This is when and how I initially got introduced to Ron Paul. I found his essays while looking into this topic.
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2002/tst061002.htm
Gold, Dollars, and Federal Reserve Mischief
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2006/cr021506.htm
The End of Dollar Hegemony
He has more interesting writings there too.
I was VERY disappointed to learn he is a Log Cabin Republican.
Ron Paul?
On your first link: Brilliant Austrian school of economics scholar Murray Rothbard asked a seemingly complex question in the title of his essay: "What has Government Done to our Money?" The answer turns out to be pretty simple: Government consistently debases our money. How and why it debases our money has everything to do with politics, and nothing to do with the laws of economics.
That makes perfect sense. He who controls the money controls the power. Our government controls where our dollars go.
On your second link: Today the principles are the same, but the process is quite different. Gold no longer is the currency of the realm; paper is. The truth now is: “He who prints the money makes the rules”-- at least for the time being. Although gold is not used, the goals are the same: compel foreign countries to produce and subsidize the country with military superiority and control over the monetary printing presses.
I don't understand the quote in bold. Could you please explain that to me?
Suffice it to say, go Hunter! lol