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Ron Paul Rages "Blame The Fed, Not China" For The Stock Market Crash
Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity,
Following Monday’s historic stock market downturn, many politicians and so-called economic experts rushed to the microphones to explain why the market crashed and to propose "solutions” to our economic woes. Not surprisingly, most of those commenting not only failed to give the right answers, they failed to ask the right questions.
Many blamed the crash on China’s recent currency devaluation. It is true that the crash was caused by a flawed monetary policy. However, the fault lies not with China’s central bank but with the US Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve’s inflationary policies distort the economy, creating bubbles, which in turn create a booming stock market and the illusion of widespread prosperity. Inevitably, the bubble bursts, the market crashes, and the economy sinks into a recession.
An increasing number of politicians have acknowledged the flaws in our monetary system. Unfortunately, some members of Congress think the solution is to force the Fed to follow a “rules-based” monetary policy. Forcing the Fed to “follow a rule” does not change the fact that giving a secretive central bank the power to set interest rates is a recipe for economic chaos. Interest rates are the price of money, and, like all prices, they should be set by the market, not by a central bank and certainly not by Congress.
Instead of trying to “fix” the Federal Reserve, Congress should start restoring a free-market monetary system. The first step is to pass the Audit the Fed legislation so the people can finally learn the full truth about the Fed. Congress should also pass legislation ensuring individuals can use alternative currencies free of government harassment.
When bubbles burst and recessions hit, Congress and the Federal Reserve should refrain from trying to “stimulate” the economy via increased spending, corporate bailouts, and inflation. The only way the economy will ever fully recover is if Congress and the Fed allow the recession to run its course.
Of course, Congress and the Fed are unlikely to “just stand there” if the economy further deteriorates. There have already been reports that the Fed will use last week’s crash as an excuse to once again delay raising interest rates. Increased spending and money creation may temporally boost the economy, but eventually they will lead to a collapse in the dollar’s value and an economic crisis more severe than the Great Depression.
Ironically, considering how popular China-bashing has become, China’s large purchase of US Treasury notes has helped the US postpone the day of reckoning. The main reason countries like China are eager to help finance our debt is the dollar’s world reserve currency status. However, there are signs that concerns over the US government’s fiscal irresponsibility and resentment of our foreign policy will cause another currency (or currencies) to replace the dollar as the world reserve currency. If this occurs, the US will face a major dollar crisis.
Congress will not adopt sensible economic policies until the people demand it. Unfortunately, while an ever-increasing number of Americans are embracing Austrian economics, too many Americans still believe they must sacrifice their liberties in order to obtain economic and personal security. This is why many are embracing a charismatic crony capitalist who is peddling a snake oil composed of protectionism, nationalism, and authoritarianism.
Eventually the United States will have to abandon the warfare state, the welfare state, and the fiat money system that fuels leviathan’s growth. Hopefully the change will happen because the ideas of liberty have triumphed, not because a major economic crisis leaves the government with no other choice.
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One is always allowed to complain about the symptoms, but never to ask questions about the disease.
Traitor.
Ron Paul is controlled opposition. He had 30 years to do something, and he never made a dent in the establishment. He pulled out of the only election he had a chance in after asking everyone to donate to him. A true politician. The Audit the Fed bill was a complete farce, gutted in the 11th hour with his approval.
Sure we can blame the Fed for pumping up asset bubbles, but it's the fault of Congress for not having any oversight of the Fed and keeping them in check, and ...
It is ultimately the fault of the people in the US for not having an active role in their government, electing a bunch of tools and fools, allowing their money to become usurious, and caring more about what they can get than what they can do.
This is what we deserve. If you want to blame someone, look in the mirror. That's what I do. I take responsibility for myself. I am my own central bank. I don't accept government handouts. If everyone else did the same, there would be no need to blame anyone.
What really cemented it for me was, "Why the hell was Ron Paul even on the House Financial Services Committee when Ben was getting 'grilled'".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dj9v9s9buk
Ron Paul only exists to provide hope that the system can be saved.
It keeps people who are aware of how screwed up everything is in the system.
The last thing they want is people of outside their reach rocking the boat.
Maybe it’s just me , but the notion of Ron Paul raging seems a tad incongruous.
Top news story at Google.com: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/08/30/nicki-minaj-and-taylor-s...
WOOHOO!!! Circus and games for the masses. Ignore the world burning.
Ron Paul is a gentleman --- thoughtful, well read, honest, straight forward and decent. You can't say that many these days.
