I agree with Ron Paul here, partly. The world bank hasnt done much at all to improve the living standards nor the economy of third world nation. But the exploitation going on could not have been possible if it wasnt for private companies.
Usually I find most of Ron Paul's stances to be well-intentioned and true (as during a Republican debate when he was the only candidate to suggest that Occupy Wall Street might be a product of something larger than personal failures and youthful naiveté, citing the systemic failures of the economy) but flawed in their rationalization (as when he traced such failure to overregulation rather than an anarchic financial sector and rampant speculation).
Businesses based in a given country should not be permitted by the laws of its own country to exploit the labour and resources of another country where that other country's laws do not have the same labour and resource protection laws of the home country. (Idea#3 GlobalDemocracydotcom - vote today)
Ironically RP doesn't stand a chance due to LACK of gov intervention: only the fairness doctrine, lobbying regulation, and publicly funded voting could see RP elected. Right now he has no chance. The people who own the system don't like him, not one bit.
He will never be given the chance unless he is somehow working both sides. I like him too, I'm just not sure how he even got this far to voice "his opinions" on national media manipulated TV
I feel for Ron Paul.. He knows the truth as do we. Hear he is speaking the solid truth, facts but to no avail.. these facts are atrocious even though he is stating the truth it streams away from the population and shit like this is still allowed to happen. Unfortunately, he will never get elected..
@DevilBoyVex Sure you're not buddy.... Anyone who reads your comments on any Ron Paul video can tell your level of intelligence, especially this one, please go elsewhere with your ignorant trolling comments that have no purpose or meaning. You don't even know what the Fed does or you would most likely agree with him on that issue.
@D35TRUCT0 The Fed regulates fiscal and monetary policy and they do it through keynesian economic. Mr Ron Paul's thought is pretty much Chicago school's and even more extreme. The guy is someone from the 1920s and carries fail theories of the past.
Do you honestly think Ron Paul is the first person to make these suggestions? They failed. Failed hard. And why should we try again? The gold standard sucked in the past which was why it ended. Money doesn't need gold backing it.
@timcopeland1 you judge a person's age based on maturity? There are more immature adults I bet than there are mature ones. If i am immature I would be still most likely above the voting age
HOW THE HELL DOES THE MEDIA GET AWAY WITH HIDING RON PAULS WORDS??? This man should have every breath spread across the news...He is a saint....I dont care what anyone says...He is the man that should run the country until he's dead...fuck a term limit for guys like Dr. Ron Paul!!
If you really want to understand inflation and interest rates etc. (and you're like me, who didn't really understand), google "hmscoop.com". Real quick cut to the chase website about inflation and banking. Takes about 5 minutes to read through, but you'll understand it afterwards and understand what people like Ron Paul talk about all the time.
DemocracyNow speaks with Smita Narula, the co-author of the new report, "Every Thirty Minutes: Farmer Suicides, Human Rights and the Agrarian Crisis in India." A quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide in the last 16 years—an average of one suicide every 30 minutes. The crisis has ballooned with economic liberalization that has removed agricultural subsidies and opened Indian agriculture to the global market.
OMG ive just received such a dose of truth, im bleeding im literrally on FIRE damnnnnnnnn thats 2 minutes and 19 seconds of a high concentrate injection of TRUTH feel it !!! ouch you better lock you door when you go to sleep .
Ron Paul shouldve also added. If countries can pack loans, the US asks for oil exploration rights, if the countries still ignore them they then send in CIA jackals to orchestrate coups
so much truth with RON PAUL,ron paul should leave congress and become a professor man
Harry Dexter White was a soviet spy and a member of the communist party. He was one of the founders of the IMF and World Bank, along with John Maynard Keynes. The World Bank and IMF are fronts for implementing a system of global communism/Fabian Socialism. Do your own research on this and see where it leads you.
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@pdderek Yes, I notice that dude too, just shows you the quality of politician in congress. Ron Paul seems to be the only honest man their who is fighting for the people.
My brother lived in Arkansas for 10 years in the 70's and 80's. Everyone was so poor around him that they bartered 80% of the time. I believe as we see most of the monetary wealth continue to flow into the hands of 1 or 2% of the population, an alternate exchange system will spring up among the rest of us. You will also see the ultra wealthy forming additional almost city or state like gated communities, shutting the "commoners" out even more so.
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A part of me feels the World Bank's intended goal is to create poverty from poverty, gleaning the profits of those who have not to fund those who have and who are considered worthy of survival, using a survival of the fittest mentality to justify this. There are theories of a depopulation agenda, especially amongst the third world and developing nations, and I can see how one would think the World Bank is instrumental in carrying this agenda out, knowing some of their deeds.
Whereever the World Bank AND IMF go poverty and total loss of a countries assets follow. The UK under Margaret Thatcher lost everything just like many other countries.
Ron Paul is for a UTOPIAN capitalism, Since when capitalism has been a free and fair competative economy detached from political/state manipulation and control, Capitalism is an UNFOLDING of STATE CAPITALISM , what is China or was Soviet Russia,Hitlers Germany Saudi Arabia, Iran ,Iraq. UNITED STSTE OF AMERICA a truly fascist rule of CORPORATIONS for CORPORATIONS WHILST THE STATE HOLDING THE PURSE WHEN URGENTLY NEEDED for a fair competition.
I hate the racist and eugenicist World Bank and I.M.F. Had it not been for colonialism, theft, tyranny, starvation, death, terrorism, hatred, racism, ignorance, bigotry, murder, rape, economic, political and social genocide, perpotrated from the racist/terrorist European colonializers (France, Germany, Belguim, Holland, Portugal, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom), the former colonies would still be rich, prosperous and wealthy today.
loll the people will always get the last word they have just to go by million and million empty there acompt of bank of money any bank will crash and will not have enough of money to give to all the people so all bank will close and bye bye our world bankrUPT
Like a maths formula USA/IMF/W.B have set levels of poverty/lack of resources to approve any loan. Pakistans political filth is committing the blunder of confiscating human rights/basic needs of life/creating lack of resources & promoting mischief like fake inflation, no jobs, injustice to obtain loans & eat them all. USA terms these steps as corruption & blackmails Pakistans political filth. Anti Islamic Community uses USA & USA further uses Pakistan as front state for global destruction.
very interesting discussions...You must realise that IMF or world bank..are the bankers, have no value for human lives. The controlling agencies are well known.
The lobby which promotes so called international brotherhood...and go hand in hand with IMF/ world bank and treat them as their own outlets.
This way money also remains within 1st world, Pity also shown to poor..
See cases of GM seeds, fertilisers and many such items...for 3rd world,
Please support The Federal Reserve Transparency Act! Our Congressmen have the right and responsibility to Audit the Federal Reserve. They should have come clean with the American Taxpayers a long time ago. We need transparency.
The federal reserve has hired lobbyists (ie. Linda Robertson, who also lobbied for Enron) in their self interest to prevent government accountability, to keep the status quo. Please help to support HR 1207! The FED does not consist of elected officials. Our own congressmen have the right and responsibility to know!
