Ah, no.
It was my point, so I couldn’t have missed it.
Again, my point - Paul and the Tea Party have nothing in common.
Yes they do: responsible spending.
The TEA [Taxed Enough Already] party wants a reduction in taxes, this can only legitimately be achieved through responsible spending (otherwise it is just pushing the problem somewhere else).
Ron Paul has always been for responsible spending — yes, he puts lots of earmarks in bills; though he believes that all fund allocation should be done that way: specific “ear-marks” for specific purposes, rather than a general “this is for ‘infrastructure’” fund — and he has always seen the Federal Reserve as a malicious force, which I believe he is right.
Besides, so long as the government can print/borrow money, and the Fed is one interment facilitating it, they have little incentive to spend responsibly... God help us all when the piper needs paid.