Agreed, These people don't understand it was Ron with the truth versus everyone D, R and their accomplice media. God bless Ron Paul, the last person I voted for.
Oh, and Fuck Sean Hannity who attacked Ron exactly like Megan did Trump. Furthermore, Fuck all the mainstream media.
It isn't often I read something I can wholeheartedly agree with and stand behind...Mr. Paul's comments are rare indeed.
"Hopefully the change will happen because the ideas of liberty have triumphed, not because a major economic crisis leaves the government with no other choice."
there is that hope and change shit again. when the fuck will people understand hope(ium) and change are drugs that pacify the human mind all whilst nothing fucking happens til lethal means are deployed.
i hope and change we can some day audit the fed, and hope and change that politicians will do the right thing all while the juice flows to the them, the law abiding lawmakers that took an oath to follow the constitution.s/.
what ron should say: i hope and change a true revolution happens when enough people wake up hungry and very angry and have the ability to identify the culprits of the mess the fed has made of america.
Expecting the Zionist jew media to ask their Zionist jew federal reserve masters tough questions, is like asking Obama to watch over your young twink boyfriend and your pile of cocaine.
Yes, I agree, Ron Paul is a gentleman, well read, is as honest and forthright as one could ever possibly hope in this day & age of crooks & liars.
Everyone can sense my caveat coming can't they? ;-)
However...here it comes...lol...and the purpose of my comment is NOT to denigrate RP or dash anyone's trust in the man (I voted for him too) and I don't know truly if it is his innocence or what it is but...the stock market (any nations stawk market) is a casino. Period. Full stop.
It is not a place for peoples IRA's or 401k's. He shouldn't be lending any sort of respectability to this one or any other nations stawk market by alluding to stawks crashing as a bad thing anymore than a confidence man being swept away to jail by the local gendarmes as a bad thing. I'm going to bracket and bold my main point on this so no one gets the wrong idea...
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Personally, if we are going to think of stocks (or stock markets) in any vein at all it should be as a gauge of the participants in that particular casino's willingness to accept a loss or a gain, nothing more.
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My definition of a common stock is this: It is a corporations paper receipt that it got in exchange for a loan OR that it manufactured/printed out of thin air. It has zero intrinsic value. None. A common stock gives the holder of it no special rights to a companies assets should the company fold, in fact the common stock holder is one of the last people in line at bankruptcy court should that happen. The only object of holding it is to sell it to someone else at a higher price than you acquired it...because remember, it has no value on its own.
Either RP is unaware of this or he thinks it's too complicated for people to handle in one article and he is concentrating on his larger point but the point still needed to be made.
nmewn, you would never set foot in a casino. look betting is as american as apple pie, you can't be american and not love the bet. wall street sells a winner every minute folks, can't win if you don't play.
take a risk nmewn, it will make you a real citizen.
Ahhh but I do gamble.
I also know I'm gambling when I do ;-)
one of the safest jobs in the world : secret service agent..want to be safe protect our elite pols.
survey of presidential assassinations since 1835, when painter Richard Lawrence failed to kill then-President Andrew Jackson, reveals that only 12 Secret Service agents, police officers, pilots and members of presidential cabinets have been injured or killed while on duty to protect the president. Among them:
These days, it’s extremely difficult to even come close to killing the president or the people in their inner circle, as the Secret Service carefully monitors potential attacks on the ground and on the Internet. “The technology has come a long way, but usually it comes down to the officer being alert and searching the things they should,” Dan Emmett, an elite Secret Service officer, told Vocativ in November.
As Emmett explained, while the Secret Service will always keep an eye on the grassy knoll, attacks will likely take more modern forms than ever before. And although the organization’s protective tactics have come a long way, assassinations attempts are still possible. As detailed on the agency’s very own website, “The risks are always there.”
Registered Libertarian on election day in 2012, after voting Ron Paul.
Will NEVER vote in a national poll ever again.
FUCK YOU AMERICA!
(never, ever, in my life would I think I'd ever say something like that.)
Oh, and FBI, you know the address...
swing on by and ask your questions...
fuckiing useless morons.
I'm here, you know me...and you know you can come up to me as I'm completely unarmed. (Everything's in the safe...because...)
Well, they just "accidentally" raided your neighbors house and shot their dog. Thanks a lot. You're audit is in process.
ron paul is switched on and knows that the TPTB are a real thing, he will never get into the whitehouse. Trust me on that.
and the market will crash again this week, I think.