Stiglitz - GLobalism's discontents - Illustrates how it is the fact nation states are not involved in development that poor countries remained poor, not vide versa as Paul argues.
Once again Pakistan Govt is being forced to run after IMF. Why? IMF & International Banks meant to loan to poor countries like Pakistan impose such heavy conditions/rate of interest that finally it is the common & low paid citizen who suffers. The investor recovers by inflation in return to the taxes imposed or subsidiaries withdrawn. Pakistans lavish ruling/elite class is finally being fed by a low paid citizen. No legal shelter to a low paid citizen is given at any level even if a tax payer
Loans are granted to Pakistan but are not monitored/audited to see the completion of the project they are sanctioned for. Pakistani ruling class & govt departments eventually eat up the entire sum. Are these loans granted to promote hypocrisy, gradually leading to fake inflation, injustice & poverty? The end result nowadays is reaction in the form of suicide bombing & destruction due to the problems mentioned. Kalabagh Dam & many projects are just a dream due to this attitude of IMF & World Bank
"The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world....together, we provide low-interest loans, interest-free credits and grants to developing countries for a wide array of purposes "
What exactly has Rep. Paul got wrong? That is what they do and he said so. He criticizes that fact that they do this (and I agree) by promoting crony capitalism and funding third world dictators.
Rep. Paul's assertion is that the World Bank functions to enrich Western corporations and the governments of developing nations. This may be true but only in the sense that there is rampant corruption among developing world governments and because promoting free trade (which is what the World Bank does although to a lesser extent than in the 1980s) means that strong multinational corporations are able to flood the market. That policy was promoted by Reagonomics and Neo-Liberalism.
Although it may be easier for both yourself and Rep. Paul to read the line "for a wide array of purposes" and assume that it means nefarious things. It is a lot more difficult, but also a lot more honest, to actually look into what the World Bank does. While the bank has many flaws, the focus of their funding is geared towards extreme poverty alleviation (schools, roads, hospitals, etc), promoting micro-enterprises, and addressing issues of governance reform.
There is little or no correlation between the degree of corruption and economic development. For instance, you could look at Indonesia and say, Oh, look at all the money Suharto and his buddies embezzled, that's why Indonesia is so poor. Then look at double-digit growth countries like Singapore/South Korea ruled by authoritarian, corrupt regimes who enriched their buddies. A lot of crackpot liberal economists want us to believe that this is a simple causality
@trojanboi26: between corrupt -> poverty. All we got to do is to give more money to efficient / honest gov'ts. Such claim has no empirical basis and has failed repeatedly.
And Ron Paul is absolutely right. With perhaps only exception of Norway or maybe Sweden, all foreign aid from the Western nations come with very restrictive strings attached: that the recipient nations must buy good/services from respective donors ONLY - for hiring so-called experts, economists, engineerings, agro goods, etc.
@trojanboi26: This is an indirect way of subsidizing their own domestic economy and favored industries/corporations/buddies. Liberals quite delusionally promote this as as a win-win situation. win-win my ass.
I'm not even going to comment on your pathetic accusation against neoliberalism, Reagan, trade.
@tooltalk. I find it difficult to follow your argument. You claim neoliberalism didn't exist or...? Two points regarding conditionality (what you call very restrictive strings), no one put a gun to the head of any leader and said you must except these loan requirements. Secondly, if you go to get a mortgage will you cry bloody murder because there are conditions attached (ie interest rates)? I agree with your argument regarding conditionality being misguided and counter-productive however
Regarding corruption however, I'm not sure what you mean by "no empirical basis", I think you'd be quite surprised to find that there is actually a lot empirically documented adverse impact of corruption on economic development. I think you however highlight an important point, corruption comes in a variety of forms and when corruption is used in ways that recycle that money in the economy (ex: S. Korea) that is very different than say Mobutu in Zaire.
Your perverse view that reducing trade restrictions is a form of "subsidies" is, borrowing your own line, so pathetic I decline to comment. Your overall argument on free trade however seems a lightly veiled attack on capitalism. Since that is an ideological dispute which I have no interest in pursuing with someone who has such ill-informed arguments as you, I'll let that rest. However, I think there are a few genuinely communist countries still in operation you might consider fleeing to.
@trojanboi26: ?? you are losing me here - so the WB/IMF/UN is in the business of reducing "trade restriction"? since when? I thought you were just drinking a lot of N Klein kool-aid, but now it looks like you are so just so far out there. Well, you probably thik NAFTA is a form of free-trade too, right?
@trojanboi26: the best thing that comes close to your claim is David Dollar's works on corruption years ago - very controversial though, given his usage of dubious criteria, such as assassination attempts to quantify "corruptness".
There are a lot written on this topic, but a very few that merit debating. My point here is that "rampant corruption" isn't the reason why Western nations are enriched by foreign aid.
@trojanboi26: no, my point is that your accusation against neoliberalism is a redherring.
On conditionality: not sure what your point is. I'm not claiming that the poor nations are forced to take those loans. I'm supporting Paul's argument that foreign aid isn't often motivated by true altruistic desire to aid the poor nations. In a lot of cases, it is to help subsidize the wealthy donor nations' domestic economy (eg, Japan in early 2000) or their pals.
I'm a freshman in highschool and studying globalization and such... It's all so terrifying to me. I hope something is done or hope that maybe it isn't as bad as people say.... Everyone seems to be against it. But then I was listening to Obama's speech and reading The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman.... I just don't know what to believe anymore.
recession, everyone turns the focus back in on themselves, channels of cooperation that once were ok are now closed for fear the other body is getting more out of the deal.
The third world nations aren't known as third world for no reason.
Money is made from exploitation, so as long as information and education are kept from the exploitees then an exploiting group can stay in the first world.
So there is absolutely no benefit to the first world by letting the third world be economically equal, because if all value is equal it has no value at all.
When a first world country cops it, the third world countries it leeches from cop it even harder.
I'm studying this stuff(globalization etc...) in college right now and I'm amazed how little teachers know about technology in general. Using the internet to fight globalization isn't effective because it's just another form of globaliztion. No easy answers to this.
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if the world bank reall is out there to help the people..
why is it that to recieve their money back they go to such lenghs as cash crops..which ends up not being a solution at all because it puts countries in more dier situations.
ya but remember in history JP Morgan shut down Nikola Tesla for trying to provide infinite electricity for the world which would mean no more income for electric companies. They want us to remain dependent; they don't want innocent good people like us being happy with our independent sources of fuel, energy, etc. What if they taxed us on oxygen lol? that would be just like buying water as we do despite it being so abundant. The income tax is like the rich man coming to your door, taking $FROMdad
quite right, the important point is, tesla technology exists and is plausible. as daniel estulin says, wars are largely dependent on energy/oil, as is the value of money, as is the monopoly mens monopoly. but free energy removes us from the military industrial complex entirely. estulin argues that changing the system from the inside ISNT a plausible task. one iv not heard before, seemingly illogical, but perhaps he has a point, then, free energy would seem to be a lever, for whoever can get it.
I recommend the book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," by author John Perkins, for those looking to obtain more information on how corporations and the World Bank are working together to create a Global Empire. It is simply a masterpiece! I'm sure Ron Paul has already read it.
