Ron Paul Continues to Gain Legitimacy
The general consensus in American politics has been that Ron Paul’s explanation of how he would fix the United States economy is not clear. Some argue that voters do not care because they simply do not understand how the economy works. The fact is that Ron Paul is simply diagnosing the problem with the economy; his cure would simply be to let the market’s built in immune system cure itself through his free market approach. Asking politicians to give solutions to the struggling economy is similar to asking the generals in the Pentagon the best way to fix the situation in Iraq, when most likely the situation would be solved most efficiently by the people who are suffering; the Iraqi people.
The same holds true for the US market. While other politicians, namely Clinton, Bush and Obama think they have the right potion to give the economy a “shot in the arm” to use Bush’s phrase, Ron Paul would simply allow the market to fix the market. He would do the same with Iraq by “giving the Iraqis their country back.” He argues that the constant tinkering done by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Government in attempts to manipulate the United States economy only protects the interests of the elite class in this country while the poor are simply given a few crumbs and brushed aside.
As this election year moves forward and candidates like Fred Thompson begin to cash their checks and go home because their message is a carbon copy of their opponents, the only difference being what they choose to highlight and emphasize, Ron Paul continues to gain legitimacy.
With this article appearing on nationalreview.com yesterday http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2Q5MDM2NzZkNzU5ZDEwYTI3ODg5YjY2YWZlMjFkYTc=
the Republican establishment is finally starting to sit up and take notice and publicly coming to terms with the fact that Ron Paul is going to be around much longer than they had hoped. This is a significant change because as more and more of the respected members within the GOP give the OK to give Ron Paul a look and justify him as a legitimate option, the stigma will be lifted from his candidacy and then Ron Paul will find himself in a great position.
The only weapon that has had any success against Ron Paul is not letting his message be heard and when it begins to be heard, to drown it out with laughter, so as publications like the National Review begin to soberly analyze his views it is tough to see how there is any hope for the Romney’s of the world.
Comment by barry b. on 24 January 2008:
well written. thanx for the thoughts
Comment by Parke on 24 January 2008:
Paul would restore America to her glory.
Our rights are our foundation. Without them we are no better than China.
Restore our Rights
End the War
Save our Dollar
Comment by John on 25 January 2008:
Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate who even understands the fundamental problem–the Federal Reserve IS the culprit of our problems. For generations people think that this “business cycle” of booms and busts is natural. It’s as natural as the Federal Reserve makes it out to be. He is the only candidate even talking about the value of the dollar and the only one with the understanding that “stimulus packages” are nothing more than welfare for the ignorant…..
Comment by David on 25 January 2008:
Great article! Yes and when the world discovers that Romney needs whispering q cards in order to answer questions in public debates then his hope will fade even faster. See Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NlIMQ31EjY
Comment by John on 25 January 2008:
Good piece. That last paragraph was especially insightful. I do remember hearing Giuliani and McCain laughing, rather than responding to Dr. Paul. Perhaps they are afraid of the message as well?
Comment by Adam Smith on 25 January 2008:
Take my Invisible Hand, we’ll laissez-faire, my faire lady, and allow the market to find the natural price on its own.
Comment by Warren Raftshol on 25 January 2008:
Abolish the federal reserve and replace it with nothing. Abolish the legal tender status for federal reserve notes and replace it with nothing.
Comment by Gene on 25 January 2008:
I’m hearing less *kook* cowbell from the Old Media and their fellow traveller readership as the dollar continues it plunge. Soon, the asleep will be forced awake with a glass of cold water.
Comment by Lars on 25 January 2008:
Great article. Ron Paul is gaining momentum!
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Comment by Angel on 26 January 2008:
Ron Paul would stop the NAFTA Superhighway. While President Bush and Mitt Romney are lying to the American people, saying it’s a “myth”, my family has been put on notice that the state will take our farm for the I-69 section of the Trans Texas Corridor (southern leg of the NAFTA Superhighway) and they don’t intend to pay us fair compensation for our land. Under the new “Quick Take” law, we will be “relocated by the government” and they will remove us “by force if necessary.” Read about the meeting on January 22, 2008 in Hempstead, Texas when Waller residents were told that this county will be paved no matter what we do. Texans have never been allowed to vote on this issue and our legislature has been unable to stop it, despite passing bills unanimously. Governor Rick Perry simply vetoed the bills. For his reward, Governor Perry is the most likely VP candidate if Romney gets the nomination. Research what is happening in the Republican Party in Harris County. It is melting down. Too many abuses, too many crimes. Too many well respected people showing themselves to be so corrupt there isn’t enough paper to list their crimes. Enough is enough. Republicans need to take the party back from these crooks. Ron Paul will stop the NAFTA Superhighway, protect the Constitution, and give people back freedom and prosperity. Anyone who laughs at Ron Paul, or any network that refuses to say his name, you know who they are. They are among the vipers in the money pit and they want to make Americans debtor slaves.
