[quote=Nor-LA-SD-GUY2]I like his Ideas about getting the heck out of these meaningless wars and just staying the heck out of the Middle East in general.
But while I am sure china deserves to be paid back the full value of every penny we borrowed (NOT!!) I think the gold standard would be a disaster at this point.
Also while the fed did disastrous things in not preventing the recent housing bubble (I still say they knew exactly what they were and are doing and really it’s their marching orders) although I am not quite sure why or what they are attempting to do.
(Really you honestly think Greenspan did not know exactly what he was doing ?)
But in reality The fed has presided over the most prosperous 100 years in any nation in history so…
Also I have no desire to go back to the robber baron days[/quote]
What would the last 100 years been like without the FED? There is a lot of reasons this country has done well specificly our natural resources. Central banking was tried in this country twice before and failed. There is no arguement from me that stong banks lead to a strong economy but to control the money supply? Speaking of which: Ron Paul just wants to make it legal to use GOLD AND SILVER to pay for goods and services. His conclusion is that they will eventually win out over FRN’s – that all. Why do we have to pay cap gains on gold and silver?? The consitution says that they are money.
If you are really curious about what the Robber Barons vis a vi Ron Paul – you should read THE LAW by Frederic Basiat. There is a PROPER ROLE for government. Its role is to protect individual liberty. Companies that are back by the US goverment take away our liberty. That is his problem with the size of Governemnet. How in the world can a little guy (let’s pretend someone who is VIRTUIOUS) start a bank when GS and MSDW recieve BILLIONS of $$ from the US government!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is an example of how our government (even if is well intentioned) interferes with our lives.