Loans are granted to Pakistan but are not monitored/audited to see the completion of the project they are sanctioned for. Pakistani ruling class & govt departments eventually eat up the entire sum. Are these loans granted to promote hypocrisy, gradually leading to fake inflation, injustice & poverty? The end result nowadays is reaction in the form of suicide bombing & destruction due to the problems mentioned. Kalabagh Dam & many projects are just a dream due to this attitude of IMF & World Bank
And those that think poverty "steals" from certian groups. Direct taxes are a great example of how the gov. "steals" from everyone. It's in the constitution and exists for the sole purpose of collecting money to "run" the government or to pay for government expenditures (as would be the contemporized version of "taxes").
I have to agree with vdmerwe here. While I hear how badly the World Bank and IMF are being exploited, and are in no way helping, I still don't see the solution to poverty here. However, I am a strong believer that we should focus on impoverished in our nation first, taking care of the people that truely need it in America. But getting rid of the IMF or World Bank entirely? Maybe so, if its necessary for us to rebuild, but these org.'s need to ultimately be run better, not necessarily destroyed.
Apparently you weren't listening to his speech then. Is it you just can't see the relationship between the two? (World Bank and global poverty)
Tell me, what is YOUR solution to help those who are less fortunate. Let me guess, steal from one group to give to another correct? Point to one historical example in which that has worked, please.
My point is this; Ron Paul may be waxing - with my complete agreement - on about how much he detests the World Bank and IMF for perpetuating global poverty to fulfil the salaries of rich white bureacrats and establish their ideal of the neo-liberalisation of the world economy.
I'd also add that non-interventionism is hardly self-interested. Where has intervention got us? What happens when you forcefully remove an evil regime? A power vacuum is created and what fills it is usually something worse at the expense of the poor and unspoken for.
In the mean time US soldiers die, World Bank loans are facilitated and handed to American/European corps. in order to "rebuild." I think it's safe to say that the poor of the world are fed up with our brand of interventionism.
American non-interventionism is completely self-interested. The principles are summed up by Monroe "It is only when our rights are invaded, or seriously menaced that we...make preparations for our defense."
Taking RP and Darfur as an example; how is it possibly morally justifiable not to intervene in a mass genocide for the POSSIBLE security interests of one's own nation? What about the results of the UKs non-interventionism in Nazi Germany in 1938?
HOWEVER, his brand of right-wing libertarianism is completely inept at solving poverty; and he wouldn't even try. How about looking at his statements on foreign policy in recent years; shamefully apathetic, self-interested non-interventionism.
The more obvious point is the mere nature of his domestic policy. It is quite clear in practice that free-market small-government, cannot solve poverty and will make the wealth gap bigger and bigger.
I'm interested in what facts you can provide that shows a true free-market society cannot help (nothing will solve completely) poverty and will make the wealth gap bigger.
In 2006 The Hudson Institute released a study showing that American private philanthropies gave 5 times the amount of aid to foriegn countries than did the US Gov't (99bil to 19.6bil). Domestically, what purpose is served by giving aid to those who are capable of providing, creating millions of state dependants?
In terms of practical facts, one can simply look at many examples in the last couple of decades. Thatcherite neo-liberalisation in the UK: the unemployment levels tripled, child poverty rates rocketed to almost 30%, growth rates slowed, and MOST importantly in terms of defeating poverty in the long-term, the rights of the many workers were completely undermined by the few wealthy who benefited from the mass privatisation.
so essentially what you're saying is, if the government doesn't help starving children in africa, then you're not going to either? If you aren't taxed to pay for these ineffective pet projects all the time, you could donate the money to charity yourself, I think governments do such a piss poor job of it, it should be left to the private sector which is much more effective at directing wealth to those who need it most.
I have a feeling of hopelessness with current insurance failures I wonder how we are expected to go out and work what for. We are all just one illness away from bankruptcy. A lifetime of toil will have passed onto another's hands just because we have a group of greedy bums running our upper levels of government. America you are on your knees and you don't even realize it they take you when you are at your worst when you are sick. Healthcare is the single most important issue to date.
The sheeple are so easily manipulated.God how I wish thye would take the time to study it out and get a clue in mass.But they won't.Just stay passified with there football,play station and internet porn as if all is well.Sighhhh
The beast has already marked you. If you have supported Bush you are responsible for many many deaths, because you reelected him and the biggest lie ever told.
in the world if american charities or help organisations gave out 3500$ crisis loans (not money gifts but loans you pay back.) to people in need of a bed, dental repair, furniture, pay off tickets, decent clothes, and get a small used car to help get a job. just a helping push to progress and to get back on the highway , but no, just
in the world if american charities or help organisations gave out 3500$ crisis loans (not money gifts but loans you pay back.) to people in need of a bed, dental repair, furniture, pay off tickets, decent clothes, and get a small used car to help get a job. just a helping push to progress and to get back on the highway , but no, just
rich celebrities give millions to charity and poor people cant go get money grants from these charities,all that money does nothing TRULY useful in long term problem solving for people needing help to get back into society or back on the workforce
I just wish people would keep religion out of political and economic issues. What's the issue here is plain greed, corruption, and unethical business policies. Personally, I don't believe any one religion has all the right answers. If it makes you a better kinder person, fine. If it motivates you to hate or disrespect others, religion becomes evil in itself. I'm glad Atheists are starting to speak out. I trust them more than the bible/koran quoting hypocrits.
Right. The subject is the corrupt, power hungry world bank. What has that to do with islam,(other than the same conquest oriented goals)?! Shut up already.Who cares about your stupid blind following of mohammed? Waste of time.
When the National Press asked about what he might report as a success after the next 100 days of being in office: he rambled on about: calming the waters, focus on the agenda,setting the agenda, getting the right people, World Bank processes, and his heavy travel schedule.??? DID HE ANSWER THE QUESTION? APPARENTLY HE HAS NO GOALS FOR *SUCCESS* as we define it.
Robert Zoellick was chosen by Bush to replace the former World Bank president who was forced to resign amid scandal. He is a former attorney chosen to be able to spin the failures of the World Bank, despite their BILLIONS. Follow the money trail for the truth.
Islam the right way.. no wonder why Muslims are so offended. the only right way Jews are unable to alter, which is why they have targetted those who practice this way. Muslims never give up!!! i'm very happy and am motivated seeing more and more people learning the truth. i'm not sure if this comment goes through this massive system of controlling
Yeah it got through but what the heck are you on about? Not charging interest ignores natural market interest rates for a start but has nothing to do with this, many Muslim countries are under the IMF thumb as well
Asked how the World Bank Trust Fund in Iraq for about $1.5 Billion was being used to help the poor in Iraq...He rambled on and just talked about the lack of security there and no one is willing to risk their lives..."The state of knowledge is modest. I don't want to have high expectations." AGAIN, DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION
Today on CSPAN Robert Zoellick was asked after his speech, if he could point to one example of successfully helping the poor HE COULDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION! He hedged and twisted and went off on tangents about world climate, border issues...AMAZING!
"Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars.