Have a look at the VIX, major panic is about to set in to the market, with VIX showing a BULLISH FLAG, that is what bulls do not want to see. OUCH! Time to push the panic button???
See chart here ==> http://www.bit.ly/1fMcakI
He's always known better than to rock the boat too hard.
After all, he didn't want to end up being "Wellstoned".
I have always wondered why he didn't come out "guns blazing" so to speak in both 2008 and 2012, similar to what Trump is doing now.
What would have happened if he would have let it all fly regarding bankers, the fed, zionists, the military industrial complex, etc.?
Nail Gun or airplane/
automobile 'accident'
as if there's a need...American public could know "the truth" and not a thing would change.
ham-bone, i think u fully understand. not til people are hungry will anger swell to action. at that point it is anyone guess as to the outcome. from what i have observed during recent crisses, the police are well armed and can substute for the armed forces, therefore i fear we are fucked again by the ptb and it has to get to the point where joe sixer can point, aim and pull...
time will tell, tic toc...
To me, he actually did a good job of it.
His downfall was the GOP convention that took him to zero status in seconds.
Fuck the GOP, Fuck the Democides, I'm no longer voting for either.
Fron then on, I don't vote in national elections, I vote Scrooge McDuck (Trump is close to that ideal), and in most state elections I vote none of the above.
I am so sick of this shit show I'm done with it.
Fuck you, America.
Nest election, my write in is 'Fuck You".
Amen to that, brother, but the sad thing is you have a significant ratio of dullards and the ignorant, down-voting your opinion and they have no reason why other than Ron is their current version of a political saviour. How dare you insult their darling of the day!
Not one would have a close relationship with the Constitution and even fewer would be able to differentiate between a government run by the dictates of politicians as supported by the majority and one based on laws.
That quaint idea went out the door around about Lincoln's time a long time and a Constitutional Republic won't return until the next revolution. Get as many friends and family 'round to your way of thinking before the ass whuppin' starts, or you'll be on opposing sides of the field.
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+1000 Jack Napier. Wish I could upvote more!
"This is what we deserve. If you want to blame someone, look in the mirror. That's what I do. I take responsibility for myself. I am my own central bank. I don't accept government handouts. If everyone else did the same, there would be no need to blame anyone."
This is what I do. If you want to own the future, then take responsibility for it and own it, upside, downside, whatever. Don't look to anyone for help. Do it yourself as much as humanly possible - and work towards being able to do more. Teach your kids the same.
Screw .gov, the banksters and all the moochers.
"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."
- Victor von Doom
It's not the fault of the people. They have no power. It's Wall Streets Congress, Wall Street's SEC, and for that matter Wall Street's media that run things. The people don't know nuth'n cuz don't nobody never tell nobody nuth'n. But the people will have to bear the consequences. Actually there is a problem with the people. Half the time they don't WANT to know nuth'n.
I think Pubic was being facicious...
Anyone playing the market, owing equities, mired in debt of all types or using FRN's is responsible for the mess...not the politicians, the FED, the VATICAN or anyone or any institution.
Whose fault is it when a scam happens...the scammer or the mope scammed?
Who is at fault...the lion or the gazelle? Personally, I side with the scammers and eaters...
Caveat Emptor bitches
The great philosopher H Simpson once observed..."It takes two to lie...one to lie and one to believe the lie"
Quit whining
There have always been liars since language was invented. And there is little doubt that the whole worlds exists upon lies for if the truth was held inviolate we would quickly see the end of what we refer to as an economy. We want to outlaw and punish the liars but it is the liars who make the laws and it is those who want to believe the lies that vote them into positions of power to fuck us. Until we learn to defend from these lies we remain doomed to fall for the same crap time and again. Our love of illusion and delusion which informs us of the wonders of "something for nothing" keeps the dream alive and fertile ground for every lying sob out there. Grow a backbone and take responsibility for our own lives, accept that we are alone in this, that only we can defend ourselves from those who would do us harm, and to empower a "collective" to do it for us gauruntees we will be fucked.
Spot on as usual Oldwood.
The stock market hasn't even crashed yet.
That's coming up.
so is the sun
as long as sheeple keep voting demican & republicrat this fraud is just going to continue 'til anarchy
And not one saw it coming.
So where does that leave the son who kisses the Wailing Wall?
(hint: With bibi's dick in his ass, that's where)
Why not try a fag chatroom to explore your homosexual fantasies?
