially you are incorrect, the endless wars will make austerity unavoidable. What you meant to say is "shouldn't start" not "can't start."

[jsmith2144]

ron paul explains what happened to the tea party perfectly between 3:00-5:00. cant people understand the tea party has been hijacked?

[eesloan4]

Just because the banks control the system doesn't mean Ron Paul is a wolf. I cannot follow that logic.

[eesloan4]

Why is Ron Paul a wolf in sheep's clothing?

[russkeller]

@eesloan4 because he can't make the changes hes proposing. The Banks control the system lock stock and barrel

[im1greatman]

@eesloan4 Your agenda will fail.

[im1greatman]

@im1greatman Replied to the wrong person...

[QuantumLeap365]

@im1greatman You've still provided no substance to support your argument..

[im1greatman]

@QuantumLeap365 I commented on the wrong persons comment. I support Ron Paul.

[sparkyj99]

~~> The wealthy overtakes the welfare system when instutionalized without regulation...

[macktasticjoshflava]

@sparkyj99 I think that is a true statement, but I think it's more market regulation, not regulation that is a backroom deal w/ lobbied funds leaving loopholes open for them. We need bankers who are reckless to go bankrupt, and not a central bank that extends the massive amounts of credit to create these problems to begin with. If the bankers operated in any type of legitimate market where market regulation guided decisions, the shit wouldn't have happened to begin with.

[LibertyMike1]

The first caller tried making an analogy of a baby not being able to help pick cotton on a farm with cutting social security benefits?? WTF?!?!

[RonPaulClassics]

@Nothingizm Thanks!

[VRtechman]

Im watching this and then I suddenly remember! This is Adam Curries job!12 minutes!? Screw this!Ron Paul is a good guy but he all so is broken record!

[Save0urSouls]

@VRtechman I guess you would prefer the politicians that are constantly changing their mind. 2+2=4 and it always will be. No other way to say it.

[bricitybrac]

Ron Paul is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It's a shame so many burnt out anti war hippies fall for his schtick.

[WakeUpAndLegalizeIt]

@bricitybrac aren't all politicians? It's really pointless no matter how you vote. They're all wolves in sheeps' clothing. Thats politics

[diurdi]

@bricitybrac So he has kept on his sheep clothes for 30 years only to now turn into a wolf? Ron Paul is the only guy in washington that has proved that he's trustworthy.

[mikethecolorist]

Explains perfectly what has happened to the Tea Party around 3:23! The Tea Party has been infiltrated by the Tea-bagers.

[HuxleyWasRight]

the best way to spread wealth is through a truly free market, not a crony corporatist system, let the people get on with creating jobs, get government out of the way and let the banks and other failing corporations fail.

[DariusDaGreat86]

poor Ron looks so fragile and older. Shame his son doesn't have his honesty and tenacity.

[jawayetti]

HAHAHA. As if the "weak" can afford houses. Major disconnect in logic, there.

[CosmosPrivateer]

There always seems to be crises every time the government needs more of your money.

Whenever anyone mention a crises be very careful.



[armatus99]

@CosmosPrivateer indeed. if only there would be another source of renevue then the middleclass family! ..wait, ive got an idea. lets tax the ultra rich, and the corporations, lets make them pay their fair share.

the us does have a spending problem, yes, but it has an even bigger income problem. if GE gets 3billion from the state while paying no taxes whatsoever...i just dont understand americans at all^^

[Kevashida]

@armatus99 Corporations need help! They are only making record profits...

[CosmosPrivateer]

@armatus99

I don't think we should pay any taxes on our labor. If we do need taxed it should be a consumption tax. Our government should be creating our exchange paper/credit whatever that maybe and only charging a small amount of interest to offset their cost.

RP is not being truly honest about the dollar either. If we were to get rid of the fed the dollar would go with them it belongs to the Fed they created it.

[robpatozz]

@CosmosPrivateer the "Federal Reserve Note", the fiat instrument of debt, would go with them...good riddance.

[jawayetti]

When was the last time the US bounced a check? I agree with him for the mostpart, but this rhetoric about being broke is just that...rhetoric.

[YouSayYouWantA]

@jawayetti Did ya listen? The only reason we are not broke is because we can print money. We will always have money. It will just not always have value.

[jawayetti]

@YouSayYouWantA Our resources far exceed that of the rest of the world. I think we're pretty safe.

[sparkyj99]

@jawayetti ~~> And we've sold them to the highest bidder, like the water nestle bottles and such... Water will be the new gold & we've already sold the rights...

[jboyko3]

DAMN! I would've got up earlier this morning had I known Ron Paul was going to be on Washington Journal. Thanks for posting.

[hypnofan35]

I have to figure out a short way to say this. The basic suppressed technology is suppressed efficiency in fuel usage. We use "heat chucking tech" or super heat chucking tech. The part where the heirarchy will not respond in any way is how we might know this. A great deal of heat chucking and lying with nasty tactics is what keeps the fuel industry and the pope in control. It is power centralization with lying and death allied with stupid and membership.

[helltrackrider]

"...attacking the weak..."

So...in this callers logic; THEFT is virtuous so long as it goes to aid the "weak"?

I can gurantee you, there are many - many - many others out there "weaker" than him; how would he take it if I stole from him to give to those that are weaker than him?...not too kindly.

Something new for 2012...how about living life by universal principles?...what applies to others also applies to you and your family...

Too many cowards in America to live like this.

[YouSayYouWantA]

@helltrackrider Hellyeahtrackrider, we'll confiscate that dude's used car and send the proceeds from the sale to those affected in Japan/Lybia.

[helltrackrider]

@YouSayYouWantA

Yep...

I have come to the conclusion that since the Governments opinion, which it sees as fact, is that theft from another individual is virtuous ... I need to start living my life based on opinions as well; my first opinion being that theft from the government is not actually "theft" as I helped pay for the items - but more like a "timeshare"...so, it looks as if I may be driving around a new US Govt van soon - or possibly utilizing a brand new computer from a high school

[jackjillsean]

HES HERE I've been waiting for this MOX ROX

[RonPaulClassics]

Thanks Moxy! This is just what i've been waiting for.