"They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign 'aid' organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources.
My beloved America is sick Dr.Ron Paul is the Physician who has diagnosed its problem and can lead us toward recovery. It won't be easy taking our America back because those who hijacked it controls the media, the money supply and owns the three leading candidates in both the Republican and Democratic party.
The fat guy behind him looks as if he can't believe someone who is a decision maker actually cares about the little guys in this country. YAY, Ron Paul!
Ron Paul attacks "public" tyrannies; I wonder if he is just as critical of "private" tyrannies: corporations. Same (or worse) bureaucracy, same upward redistribution of power and wealth.
I must interject. The assets of a corporation might not be "public" assets. However, all corporations are chartered by government. That corporate charter is all that stands between you and the shareholders. Without that charter, shareholders would be personally liable for all activities of the corporation, as truly private business owners are. Corporations owe their existence to the chartering go
Dear Americans...can you some how knock some sense into your brains and make this guy the President of your country?? from Pakistan
TheProudPaki 2 weeks ago
I agree with Ron Paul here, partly. The world bank hasnt done much at all to improve the living standards nor the economy of third world nation. But the exploitation going on could not have been possible if it wasnt for private companies.
gulbirk 2 weeks ago
Usually I find most of Ron Paul's stances to be well-intentioned and true (as during a Republican debate when he was the only candidate to suggest that Occupy Wall Street might be a product of something larger than personal failures and youthful naiveté, citing the systemic failures of the economy) but flawed in their rationalization (as when he traced such failure to overregulation rather than an anarchic financial sector and rampant speculation).
But in this clip I have to say: way to go Ron
dereljohnson 3 weeks ago
Businesses based in a given country should not be permitted by the laws of its own country to exploit the labour and resources of another country where that other country's laws do not have the same labour and resource protection laws of the home country. (Idea#3 GlobalDemocracydotcom - vote today)
FirstWorldPresident 2 months ago
Ironically RP doesn't stand a chance due to LACK of gov intervention: only the fairness doctrine, lobbying regulation, and publicly funded voting could see RP elected. Right now he has no chance. The people who own the system don't like him, not one bit.
tstruss912 2 months ago
He will never be given the chance unless he is somehow working both sides. I like him too, I'm just not sure how he even got this far to voice "his opinions" on national media manipulated TV
Tinacia420 3 months ago
shut down the world bank
nicesocialgirl 4 months ago 2
The right wing talks shit about this guy, just shows how dumb mainstream conservatives are
ianhowe007 4 months ago
Ron Paul is so uncorruptible and makes so much sense that the mainstream media are trying to hide him!
mattsnow81 5 months ago
I feel for Ron Paul.. He knows the truth as do we. Hear he is speaking the solid truth, facts but to no avail.. these facts are atrocious even though he is stating the truth it streams away from the population and shit like this is still allowed to happen. Unfortunately, he will never get elected..
NooneElseCared 8 months ago
RON PAUL IS GAY, HE'S SO GAY THAT I MASTURBATED TO THIS VIDEO EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT GAY. THAT'S HOW GAY RON PAUL IS!!!
DevilBoyVex 8 months ago
@DevilBoyVex Sure you're not buddy.... Anyone who reads your comments on any Ron Paul video can tell your level of intelligence, especially this one, please go elsewhere with your ignorant trolling comments that have no purpose or meaning. You don't even know what the Fed does or you would most likely agree with him on that issue.
D35TRUCT0 8 months ago 2
@D35TRUCT0 The Fed regulates fiscal and monetary policy and they do it through keynesian economic. Mr Ron Paul's thought is pretty much Chicago school's and even more extreme. The guy is someone from the 1920s and carries fail theories of the past.
Do you honestly think Ron Paul is the first person to make these suggestions? They failed. Failed hard. And why should we try again? The gold standard sucked in the past which was why it ended. Money doesn't need gold backing it.
DevilBoyVex 8 months ago
@DevilBoyVex
thank god you're not old enough to vote.
timcopeland1 6 months ago
@timcopeland1 you judge a person's age based on maturity? There are more immature adults I bet than there are mature ones. If i am immature I would be still most likely above the voting age
DevilBoyVex 6 months ago
Ron Paul is the MAN! He could make such a difference if given the chance
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TheVonhammer 8 months ago 8
Ron Paul is the MAN! He could make such a difference if given the chance.
TheVonhammer 8 months ago 2
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ToxinalX 8 months ago 2
Those two guys behind Ron Paul look nervous
MicahBuzan 8 months ago
You must register as a Republican to help him get the Republican nomination. As an Independent, forget it.
crogromphulous 9 months ago
HOW THE HELL DOES THE MEDIA GET AWAY WITH HIDING RON PAULS WORDS??? This man should have every breath spread across the news...He is a saint....I dont care what anyone says...He is the man that should run the country until he's dead...fuck a term limit for guys like Dr. Ron Paul!!
Deciblaster 9 months ago
@Deciblaster - The government owns the media (t.v. , radio and newspapers) .
nwosuxballs 8 months ago
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If you really want to understand inflation and interest rates etc. (and you're like me, who didn't really understand), google "hmscoop.com". Real quick cut to the chase website about inflation and banking. Takes about 5 minutes to read through, but you'll understand it afterwards and understand what people like Ron Paul talk about all the time.
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juicyj2781 9 months ago
THanks to Ron who speaks candid naked truth that others ignore.
blessedfrog 9 months ago
DemocracyNow speaks with Smita Narula, the co-author of the new report, "Every Thirty Minutes: Farmer Suicides, Human Rights and the Agrarian Crisis in India." A quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide in the last 16 years—an average of one suicide every 30 minutes. The crisis has ballooned with economic liberalization that has removed agricultural subsidies and opened Indian agriculture to the global market.
schismfemme 9 months ago
it's all real and we've always known it.....
CovenantOfLove 11 months ago
Give em hell Ron.
nikolayzou 11 months ago
OMG ive just received such a dose of truth, im bleeding im literrally on FIRE damnnnnnnnn thats 2 minutes and 19 seconds of a high concentrate injection of TRUTH feel it !!! ouch you better lock you door when you go to sleep .
Ron Paul shouldve also added. If countries can pack loans, the US asks for oil exploration rights, if the countries still ignore them they then send in CIA jackals to orchestrate coups
so much truth with RON PAUL,ron paul should leave congress and become a professor man
harj2009 1 year ago
Harry Dexter White was a soviet spy and a member of the communist party. He was one of the founders of the IMF and World Bank, along with John Maynard Keynes. The World Bank and IMF are fronts for implementing a system of global communism/Fabian Socialism. Do your own research on this and see where it leads you.
PrudenceWright 1 year ago
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realitiesupremebeing 1 year ago
whaddaya think that fat-ass disgruntled bald guy was day-dreaming about during this speech?
A. Hookers.
B. Cocaine
C. Cocaine AND hookers
Ron Paul for the win
pdderek 1 year ago
@pdderek Yes, I notice that dude too, just shows you the quality of politician in congress. Ron Paul seems to be the only honest man their who is fighting for the people.
nikolayzou 11 months ago
Great speech!
coolrayfruge 1 year ago
I suggest reading "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" in relations to this topic
jsamsonite07 1 year ago
Im a strong democrat but I love Ron Paul.