I can't help but laugh at all the talking heads and politicians whine about China's currency debasement and completely ignore what the Fed has been doing for the last 7 years. Apparently when the Fed prints several trillion dollars out of thin air that somehow doesn't count as debasing the currency because we're America and we're exceptional goddammit!
It's not debasement because the banks keep shoveling all the extra money down the derivatives hole. The money making it into the real economy is very limited.
I guess that is about as close to rages the old guy gets. Bless his little heart. When people steal your money it is appropriate to call them names- ok Ron?
Actually the closest I've seen him to being angry was during one of the GOP debates in 2012. He ended one of his rebuttals by saying "It's trillions of dollars we're spending on these wars!". As he said that his voice got really angry and you could tell he was beyond pissed.
Ron Paul has educated millions that we should end the fed and stop fighting wars we cannot afford. State education doesn't teach that we are indebted to every dollar the fed has created. Most classes in economics don't teach this, it is mostly only covered in US history course work.
Yes we do need more politicians that speak out and act against the fed and the 16th amendment, end the fed and end the IRS, end the wars for petrodollar or drugs that are fought without consent of the people, they are fought in executive order.
The FedScam is the Vatican/Anti-Christ, through its banker-intermediaries, we came to America, the actual biblically prophesied "Zion," the "New Israel," in express covenant with God, to escape.
Yellen:
Our darkpool HFT where misbehaving that day. Kindly ignore the 1100 point plunge.
Relieve the stress and BTFD. We are counting on you to bank the payroll.
Mischa Maisky plays Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G (full)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQLXRTl3Z0
Paul for prez
Oh yeah! Buy the fucking dip. It's always worked.
Doesn't everybody say that?
It's frustrating discussing these issues with friends and colleagues. They usually come to me and ask me what I think of _______ (the economy, politics, world events, etc.).
When I try to explain the what the fed is and does, and the root cause of these economic bubbles, their eyes glass over and they look at me like I'm some kind of crazy person. It must be because they haven't heard it on CNN or Fox or whatever. They are expecting to hear me spout off some talking point or canned phrase they heard on the teeeveee
Consider yourself lucky. Everybody explicitly tells me I'm crazy and to just fuck off.
But then they calm down and tell me they care about me, and that I should make an appointment with a doctor to get some pills because they are concerned about my mental health.
I've experienced both - the "I don't really believe you, disinterested" look and the flat out "you've gone too far, you're losing your shit" look. Some people, intelligent or otherwise, simply can't grasp that government and its quasi-agents (Fed) are not looking out for their best interest. I think that's why people are quick to accept some lame explanation for a market crash or poor economic data - they are just anxious for things to get back to "normal".
Even after a major market crash (not too far off, I expect) and economic collapse (a little further away), I suspect that some people will still not believe that the Fed and bloated, debt-laden governments were actually the cause. I could still be the crazy one then. But hopefully better off.
Have them read the first 30 pages of "The Creature From Jekyll Island," if that does nothing, then they're beyond help.
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
thanks for that. Here's one for you...
Timendi causa est nescire
Ignorance is the cause of fear.
I'm not exactly sure what your point is.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
You seem to be distressing over the fact that people won't listen to you - fuck 'em.
Get down off the cross, we need the wood.
I wonder what "Buy the fucking dip, bitchez" is in Latin.
Don't worry brother, we all get the "you're crazy" when you present the actual truth... there is no hope for sheeple.. they don't want to hear the truth cause it means an end to welfare spending and easy money....
I hear you...I decided not to talk about it anymore to colleagues or so-called friends. Worse than being looked as crazy is to be treated as a loser. It's really ackward when you realize there isn't much that differenciates you from the masses rather than "knowing" what is going on. Now, if that knowledge were monetized in any way, may be by running one of those fear leveraging newsletters that sells reports promising make you rich ahead of the ignorant crowd..then probably I would't be talking to colleagues and so-called friends...
I've encountered the you're-wrong-because-I've-never-heard-of-that argument more times than I can count. Now I just pat them on the head and send them off to play. If they're lucky, I say, "Just remember that I told you."
Just mention a Kardashian and that will light them up instantly. They're looking for security and support of their take on the scrubbed news they recieve and regurgitate. You are veering too far off the secure zone for their liking.
Oooooooohhhh, Shiny.
(What they see, all the time) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s
That's because Kim Kardashian's ASS is news, and the FED is entertainment.
Underlined so-called economic experts. Take that microphone and shove it up your anal orifice. Just give me some TRUTH.
— Carroll Quigley, Tragedy & Hope
I'm about twelve hours in on the audio book, just WWI peace negotiations, how did the Germans get such a shitty deal. Crazy amount of information in that book.
