Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk 5/3/10: Congress Freezes Its Own Pay

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Last week Congress did something fiscally responsible. Its not very often I can say that. Granted, it was small in the grand scheme of things, but I was glad to be an original cosponsor, along with Congressman Harry Mitchell of Arizona, of a bill to block the automatic pay raise that Congress otherwise [...]

Peter Schiff Interview on Straight Talk 1/4

Peter Schiff Interview on Straight Talk 12/19/2008 1/4
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Peter Schiff Interview on Straight Talk 3/4

Peter Schiff Interview on Straight Talk 12/19/2008 3/4
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Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk 10/19/09: The Very Busy Politicians in Washington DC

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With a faltering economy, multiple wars, and the approaching demise of the dollars reserve status, there are more than enough problems to keep politicians in Washington working day and night. In between handing out cash for clunkers and nationalizing healthcare, the administration is busy sending more troops overseas, escalating existing wars, and seeking out [...]

Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk 2/22/10: Government Stimulus, One Year Later

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Last week marked the one year anniversary of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, or the stimulus bill, passing into law. While the debate over its success has been focused on whether or not it is stimulating the economy and on various questionable uses of funds, in my estimation this legislation is accomplishing exactly [...]

Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk 2/15/10: Are US Taxpayers Bailing Out Greece?

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Last week we were reminded that ours is not the only country suffering from severe economic turmoil. The Greek government is the latest to come close to default on their massive public debt. Greece has insufficient funds in their treasury to make even the minimum payments that are now coming due. Their [...]

Ron Paul: Keynesianism Delivers a Decade of Zero

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This past week we celebrated the end of what most people agree was a decade best forgotten. New York Times columnist and leading Keynesian economist Paul Krugman called it the Big Zero in a recent column. He wrote that there was a whole lot of nothing going on in measures of economic progress [...]

2/8/10 Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk: More Spending is Always the Answer

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Last week, the House approved another increase in the national debt ceiling. This means the government can borrow $1.9 trillion more to stay afloat and avoid default. It has been little more than a year since the last debt limit increase, and graphs showing the debt limit over time show a steep, almost [...]

2/1/10 Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk: Spending Freeze Not Likely

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Last week politicians in Washington made a few things clear about how they really feel about the state of the union. First, they are beginning to hear the growing discontent with the size and scope of government and the broken promises that keep piling up. Certain events in Massachusetts recently made that statement [...]

1/25/10 Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk: Legalize Competing Currencies

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Much has been made recently about the supposed economic recovery. A few blips in a few statistics and many believe our troubles are all over. Of course, they have to redefine recovery as jobless to account for the lack of improvement on Main Street. But the banks have money, Wall Street is [...]