SexyLikeAScorpio 1 year ago
@SexyLikeAScorpio you mean dummycrat?
colbyVas 1 year ago
I hope the two guys around Ron Paul aren't important in anything because they look like they were forced to attend and wanted to be somewhere else.
emerson24 1 year ago
even though i hate conservative ideology i applause ron paul
2pacoverbig 1 year ago
this is what going on now.....
sleeplesscgho 1 year ago
My brother lived in Arkansas for 10 years in the 70's and 80's. Everyone was so poor around him that they bartered 80% of the time. I believe as we see most of the monetary wealth continue to flow into the hands of 1 or 2% of the population, an alternate exchange system will spring up among the rest of us. You will also see the ultra wealthy forming additional almost city or state like gated communities, shutting the "commoners" out even more so.
CaptHiltz 1 year ago
He is channelling John Perkins. READ CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN
LaughingMage 1 year ago
@LaughingMage Indeed. Great book.
7vezda 1 year ago
He is channelling John Perkins.
LaughingMage 1 year ago
Ron Paul could change the world if given the chance!
mandy11105 1 year ago 24
CONVINCE RON PAUL & DENNIS KUCINICH TO RUN FOR USA PRESIDENT IN 2012!!!!!! ELIMINATE PRIVATE BANKS WORLDWIDE AND ELIMINATE THE FEDERAL RESERVE FOR GOOD!!!
YoungIvyScholar 1 year ago
A part of me feels the World Bank's intended goal is to create poverty from poverty, gleaning the profits of those who have not to fund those who have and who are considered worthy of survival, using a survival of the fittest mentality to justify this. There are theories of a depopulation agenda, especially amongst the third world and developing nations, and I can see how one would think the World Bank is instrumental in carrying this agenda out, knowing some of their deeds.
aixelsydyslexia 1 year ago
this guy needs to be president. he should have been president long ago
god0fmusic 1 year ago 4
Whereever the World Bank AND IMF go poverty and total loss of a countries assets follow. The UK under Margaret Thatcher lost everything just like many other countries.
kromed01 1 year ago
The internet is such a great tool for info. Join the Zeitgeist Movement for social change.
JLANDIS1043 1 year ago
Dare to be a Daniel,.......dare to stand alone in a den of Lions.
God bless ''Sentor Paul''
steigerpower 1 year ago
Thank You Ron Paul for once again saying it like it is!
FutureSave 1 year ago
Ron Paul is for a UTOPIAN capitalism, Since when capitalism has been a free and fair competative economy detached from political/state manipulation and control, Capitalism is an UNFOLDING of STATE CAPITALISM , what is China or was Soviet Russia,Hitlers Germany Saudi Arabia, Iran ,Iraq. UNITED STSTE OF AMERICA a truly fascist rule of CORPORATIONS for CORPORATIONS WHILST THE STATE HOLDING THE PURSE WHEN URGENTLY NEEDED for a fair competition.
arzoyan 2 years ago
i don't vote.... but if I did... I'd vote for this guy cause he knows what the fuck is going on.
TheMEK3 2 years ago
I hate the racist and eugenicist World Bank and I.M.F. Had it not been for colonialism, theft, tyranny, starvation, death, terrorism, hatred, racism, ignorance, bigotry, murder, rape, economic, political and social genocide, perpotrated from the racist/terrorist European colonializers (France, Germany, Belguim, Holland, Portugal, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom), the former colonies would still be rich, prosperous and wealthy today.
fgth1984 2 years ago
@fgth1984 amen
GGLebo23 1 year ago
loll the people will always get the last word they have just to go by million and million empty there acompt of bank of money any bank will crash and will not have enough of money to give to all the people so all bank will close and bye bye our world bankrUPT
jejeroy 2 years ago
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Like a maths formula USA/IMF/W.B have set levels of poverty/lack of resources to approve any loan. Pakistans political filth is committing the blunder of confiscating human rights/basic needs of life/creating lack of resources & promoting mischief like fake inflation, no jobs, injustice to obtain loans & eat them all. USA terms these steps as corruption & blackmails Pakistans political filth. Anti Islamic Community uses USA & USA further uses Pakistan as front state for global destruction.
yahoovisitor 2 years ago
look this it's very important
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1prodan1 2 years ago
very interesting discussions...You must realise that IMF or world bank..are the bankers, have no value for human lives. The controlling agencies are well known.
The lobby which promotes so called international brotherhood...and go hand in hand with IMF/ world bank and treat them as their own outlets.
This way money also remains within 1st world, Pity also shown to poor..
See cases of GM seeds, fertilisers and many such items...for 3rd world,
rpshahi 2 years ago 11
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GoLuckyOops 2 years ago
The federal reserve has hired lobbyists (ie. Linda Robertson, who also lobbied for Enron) in their self interest to prevent government accountability, to keep the status quo. Please help to support HR 1207! The FED does not consist of elected officials. Our own congressmen have the right and responsibility to know!
GoLuckyOops 2 years ago 2
Transparency and responsibility: we support it, and stand with those who agree.
Ignorance is naïve.
Please support the Federal Transparency Act! This is a true cause, let your support be known
GoLuckyOops 2 years ago 2
I like Ron Paul but his research here is wrong.
Stiglitz - GLobalism's discontents - Illustrates how it is the fact nation states are not involved in development that poor countries remained poor, not vide versa as Paul argues.
sab8896 2 years ago
WTF are u trying to say? You do not make any sense!!!
cesarojas182 2 years ago
What do you mean I do not make sense?
R. Paul arguing that to be effective economically IMF and developing Nations states need to stop interferring in their own economies.
Evidence from economists - net republican congressmen - refutes this. Evidence provided by Stiglitz, Chang, Bhagwati and fuck it even Keynes.
No do you understand. Or holy shit as an American is the idea of non theocratic economic theory antithetical to you.
sab8896 2 years ago
we have our own IMF called the Fed ofcourse which enslaves us.. Ya Ron Paul is basically the only American in Congress, sad but true
FantomShadowz 2 years ago 4
ron paul is mother fucking jesus
viciousKev 2 years ago 3
Hes my god, I LOVE that man, lets hope they dont kill him
tonymontana0120 2 years ago 2
ron paul is an incestual jew?
wow.......how far can the conspiracy trade really go?
CohanDigitmatta 2 years ago
Once again Pakistan Govt is being forced to run after IMF. Why? IMF & International Banks meant to loan to poor countries like Pakistan impose such heavy conditions/rate of interest that finally it is the common & low paid citizen who suffers. The investor recovers by inflation in return to the taxes imposed or subsidiaries withdrawn. Pakistans lavish ruling/elite class is finally being fed by a low paid citizen. No legal shelter to a low paid citizen is given at any level even if a tax payer
yahoovisitor 2 years ago
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Loans are granted to Pakistan but are not monitored/audited to see the completion of the project they are sanctioned for. Pakistani ruling class & govt departments eventually eat up the entire sum. Are these loans granted to promote hypocrisy, gradually leading to fake inflation, injustice & poverty? The end result nowadays is reaction in the form of suicide bombing & destruction due to the problems mentioned. Kalabagh Dam & many projects are just a dream due to this attitude of IMF & World Bank
yahoovisitor 2 years ago
couldn't have said it better.