It is the Fed that is to blame, and the Fed is a creation of and run by the same criminals as the media are.
The highest levels of power in the US government have been fully aware of the devil in our midst for a long time:
“The combined weight of so many Jews in one of America’s most lucrative and important industries gives the Jews of Hollywood a great deal of political power. They are a major source of money for Democratic candidates.”
A writer for the Los Angeles Times, Joel Stein, boldly declared in December 2008, in a column for the influential daily paper: “As a proud Jew, I want America to know about our accomplishment. Yes, we control Hollywood … I don’t care if Americans think we’re running the news media, Hollywood, Wall Street or the government. I just care that we get to keep running them.” / 29
Thirty seven years ago, two of the most powerful men in our country, indeed, in the world, frankly discussed this matter in a private conversation that should be much better known. It was in 1972, in the oval office of the White House. President Richard Nixon and the Rev. Billy Graham -- the nation’s best-known and most influential Christian evangelist -- were alone. These were not just prominent and influential men. They were shrewd and astute individuals who had accomplished much in their lives, and who had thought a lot about what they had observed and experienced over the years.
We know about this one-on-one conversation, and exactly what the two men said to each other, because Nixon had arranged for all conversations in his office to be secretly recorded. He regarded these recordings as his personal property, but he was later forced by court order to give them up. It wasn’t until thirty years later -- in 2002 -- that this conversation was finally made public. / 30
Here’s how their talk went. Graham said: “This stranglehold has got to be broken or the country’s going down the drain.” The President responded by saying: “You believe that?,” “Yes, sir,” said Graham. “Oh, boy,” Nixon replied, “So do I. I can’t ever say that, but I believe it.”
Now consider for a moment what this means, for America and the world, and for us today. Here’s the most powerful political personality in the United States, indeed the most powerful man in the world, and the most influential religious figure in the US, in agreement about the Jewish hold on our media. They didn’t talk about the Jewish role in the media, or even Jewish domination of the media. They spoke about a Jewish “stranglehold” on our media.
For everyone who cares about our nation and the world, it’s worth asking and answering two questions. First, were Nixon and Graham right? Were they correct in what they said that day about what they called the Jewish “stranglehold” on the media? And, second, if they were right, what does that say about America and our society?
Two of the most influential men in our country were so afraid of the intimidating power of the organized Jewish community that they felt unable even to mention publicly this “stranglehold” -- that’s the term Graham used -- on our media, a “stranglehold” that they regarded as so harmful that unless it is broken, America, again, their words, is “going down the drain.” What a telling commentary on the corruption and perversion of our national life! If Nixon and Graham were right, is it not important, indeed, imperative, to clearly and forthrightly address the reality of this hold on our media?
What has brought us together here this evening is, first and foremost, our interest in real history -- our passion for a clearer understanding of the past free of “politically correct” orthodoxy and stricture. But an awareness of “real history” is not enough. It is important to understand the how and why of the systematic distortion of history in our society, and the power behind that distortion. Understanding and countering that power is a critically important task, not merely for the sake of historical truth in the abstract, but for the sake of our nation and humankind.
http://www.ihr.org/other/july09weber.htmlScrew this prison planet and the Sheeps who get slautered by wolves and Hainas. Live like a Lion, with honor, we all die one day anyway.
Choose Gold as Money, made in a supernova by Prime Creator .
Khazarian Warlords can not Print GOLD..
Down with Money Changers and the Sheeples who support them.
It's disgusting that even when you ask the right questions, the sociopaths will not give an honest answer. They can't tell you the truth. Their living depends on lyin'.
many are embracing a charismatic crony capitalist who is peddling a snake oil composed of protectionism, nationalism, and authoritarianism.
nothing else has worked so far so why not
Pay closer attention: the Godless Vietnam draft-dodger, a papal knight whose CIA killed JFK to restore the FedScam and keep us as Vatican catspaw in Indochina, a Mob frontman like his father, has zero charisma.
All this talk about the stock market crashing...it can be really depressing...so what do we do...we play politician and rephrase the problem..the stock market is not crashing...repeat not crashing..it is "right-sizing" itself...now I feel better...this is a good thing..."right-sizing"...remember when companies were laying off employees..sounded so harsh..."right-sizing" was a more pleasant way of looking at the event..
Denial is a BTFD nightmare. I cannot use the same doubletalk media rhetoric.
