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Ron Paul’s Farewell Address to Congress

By on November 15, 2012 in Bailouts, Biased Media, Big Business, Big Government, Central Banks, Civil Disobedience, Crony Capitalism, Debt, Debt Monetization, Entitlement, Financial Crisis, Free Markets, Globalization, Gold, Government Control, Housing Bubble, Hyperinflation, Immigration, Inflation, Inspiration, Military, Miscellaneous, Money, Occupy Wall Street, Police Brutality, Privacy, Protests, Regulations, Revolutions, Ron Paul, Sovereign Debt, Stories, Surveillance, The 99%, United States, War

Here is a transcript of Ron Paul’s farewell address to Congress, originally sourced from the Campaign for Liberty. Farewell to Congress This may well be the last time I speak on the House Floor.  At the end of the year I’ll leave Congress after 23 years in office over a 36 year period.  My goals [...]

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What is Freegold? Or, Can the Debt Grow Forever?

By on June 26, 2012 in Biased Media, Big Business, Big Government, Central Banks, China, Crony Capitalism, Debt, Debt Monetization, Economic Analysis, Entitlement, Entrepreneurialism, Europe, Fascism, Financial Crisis, Free Markets, Globalization, Gold, Government Control, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Money, Saving, Sovereign Debt

I recently read a great post over at FOFOA, titled “The Debtors and the Savers 2012“. I’ve been reading a lot of FOFOA lately, and learning more about the “Freegold” thesis. The essence of the thesis, as I understand it, lies in the following chain of events: The U.S. economy is currently running massive deficits, [...]

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Ron Paul: The One True Hope for Change in 2012

By on April 9, 2012 in Biased Media, Big Business, Big Government, Central Banks, Crony Capitalism, Debt, Debt Monetization, Economic Analysis, Entitlement, Fascism, Financial Crisis, Free Markets, Gold, Government Control, Housing Bubble, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Inspiration, Military, Money, Revolutions, Ron Paul, Sovereign Debt, The 99%, Totalitarianism, United States, War

It’s now 2012, and the United States will elect a new president to run the (still) most powerful country in the world. It’s now been nearly four years since the eve of the ongoing global financial troubles, and I am very interested in how this election is going to play out. Americans were promised hope [...]

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Why Are the Students in Québec Protesting?

By on March 26, 2012 in Big Government, Canada, Civil Disobedience, Entitlement, Protests, Québec

A massive student strike took place in Québec on March 22. The students are protesting proposed tuition rate increases by the government. The students are getting desperate, and on the 20th, they blocked a major commuter artery, causing untold delays and frustration. I’m not sure if they realize that hurting private citizens, the ones that pay [...]

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Should You Worry About Gold Confiscation?

By on March 7, 2012 in Central Banks, Debt, Debt Monetization, Entitlement, Financial Crisis, Free Markets, Gold, Government Control, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Money, Privacy, Saving, Sovereign Debt, Surveillance, Totalitarianism, United States

Are you worried about the government coming in and outlawing private gold possession again? After all, it wouldn’t be the first time they had done so — the same was done by the FDR government, back in the Great Depression. As the global economy gets worse, and as private capital flows to alternative currencies such [...]

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Harper’s Plan to Cut Canada’s Old Age Security (OAS) Program

By on February 6, 2012 in Big Government, Canada, Entitlement, Retirement

The Internet is afire with news that the Conservative government of Canada is planning to raise the minimum age for Old Age Security, as part of a comprehensive government-wide cost-cutting measure for the upcoming federal budget. I first heard about this news from my grandmother, who was scared that her benefits were going to be [...]

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