How I wish Ron Paul was the host of hardball, might save this country.
huntman1412 2 years ago
Amen, Dr. Paul!
CliffPotts 2 years ago
I don't think Rep. Paul has any idea of what the World Bank does...
trojanboi26 2 years ago
Right from the World Bank's own webpage:
"The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world....together, we provide low-interest loans, interest-free credits and grants to developing countries for a wide array of purposes "
What exactly has Rep. Paul got wrong? That is what they do and he said so. He criticizes that fact that they do this (and I agree) by promoting crony capitalism and funding third world dictators.
BloggerMusicMan 2 years ago
Rep. Paul's assertion is that the World Bank functions to enrich Western corporations and the governments of developing nations. This may be true but only in the sense that there is rampant corruption among developing world governments and because promoting free trade (which is what the World Bank does although to a lesser extent than in the 1980s) means that strong multinational corporations are able to flood the market. That policy was promoted by Reagonomics and Neo-Liberalism.
trojanboi26 2 years ago
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trojanboi26 2 years ago
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Although it may be easier for both yourself and Rep. Paul to read the line "for a wide array of purposes" and assume that it means nefarious things. It is a lot more difficult, but also a lot more honest, to actually look into what the World Bank does. While the bank has many flaws, the focus of their funding is geared towards extreme poverty alleviation (schools, roads, hospitals, etc), promoting micro-enterprises, and addressing issues of governance reform.
trojanboi26 2 years ago
@trojanboi26: no, you are an idiot.
There is little or no correlation between the degree of corruption and economic development. For instance, you could look at Indonesia and say, Oh, look at all the money Suharto and his buddies embezzled, that's why Indonesia is so poor. Then look at double-digit growth countries like Singapore/South Korea ruled by authoritarian, corrupt regimes who enriched their buddies. A lot of crackpot liberal economists want us to believe that this is a simple causality
tooltalk 2 years ago
@trojanboi26: between corrupt -> poverty. All we got to do is to give more money to efficient / honest gov'ts. Such claim has no empirical basis and has failed repeatedly.
And Ron Paul is absolutely right. With perhaps only exception of Norway or maybe Sweden, all foreign aid from the Western nations come with very restrictive strings attached: that the recipient nations must buy good/services from respective donors ONLY - for hiring so-called experts, economists, engineerings, agro goods, etc.
tooltalk 2 years ago
@trojanboi26: This is an indirect way of subsidizing their own domestic economy and favored industries/corporations/buddies. Liberals quite delusionally promote this as as a win-win situation. win-win my ass.
I'm not even going to comment on your pathetic accusation against neoliberalism, Reagan, trade.
tooltalk 2 years ago
@tooltalk. I find it difficult to follow your argument. You claim neoliberalism didn't exist or...? Two points regarding conditionality (what you call very restrictive strings), no one put a gun to the head of any leader and said you must except these loan requirements. Secondly, if you go to get a mortgage will you cry bloody murder because there are conditions attached (ie interest rates)? I agree with your argument regarding conditionality being misguided and counter-productive however
trojanboi26 2 years ago
Regarding corruption however, I'm not sure what you mean by "no empirical basis", I think you'd be quite surprised to find that there is actually a lot empirically documented adverse impact of corruption on economic development. I think you however highlight an important point, corruption comes in a variety of forms and when corruption is used in ways that recycle that money in the economy (ex: S. Korea) that is very different than say Mobutu in Zaire.
trojanboi26 2 years ago
Your perverse view that reducing trade restrictions is a form of "subsidies" is, borrowing your own line, so pathetic I decline to comment. Your overall argument on free trade however seems a lightly veiled attack on capitalism. Since that is an ideological dispute which I have no interest in pursuing with someone who has such ill-informed arguments as you, I'll let that rest. However, I think there are a few genuinely communist countries still in operation you might consider fleeing to.
trojanboi26 2 years ago
@trojanboi26: ?? you are losing me here - so the WB/IMF/UN is in the business of reducing "trade restriction"? since when? I thought you were just drinking a lot of N Klein kool-aid, but now it looks like you are so just so far out there. Well, you probably thik NAFTA is a form of free-trade too, right?
tooltalk 2 years ago
@trojanboi26: the best thing that comes close to your claim is David Dollar's works on corruption years ago - very controversial though, given his usage of dubious criteria, such as assassination attempts to quantify "corruptness".
There are a lot written on this topic, but a very few that merit debating. My point here is that "rampant corruption" isn't the reason why Western nations are enriched by foreign aid.
tooltalk 2 years ago
@trojanboi26: no, my point is that your accusation against neoliberalism is a redherring.
On conditionality: not sure what your point is. I'm not claiming that the poor nations are forced to take those loans. I'm supporting Paul's argument that foreign aid isn't often motivated by true altruistic desire to aid the poor nations. In a lot of cases, it is to help subsidize the wealthy donor nations' domestic economy (eg, Japan in early 2000) or their pals.
tooltalk 2 years ago
i think all we have to be concerned about at this moment is nationalization, not globalization
CohanDigitmatta 2 years ago 2
I'm a freshman in highschool and studying globalization and such... It's all so terrifying to me. I hope something is done or hope that maybe it isn't as bad as people say.... Everyone seems to be against it. But then I was listening to Obama's speech and reading The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman.... I just don't know what to believe anymore.
Mikli7 3 years ago
that book is utter shite.....written by a journo, written to sell and throughout it thomas proves his lack of intelligence.
CohanDigitmatta 2 years ago
Really?.. How so? (Not saying I'm in support or anyhting. Just still confused.)
Mikli7 2 years ago
recession, everyone turns the focus back in on themselves, channels of cooperation that once were ok are now closed for fear the other body is getting more out of the deal.
e.g. australia has cut its migrant worker intake
CohanDigitmatta 2 years ago
Hmmm.... Oh, boy. What's your view on Globalization?
Mikli7 2 years ago
in what time, in what sense and from what perception?
CohanDigitmatta 2 years ago
Now, general public of the first world, how it will affect the future... Just a general overview.
Mikli7 2 years ago
i think it kills cultures in the name of convenience for the first world general public and that will only continue into the future.
CohanDigitmatta 2 years ago
What about in an economic sense for the third world?
Mikli7 2 years ago
The third world nations aren't known as third world for no reason.
Money is made from exploitation, so as long as information and education are kept from the exploitees then an exploiting group can stay in the first world.
So there is absolutely no benefit to the first world by letting the third world be economically equal, because if all value is equal it has no value at all.
When a first world country cops it, the third world countries it leeches from cop it even harder.