Megyn Kelly will need probably a pet form of Margaret derived from the much older English pet to consult with her therapy group to address why her name isn't spelled Megan.
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August 26, 2015
China followed through Monday’s ugly trading session in the USA with another major decline. Then after that market closed, the Chinese government cut a key lending rate. That action in turn sent US index futures even higher than they were midnight last night. The US stock market opened on a high note with the S&P 500 (SPX) holding onto gains of 2 – 3% for most of the session. That was until the last hour of trading when the stock market gave up the ghost. When the bell finally rang, the SPX posted a decline of 1.35%, extending its losing streak to six straight sessions with a cumulative loss of 11.17%.
So, you wonder, why did a strong session crack in the end? I hate to say this, but individual retail investors have themselves to blame.
After Monday’s debacle, the retail investors, who for the most part use mutual funds to invest in the market, entered massive liquidation orders for their mutual funds. What they don’t realize is that unlike a stock order which will get executed (most of the time) immediately, mutual fund orders are aggregated throughout the trading day. Then in order to fill the liquidation orders, the mutual fund advisor will sell enough stock in the funds to meet the liquidations. That stock selling takes place, for the most part, at the end of the trading session, at closing market prices.
As if that is not bad enough, the stock exchanges will publically disseminate trading imbalances. These mutual fund sell order imbalances were so large that hedge funds and other professional money managers front ran the market close by selling futures and buying put options right up to the closing bell. It was like shooting fish in a barrel with the fish being the mutual fund investor.
Great post. My feeling is that the currency war is in full flight..
Eventually the United States will have to abandon the warfare state, the welfare state, and the fiat money system that fuels leviathan’s growth.
That is going to be a bloody mess. I am ready. I will probably die but so be it. Leave my children out of it.
You got stuck in the matrix, the moment you became a father.
BTW, that was a fantastic post.
Thank you Yen.
Good job in posting. Let the snake eat it's tail. New gun laws are in preparation to save democrats voting base in committing R. Budd Dwyer syndrome.
Is 'The Matrix" good or bad.>?
If you're
a .gov "worker bee", it's probably decent.
If you're a "take charge" and build someting person? NOT so much.
Spending others peoples money is fun until the "other people" starve.
http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/02/12/land-grabs-at-home
"...wealthy international investors and corporations are buying up much of America’s usable land at astronomical prices per acre, turning the farmers into their tenants or repurposing the land altogether."
http://www.realtor.org/IntUpdt.nsf/Pages/Basics_Representing_Foreign_Buy...
U.S. Reporting Regulations for Foreign Owners
There are very few restrictions on ownership of U.S. property by foreign persons, but your clients should be aware of certain reporting regulations."
https://www.gowlings.com/KnowledgeCentre/article.asp?pubID=3229
Restrictions on Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land in CanadaIn considering an application for a purchase of farm land by a non-resident, the Commission will grant an authorization if:
"In Saskatchewan, non-residents may acquire up to 10 acres of Saskatchewan..."
"Alberta’s legislation caps foreign ownership of agricultural land (excluding mines and minerals) at two parcels containing 20 acres"
Foreign Investment in the United States: Major Federal Statutory Restrictions Congressional Research Service https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33103.pdf Summary: "Foreign investment in the United States is a matter of congressional concern. It is believed by some that the United States has an unusually liberal policy which allows foreigners to invest in virtually all American businesses and real estate and that these foreign investments undermine theAmerican economy by making it vulnerable to foreign influence and domination."
Interesting that we're funding ISIS with money borrowed from China and Japan.
The end of the welfare state will be delicious. Our enemies will have lost their mo jo. No more FSA (half life one week from first day of non-working EBT cards).
What the fcuk happed with Rand? How does the apple fall so far from the tree??
Rand Paul is a sticky stain on his fathers "coat tail".
R.I.P.S> in Kentucky Rand JR.
Toupee-wearing Rand is a "limited hangout" "court dissident" fraud just like his "eyebrow wig"-wearing father. Both pansy no-men.
I don't get it?
Rand Paul is not even remotely close to his Fathers beliefs.
Ron Paul has balls of steel. Rand Paul is a fucking pussy on immigration, and even more pathetic on how we're going to stop massive debt expansion. Rand Paul is a giant curly haired albino Wookie.
If the Rothschilds want to smoke out, bank their markers, now is the perfect time.
If Ron had even one cotton ball he'd have leveled the charge of treason against those found by a jury to be guilty of the assassination of President Kennedy ('Hunt v. Marchetti'), and those of the same satanic Talmud/papist faction known to have committed 9/11.
