By: Ron Paul This month marks the seventh anniversary of the bursting of the housing bubble and the subsequent economic meltdown. The mood in Congress following the meltdown resembled the panicked atmosphere that followed the September 11th attacks. As was the case after September 11th, Congress rushed to pass hastily written legislation that, instead of dealing […]
By: Ron Paul Reports that the official unemployment rate has fallen to 5.1 percent may appear to vindicate the policies of easy money, corporate bailouts, and increased government spending. However, even the mainstream media has acknowledged that the official numbers understate the true unemployment rate. This is because the government’s unemployment figures do not include […]
By: Ron Paul Following Monday’s historic stock market downturn, many politicians and so-called economic experts rushed to the microphones to explain why the market crashed and to propose “solutions” to our economic woes. Not surprisingly, most of those commenting not only failed to give the right answers, they failed to ask the right questions. Many blamed the […]
By: Ron Paul In recent weeks, the Federal Reserve and its apologists in Congress and the media have launched numerous attacks on the Audit the Fed legislation. These attacks amount to nothing more than distortions about the effects and intent of the audit bill. Fed apologists continue to claim that the Audit the Fed bill […]
By: Michael Clayton Last Monday I attended a speech at the Catholic University of America by Mr. Jerome Powell titled: “The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis”. Mr. Powell should know this subject well, as he works for the Fed, serving on the Board of Governors. However, this speech did not examine the recent financial […]
Thanks to Ron Paul’s leadership and their own studies, young men and women across the country are light years ahead of the average American when it comes to understanding the dangers of central banking. We designed the Ron Paul Scholarships to award these type of young people with tuition assistance and encourage them to pursue […]
By: Ron Paul Over the last 100 years the Fed has had many mandates and policy changes in its pursuit of becoming the chief central economic planner for the United States. Not only has it pursued this utopian dream of planning the US economy and financing every boondoggle conceivable in the welfare/warfare state, it has […]
By: Ron Paul Since the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913, the dollar has lost over 97 percent of its purchasing power, the US economy has been subjected to a series of painful Federal Reserve-created recessions and depressions, and government has grown to dangerous levels thanks to the Fed’s policy of monetizing the debt. […]
For years Campaign for Liberty, our sister organization, has been working extremely hard to shed light on the secretive and unconstitutional Federal Reserve System. As a 501(c)4 non-profit organization they use the grassroots to pressure bad politicians to vote the right way. Here at the Campaign for Liberty Foundation, we strive to empower future generations […]
By: Ron Paul Since New Year’s is traditionally a time for resolutions, and since the new Congress convenes this week, I thought I would suggest some New Year’s resolutions for Congress:
