Posted on 08/01/2009 12:55:07 PM PDT by GoldStandard
A plan to open the Federal Reserve to the same scrutiny that almost all other federal government operations endure is overwhelmingly supported by the American people, according to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports. The survey found that 75% of Americans favor auditing the Fed and publicizing the results. The same kind of support can be found in Congress, where members on the left and right who rarely come together are supporting the change.
A House bill by libertarian congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) would give the Government Accountability Office the power to examine the books of the national bank, whose leaders object to the idea, arguing that it would compromise the Fed’s independence. H.R. 1207 has 281 cosponsors who span the political spectrum from leftist Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) to arch-conservative Michelle Bachmann (R-MN).
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You are a liar and a coward.
It is obvious that your education in social skills was sorely lacking. You are a most unpleasant cad, drooling rage behind your keyboard. You are an example of what civilized people hold up to ridicule the right with. You should get out of your trailer once in a while and interact with other people in the real world. But. You are safer running off at the mouth in cyber space. Don't have to worry about a virtual wired jaw eh. So continue...to spew your ignorance and rage. It's like watching a three year old hold his breath and stomp his feet.
Your type harms anything they advocate for just because of how well you utilize the "jerk" factor.
I figured you’d say something like that. You hate Ron Paul it seems, otherwise you wouldn’t insult someone who’s pushing something you agree with. And you can say what you want to me or about him, you’re just hurting yourself by not listening to what he says. He didn’t invent his message, the Founding Fathers did. And all we’ve done since then is move towards the founding fathers of the Soviet Union. I never despised Ron Paul the way so many (like you) do on here, just out of reflex. I just didn’t understand him so I went with what sounded better than the left. Then I started to realize that there was barely any difference between those on the so-called right and the left, so I started to pay attention to him. And since he just echoes the Founders, I agreed. I only hate collectivism and big government, friend. And when you can show me how Rudy/McCain/Romney or even Bush took us any farther from that then we used to be, I’ll believe you have an argument instead of an irrational grudge.
The American public is at fault for allowing itself to be victimized by the elite. Every country with a Fed/IRS (Bank of England-style) system ends up in the same predicament as us. In 1764, the Bank of England tried to impose its system on the Thirteen Colonies by having Parliament outlaw Colonial Script. The result was depression and the American Revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_scrip
Banksters never fully succeeded in imposing a Bank of England-style system on the US until 1913. Previously, the low-tax, low-debt American economy overtook the high-tax, high-debt British economy in the 1880's. Under the Fed/IRS system, the US has become high-tax and debt-shackled like Britain and the rest of Europe.
History shows that Fed/IRS and Bank of England-style systems are inherently prone to increasing, never repaid debt and spiraling taxes for interest. The only solution is a return to the highly successful Colonial Script system.
Unfortunately, there is not enough gold. A contraction in the money supply would cause deep depression and prevent future growth. We are stuck with a Fiat currency but Colonial Script provides a means to escape the debt-onerous fractional reserve system.
It doesn't help anyone to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. The Fed must be audited to save the US economy.
Which is why I said that even a broken clock is right twice a day. Paul has a lot of support for this bill because it's a good idea. My problem with this thread though is that there are those who are trying to claim that wide support for Ron Paul's bill is wide support for Ron Paul. It's not the same thing.
Let me more clear still:
Audit the Fed? Hell yes!!
Marginalize Ron Paul for being the arrogant and traitorous nut he is? Hell yes!!
Well, discussion, pro or con, of libertarian foreign policy on financial threads is a distraction. Fed apologists are already calling Paul a nut for the audit but he was the lone voice predicting this mess.
— Lewis vs. United States, 680 F. 2d 1239 9th Circuit 1982
— Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President.
You folks are the poster children for that phenomena!
Now run along and chew on the carpet.
My God, you’re right! What a brilliant refute of my arguments!
Not hard to see how the Republicans end up with quasi-socialists like McCain for candidates... Enjoy the fruits of your labor (being spread to all the nations in the U.N.) and the great feeling you will get having been a part of bringing comrade Stalin’s dream to America!!!
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