He is a fag no-man.
...and a whore: for this interview, which showed exactly what "eyebrow-wig"-wearing Paul is, was $30K. iirc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOEJGKusJb8
Hopefully, you won't be discouraged by the down votes and will continue posting. The shine of Ron Paul wore off some time ago for me.
A man is a man.
Whether it's Biden's wife pulling into a tractor-trailer to flee the shame of his infidelities; Reagan's dodging WWII and dyeing his hair; or the Pauls' vainly seeking to hide their baldness with their shared absence of moral outrage at the treason now ruling over and gaslighting the sovereign People - the Babylonian coalescence of homosexual, papist, and false-Jew Talmud Zionist "enemies, domestic" usurping the White House, the SCOTUS, and Congress: those who don't serve Truth don't serve God, America's Sovereign, and are neither men nor Americans.
Only the good are tested. The rest serve Satan and are birds' flocking together, "...them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain..."
God is not mocked.
"some members of Congress think"
Riiigghhtt, and a hybrid reptilian with hundreds of garages stuffed with money and weapons throughout Los Angeles is going to save the human race. Its true. Its true.
Get rid of the Federal Government. We have tech now and no longer need them. The US military works for NATO and not the United States of America so we already know we don't need them. We are paying the elite like an English colony. Better dead than a slave I say. Long live the revolution and peace on earth and angels sing glory to the new born king. We will come rejoicing bringing in the thieves.
"Ironically, considering how popular China-bashing has become, China’s large purchase of US Treasury notes has helped the US postpone the day of reckoning."
What are you saying here...
What crash? We need another 30% drop before it can be called a crash.
I thought Ron Paul was a doctor and a windy gasbag politician. WTF does he know about global finance? He has no training, no expertise, but it doesn't stop him from flapping his big, gaping, blow hole to prove just how little he understands. How does this guy, who's done nothing but tokenism, keep the libertarian right entranced? I'm so tired of his empty and uninformed rhetoric. I'm even more tired of the breathless praise the libertarians keep heaping on him, praise he's done nothing to earn. What a useless, vestigial waste of time.
You'ld think an EYE doctor would pay MOAR attention?
So your claim is that someone who has a medical degree is incapable of learning about any other matter? Or is it just "global finance" they can't learn, because it is obviously so difficult since the Fed and US government keep cocking it up?
And the "training" you think so important, would that be the "training" that Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen have gained which leads them to make claims about the prospective outcomes of their policies which keep being wrong?
Rand Paul
Paul has faced two malpractice lawsuits between 1993 and 2010; he was cleared in one case while the other was settled for $50,000.[2
Medical careerAfter completing his residency in ophthalmology, Paul moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky. He has held a state-issued medical license since moving there in 1993.[19] He received his first job from John Downing of Downing McPeak Vision Centers, which brought him to Bowling Green after completing his residency. Paul worked for Downing for about five years before parting ways. Afterwards, he went to work at the Graves Gilbert Clinic, a private medical group in Bowling Green, for 10 years before creating his own practice in a converted one-story house across the street from Downing's office.[20] After his election to the U.S. Senate, he merged his practice with Downing's medical practice.[21] Paul has faced two malpractice lawsuits between 1993 and 2010; he was cleared in one case while the other was settled for $50,000.[20] His medical work has been praised by Downing and he has medical privileges at two Bowling Green hospitals.[19][20] Paul specializes in cataract and glaucoma surgeries, LASIK procedures, and corneal transplants.[8] As a member of the Bowling Green Noon Lions Club, Paul founded the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic in 2009 to help provide eye surgery and exams for those who cannot afford to pay.[22] Paul won the Melvin Jones Fellow Award for Dedicated Humanitarian Services from the Lions Club International Foundation for his work establishing the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic.[23]
I specialize in asshole transplants. I tried one on Rand but it rejected him.
Based on your comments the entire US Congress knows nothing about running the US because they have never done it before
Vestigial - fuck you ass hat. Read some of his work on the Federal Reserve. Chapter 12? possibly the most lucid piece ever written on montary policy. Fucking retard.
Expert? There are no experts. Only idiots below the age of 30 believe in experts.....and unicorns. Although i am not fully on board with everything dr paul believes, he is a brilliant man and is on target with the fed. Period. Our problems in this country todya stem from the power our federal govt has amassed by priniting money and getting in bed with corporations. We hear people saying protectionism is bad, well we are already doing it via cronyism for corporations. Get a clue ahole.