CohanDigitmatta 2 years ago
I'm studying this stuff(globalization etc...) in college right now and I'm amazed how little teachers know about technology in general. Using the internet to fight globalization isn't effective because it's just another form of globaliztion. No easy answers to this.
nevetstdlob 3 years ago
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stopgenocideingaznow 3 years ago
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stopgenocideingaznow 3 years ago
if the world bank reall is out there to help the people..
why is it that to recieve their money back they go to such lenghs as cash crops..which ends up not being a solution at all because it puts countries in more dier situations.
chittu159 3 years ago
The CosmopolitanUnion agrees with Ron Paul. World Bank nad many other United Nations organizations are inefficient, corrupt and dangerous!
CosmopolitanUnion 3 years ago
ron paul the best GOD BLESS HIM
aleenaa 3 years ago 14
the IMF keep third world nations starving.
free energy sources could be one key.
IYANDIY 3 years ago 6
ya but remember in history JP Morgan shut down Nikola Tesla for trying to provide infinite electricity for the world which would mean no more income for electric companies. They want us to remain dependent; they don't want innocent good people like us being happy with our independent sources of fuel, energy, etc. What if they taxed us on oxygen lol? that would be just like buying water as we do despite it being so abundant. The income tax is like the rich man coming to your door, taking $FROMdad
TrueVeracity 3 years ago
quite right, the important point is, tesla technology exists and is plausible. as daniel estulin says, wars are largely dependent on energy/oil, as is the value of money, as is the monopoly mens monopoly. but free energy removes us from the military industrial complex entirely. estulin argues that changing the system from the inside ISNT a plausible task. one iv not heard before, seemingly illogical, but perhaps he has a point, then, free energy would seem to be a lever, for whoever can get it.
IYANDIY 3 years ago 2
The World Bank = Leeches - Its time to get the exterminator.
boosuff 3 years ago 3
F**k the World Bank.
Bankingcartel 3 years ago 3
I recommend the book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," by author John Perkins, for those looking to obtain more information on how corporations and the World Bank are working together to create a Global Empire. It is simply a masterpiece! I'm sure Ron Paul has already read it.
BigBadBenDiesel 3 years ago 2
Loans are granted to Pakistan but are not monitored/audited to see the completion of the project they are sanctioned for. Pakistani ruling class & govt departments eventually eat up the entire sum. Are these loans granted to promote hypocrisy, gradually leading to fake inflation, injustice & poverty? The end result nowadays is reaction in the form of suicide bombing & destruction due to the problems mentioned. Kalabagh Dam & many projects are just a dream due to this attitude of IMF & World Bank
yahoovisitor 3 years ago
wake the fuck up u american assholes!!its your fucking country thats responsible for all these bullshit!!
sshapewa 3 years ago 2
wolrd bank haha! its the same as saying the worlds leader in slave trade!
timesplitters333 3 years ago 2
And those that think poverty "steals" from certian groups. Direct taxes are a great example of how the gov. "steals" from everyone. It's in the constitution and exists for the sole purpose of collecting money to "run" the government or to pay for government expenditures (as would be the contemporized version of "taxes").
vidfreak56 3 years ago
I have to agree with vdmerwe here. While I hear how badly the World Bank and IMF are being exploited, and are in no way helping, I still don't see the solution to poverty here. However, I am a strong believer that we should focus on impoverished in our nation first, taking care of the people that truely need it in America. But getting rid of the IMF or World Bank entirely? Maybe so, if its necessary for us to rebuild, but these org.'s need to ultimately be run better, not necessarily destroyed.
vidfreak56 3 years ago
Ron Paul may be fighting against the World Bank, but he is most certainly not fighting for the impoverished people of the world or America.
vdmerwe 3 years ago
Apparently you weren't listening to his speech then. Is it you just can't see the relationship between the two? (World Bank and global poverty)
Tell me, what is YOUR solution to help those who are less fortunate. Let me guess, steal from one group to give to another correct? Point to one historical example in which that has worked, please.
mayr12 3 years ago 3
My point is this; Ron Paul may be waxing - with my complete agreement - on about how much he detests the World Bank and IMF for perpetuating global poverty to fulfil the salaries of rich white bureacrats and establish their ideal of the neo-liberalisation of the world economy.
vdmerwe 3 years ago
I'd also add that non-interventionism is hardly self-interested. Where has intervention got us? What happens when you forcefully remove an evil regime? A power vacuum is created and what fills it is usually something worse at the expense of the poor and unspoken for.
In the mean time US soldiers die, World Bank loans are facilitated and handed to American/European corps. in order to "rebuild." I think it's safe to say that the poor of the world are fed up with our brand of interventionism.
mayr12 3 years ago 2
American non-interventionism is completely self-interested. The principles are summed up by Monroe "It is only when our rights are invaded, or seriously menaced that we...make preparations for our defense."
Taking RP and Darfur as an example; how is it possibly morally justifiable not to intervene in a mass genocide for the POSSIBLE security interests of one's own nation? What about the results of the UKs non-interventionism in Nazi Germany in 1938?
vdmerwe 3 years ago
HOWEVER, his brand of right-wing libertarianism is completely inept at solving poverty; and he wouldn't even try. How about looking at his statements on foreign policy in recent years; shamefully apathetic, self-interested non-interventionism.
The more obvious point is the mere nature of his domestic policy. It is quite clear in practice that free-market small-government, cannot solve poverty and will make the wealth gap bigger and bigger.
vdmerwe 3 years ago
I'm interested in what facts you can provide that shows a true free-market society cannot help (nothing will solve completely) poverty and will make the wealth gap bigger.
In 2006 The Hudson Institute released a study showing that American private philanthropies gave 5 times the amount of aid to foriegn countries than did the US Gov't (99bil to 19.6bil). Domestically, what purpose is served by giving aid to those who are capable of providing, creating millions of state dependants?
mayr12 3 years ago
In terms of practical facts, one can simply look at many examples in the last couple of decades. Thatcherite neo-liberalisation in the UK: the unemployment levels tripled, child poverty rates rocketed to almost 30%, growth rates slowed, and MOST importantly in terms of defeating poverty in the long-term, the rights of the many workers were completely undermined by the few wealthy who benefited from the mass privatisation.
vdmerwe 3 years ago
so essentially what you're saying is, if the government doesn't help starving children in africa, then you're not going to either? If you aren't taxed to pay for these ineffective pet projects all the time, you could donate the money to charity yourself, I think governments do such a piss poor job of it, it should be left to the private sector which is much more effective at directing wealth to those who need it most.
luke666808g 3 years ago
the World Bank is one if the reasons poor nations will never become developed...
theyll shall never be able to rise due to the wests support of dictators...and undemocratic processes...
how is it that the US decides how to spend the worlds money, when it only has a 16% share..
the president of the world bank, has always been american...is that democratic?
the world bank it corrupt, and should be replaced with regional banks...
with this system, the rich get richer, and poor get poorer
sting695 3 years ago 2
HA! I love the expression on the guy in the background. Is any of this registering with him, or is he like "we have to let this Paul guy talk again?"
scatpornpooboy 3 years ago
The voice of reason and conscience.
suvorov4 3 years ago 3
Whoa, that made sense -- imagine that... sense ...in America. Revolution!