Comment by brian on 27 January 2008:
All you people of this great land need to do is take a few hours and research Ron Paul… he does not lie.. he is a very moral person.. there is NO dirt on Ron Paul! when voting for him you know what your getting.. NO FLIP FLOPPING! DON’T LET MAINSTREEM MEDIA PICK YOUR PRESIDENT.. DO THE REAERCH AND YOU PICK THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB! DON’T LET YOURSELF BE BRAINWASHED!
RON PAUL IN 08!
Comment by LeoM on 27 January 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl6gCcG0ntg
Comment by Republicae on 31 January 2008:
Dr. Paul is the only candidate that even brings up the issue of our failing monetary system. Actually, I honestly think that he is one of the only politicians in Washington that even understands how our monetary system works…the rest seem oblivious or are they simply willingly ignorant?
Consider this: a person making $32,000 per year today has the equivalent purchasing power of $5,907.40 1970 dollars. So, the same person making $15.38 per hour today is equal to making $2.84 per hour in real purchasing power in 1970 dollars. It is not the price of goods and services that have risen so much, but the purchasing power of our dollar that has been so drastically reduced. Our standard of living has been effectively reduced through fiat money inflation.
Is there any wonder that poverty is becoming rampant? The government has no other choice but enforce minimum wages in order to keep the working poor at some level of subsistence. At the current $5.85 per hour a person has the same 1970 purchasing power of $1.08 per hour, at 40 hours per week that person is effectively making $43.20 per week to make ends meet.
What are we waiting on, to become serfs of the State?
Comment by Republicae on 31 January 2008:
Every Fiat System in history collapses under the weight of the debt that allows it to be created. Every single Federal Reserve Note [dollar] and indeed, every other global fiat currency must be borrowed into circulation, in other words every single dollar in circulation is a legal notification of a debt obligation or an IOU.
Now the problem is that eventually the debt, which includes the princple balance and the princple interest obligation, will start to demand servicing, much more servicing than the economy can produce. The signs of this demand is that economic growth becomes shallower and shallower, profits are siphoned off the economy and the economy can no longer tolerate what would once be considered minor interest rate hikes, as we have recently seen.
So, what happens next if sound money is not implemented in this country again? You will see a domino effect as economic dislocation takes place in the business sector, massive defaults that will cause other stress cracks to appear in the economy and then as the dying monetary system gasps for breath, you will see hyper-inflation take hold.
In the last 5 years our government has doubled, doubled the debt burden of this country and few people seem to realize that it will have dire consequences for each and every one of us. It hastens the time-line for the Maximum Possible Lifespan of the monetary system by years. It is estimated, by all computer models, that a partial fiat monetary system usually last between 40 to 75 years, but we have a total fiat monetary system and the same models estimate a Maximum Lifespan of between 40 and 50 years. Guess what we are in the 37th year of the Total Fiat Monetary System in this country since Nixon cut all ties between our money and gold.
I am not sure what you plan on for your future, but I certainly don’t want to become a hunter-gatherer when this system collapses and it will, it must because it is a mathematical impossibility for it to continue indefinitely. The debt is at such a point that it is multiplied exponentially and is irreversible. In fact, under our Fiat Monetary System the debt cannot be paid down because the entire economy depends on the expansion of debt to exist, without that expansion of credit/debt the whole system fails. The problem is that it is a Catch 22, the system needs the expansion of debt, but it is the massive weight of that debt that will consume the economy.
So, take a long look at the fiat money and then take a long hard look at every single nation that has built their society upon such a system…do your reseach and I think you will find that we are facing an economy collapse that none of us can imagine. We just thought the Great Depression was bad…imagine everything that depends on the Fiat Monetary System to operate. All government programs, government bonds, investments, insurances, utilities and public works, your pensions and 401ks…everything that you and I know depend on a monetary system that will implode under the weight of the debt it depends on for its creation and function.
Now…go ahead and vote for the other candidates, but I tell you this, that if Ron Paul is not elected in 2008 then by 2012 we will all wish he had been!