Hi Mr. Trump!
Well that's wonderful Ron, tell Beijing to blame their policies on foreign devils, start a war, brilliant.
You're misunderstood my friend.
Libertarian sub-culture's version of political correctness. ;-)
Tianjin was a Langley micro-nuke op via the Chinese version of ISIS - pay attention - wake up people !!
nvm
Ron Paul is not seeing the big picture.
The head of China’s Central Bank is a director of BIS (the Bank of International Settlements based in Switzerland).
All the major Central Bankers are directors of BIS, which is probably why they are all doing the same thing under the direction of this shadowy unelected organisation that rules the world.
Ron Paul, like all Austrian school economists, doesn’t understand money creation.
Money creation occurs in all banks, Central and otherwise, here is the Bank of England to explain:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/quarterlybulletin/2014/qb14q1prereleasemoneyintro.pdf
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/quarterlybulletin/2014/qb14q1prereleasemoneycreation.pdf
The BoE only came clean on this great secret in 2014. New money and new debt are opposite sides of the same coin and both come into existence together.
It would be very hard to place all the blame on Central Bankers when bankers are so good at messing things up all by themselves.
Bankers don't understand their product, debt.
“What is wrong with lending more money into the Chinese stock market?” Chinese banker before last month
“What is wrong with lending more money into real estate?” Chinese banker last year
"What is wrong with lending more money to Greece?" European banker pre-2010
"What is wrong with a NINA (no income no asset) mortgage?" US banker pre-2008
“What is wrong with lending more money into real estate?” US banker pre-2008
"What is wrong with lending more money into real estate?" Irish banker pre-2008
"What is wrong with lending more money into real estate?" Spanish banker pre-2008
"What is wrong with lending more money into real estate?" Japanese banker pre-1989
"What is wrong with lending more money into real estate?" UK banker pre-1989
“What is wrong with lending more money into the US stock market?” US banker pre-1929
There is an unholy trinity at work:
Banks, central banks and corrupt politicians
V. interesting list.
I can guarantee you that Ron Paul, as well as most people here understand stand how that thing the banks call money (it's not money if it's not a store of value, and the fed's stated policy is to devalue its currency over time)are borrowed into existence by the banking system. I think it's you who does not understand Ron Paul's message. It's the fact that the privately owned central bank is given the power to artificially determine interest rates that creates bubble eCONomy after bubble eCONomy. We will continue down that path until the whole system collapses under the weight of its unsustainable debt.
A bit of nationalism would be healthy for America, it is time you started living for yourselves and not trying to police the planet for someone elses benefit.
As for protectionism and authoritarianism, hopefully none of the latter, nationalism isn't authoritarianism, applying the rules of your state is just the rule of law, watching Europe unable to police its borders or eject people who are there illegally is just pathetic.
Protectionism has always been around, and small doses have not done any real harm, but right now it looks the perfect tool today to both bring down the current crony capitalist system and discredit the idea of prosperity through protectionism, you need to break some eggs to make a omlette.
That's a heap of common sense.
Europe is indeed pathetic. As are we.
I think we should just be done with it and have a King; good or bad at least you know exactly where the fault lies. Just joking of course; frankly I do not really care one way or the other; I'll be dead in 30 years or less and headed to a place where sin does not nor has ever existed.
Congress will not adopt sensible economic policies until total collapse.
You cannot use the words "Congress" & "sensible" in the same sentence; they are contrary to each other.
All Congress cares about is getting your vote. That's about it. Garbage in, garbage out.
I love these father son hate and blame games.
In France there is the same saga in the Le Pen dynasty daughter tit for dad's tat.
WHen tits and tats don't match up you get a huge dynasty frack.
Typical of reactionary mantras; like divine right kings.
The intent is to destroy America, Americans and the dollar for their masters. Since Ron and Rand take lobby money, they know that.
I guess that it is OK to blame the Fed, but who owns the Fed? The large international banks? And who owns and controls the large international banks?
Blame them and their motivations.
And WTF would Audit(ing) The Fed accomplish ? Just fucking end it; nuke it from orbit to be sure. Ron Paul is the 97 lb weakling on the beach who just had a bit of sand penetrate his vagina.
If you know the Fed is a fraud, why is an audit even necessary, you pussy ? Just kill it.
A real audit would "kill it" because of all the fraud that it would expose. The very reason the FED will not be audited; too many Congressional finger in the pie. So we continue down the path of destruction; who cares anyway. I only have to serve another 20-30 years on this earth.