BeondaPale 3 years ago
I have a feeling of hopelessness with current insurance failures I wonder how we are expected to go out and work what for. We are all just one illness away from bankruptcy. A lifetime of toil will have passed onto another's hands just because we have a group of greedy bums running our upper levels of government. America you are on your knees and you don't even realize it they take you when you are at your worst when you are sick. Healthcare is the single most important issue to date.
cdltpx 4 years ago
Way to go Dr. Paul!!!
RP08!
voytechs 4 years ago
he's so right on this. The World Bank has had so few succesful projects, it's as laughable as UN "peacekeepers".
PnealQ 4 years ago 5
The sheeple will still not listen. This country is screwed if the moron masses won't turn of the TV.
SapientiaAdest 4 years ago 8
The sheeple are so easily manipulated.God how I wish thye would take the time to study it out and get a clue in mass.But they won't.Just stay passified with there football,play station and internet porn as if all is well.Sighhhh
thai1959 4 years ago
@SapientiaAdest Or come online and "facebook" instead of watching real news!!
vic3003 1 year ago
Ron Paul Rocks! The REVOLUTION is here to stay!
CoolHandLuke1970 4 years ago 23
Right on the nail.
rollingklouds 4 years ago 4
The world Bank only has the power we give it. (all of it) Hey anyone know any countries not dependent on this thing? WB if you do.
PHUCKCCDP 4 years ago
The beast has already marked you. If you have supported Bush you are responsible for many many deaths, because you reelected him and the biggest lie ever told.
MolechBaalAshterah 4 years ago 5
I voted for Hitler 2x, because I just wanted to have a beer with the guy :(
euro944t 4 years ago 6
The World Bank (the beast) rules all mwahahahaha. Government? What is that? Government is defunct.
MolechBaalAshterah 4 years ago
listen to this.
if we never paid income tax or paid into a social security fund we would be worth almost 2 million dollars after 45 years.
sckryde 4 years ago
there would be much more freedom support
in the world if american charities or help organisations gave out 3500$ crisis loans (not money gifts but loans you pay back.) to people in need of a bed, dental repair, furniture, pay off tickets, decent clothes, and get a small used car to help get a job. just a helping push to progress and to get back on the highway , but no, just
nothing.
Tibbs4fuckssake 4 years ago
there would be much more freedom support
in the world if american charities or help organisations gave out 3500$ crisis loans (not money gifts but loans you pay back.) to people in need of a bed, dental repair, furniture, pay off tickets, decent clothes, and get a small used car to help get a job. just a helping push to progress and to get back on the highway , but no, just
nothing.
Tibbs4fuckssake 4 years ago
i think its absolutely ridiculous that
rich celebrities give millions to charity and poor people cant go get money grants from these charities,all that money does nothing TRULY useful in long term problem solving for people needing help to get back into society or back on the workforce
Tibbs4fuckssake 4 years ago
If i was a dog which i am to the elite i would hump Dr. Pauls leg!
BOTH of them! :D
RoninGutts 4 years ago
I just wish people would keep religion out of political and economic issues. What's the issue here is plain greed, corruption, and unethical business policies. Personally, I don't believe any one religion has all the right answers. If it makes you a better kinder person, fine. If it motivates you to hate or disrespect others, religion becomes evil in itself. I'm glad Atheists are starting to speak out. I trust them more than the bible/koran quoting hypocrits.
pgadeb 4 years ago 5
Right. The subject is the corrupt, power hungry world bank. What has that to do with islam,(other than the same conquest oriented goals)?! Shut up already.Who cares about your stupid blind following of mohammed? Waste of time.
chindo88 4 years ago
Ron Paul is the only candidate addressing the failures and self-serving interests of the World Bank.
ps- below, the posting is referring to Robert Zoellick when I say *he* was asked...not Ron Paul.
tomjeffersonrules 4 years ago 3
When the National Press asked about what he might report as a success after the next 100 days of being in office: he rambled on about: calming the waters, focus on the agenda,setting the agenda, getting the right people, World Bank processes, and his heavy travel schedule.??? DID HE ANSWER THE QUESTION? APPARENTLY HE HAS NO GOALS FOR *SUCCESS* as we define it.
tomjeffersonrules 4 years ago
Robert Zoellick was chosen by Bush to replace the former World Bank president who was forced to resign amid scandal. He is a former attorney chosen to be able to spin the failures of the World Bank, despite their BILLIONS. Follow the money trail for the truth.
tomjeffersonrules 4 years ago
Islam the right way.. no wonder why Muslims are so offended. the only right way Jews are unable to alter, which is why they have targetted those who practice this way. Muslims never give up!!! i'm very happy and am motivated seeing more and more people learning the truth. i'm not sure if this comment goes through this massive system of controlling
nazirdjon 4 years ago
Yeah it got through but what the heck are you on about? Not charging interest ignores natural market interest rates for a start but has nothing to do with this, many Muslim countries are under the IMF thumb as well
Capnwabbit 4 years ago
Asked how the World Bank Trust Fund in Iraq for about $1.5 Billion was being used to help the poor in Iraq...He rambled on and just talked about the lack of security there and no one is willing to risk their lives..."The state of knowledge is modest. I don't want to have high expectations." AGAIN, DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION
tomjeffersonrules 4 years ago
Today on CSPAN Robert Zoellick was asked after his speech, if he could point to one example of successfully helping the poor HE COULDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION! He hedged and twisted and went off on tangents about world climate, border issues...AMAZING!
tomjeffersonrules 4 years ago
"Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder.
"They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.
tomjeffersonrules 4 years ago
"Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars.
"They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign 'aid' organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources.
tomjeffersonrules 4 years ago
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank are basically United States controlled entities.
The World Bank is a corrupt organization that furthers the efforts of international bankers to control the economies and fates of whole countries.
Consider the words of John Perkins, from "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"...
tomjeffersonrules 4 years ago
My beloved America is sick Dr.Ron Paul is the Physician who has diagnosed its problem and can lead us toward recovery. It won't be easy taking our America back because those who hijacked it controls the media, the money supply and owns the three leading candidates in both the Republican and Democratic party.
GoldenBearGo 4 years ago 5
amen
LIQUIDDEMONS 4 years ago
The fat guy behind him looks as if he can't believe someone who is a decision maker actually cares about the little guys in this country. YAY, Ron Paul!
frauleinannika 4 years ago
Actually, he's thinking. Cheeseburger... cheeseburger... oooh! No! BACON cheeseburger! Bacon Cheeseburger... Bacon cheeseburger...
exile688 4 years ago
This guy has guts, and without *well of course) the false bravdo, the arrogance. Gentle, polite ,and self assured. I think he just might make it
optic7957 4 years ago
Ron Paul attacks "public" tyrannies; I wonder if he is just as critical of "private" tyrannies: corporations. Same (or worse) bureaucracy, same upward redistribution of power and wealth.
johnedewey 4 years ago
I must interject. The assets of a corporation might not be "public" assets. However, all corporations are chartered by government. That corporate charter is all that stands between you and the shareholders. Without that charter, shareholders would be personally liable for all activities of the corporation, as truly private business owners are. Corporations owe their existence to the chartering go