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Republican Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul tells Newsmax he will vote against any attempt to raise the debt ceiling and says a proposal to allow the president to raise the ceiling is “capitulating” in the debt debate
The Texas lawmaker also warns that continuing to run up the federal debt will eventually lead to a “dollar crisis,” while insisting that a tax increase will be very bad next year for Republicans who support it. But he acknowledges that Washington lawmakers will most likely agree to raise the debt ceiling after they agree on some spending-cut promises “that people will fall into the trap of believing.”
Paul was asked what brought him to the decision to retire. “One of the major reasons was I didn’t want to run for two offices and one time,” he explains. “I didn’t want two campaigns. I did that before and I think it deserved some criticism. So I decided that I’m going to concentrate on the presidential race. “The campaign is going very well. People are listening to my noninterventionist foreign policy, listening to my views on the Federal Reserve. “I’m also at a point where I’m not that anxious to stay in the Congress right at this moment.”
The solution to the debt crisis, he adds, “to cut spending, an across-the-board cut. Pretend it’s not much of a problem and keep raising the debt limit and keep spending and keep running up the debt, eventually it’s going to end very badly, and that is with a dollar crisis. I’m afraid we’re going to end up with that instead of coming to our senses and cutting back, because politically it’s so difficult.”The federal government, he adds, is already “destroying the value of the dollar.”
Originally posted by hab22
Cancel all debts. Ron Paul champions the cause of liberty, but liberty begins with the cancellation of debt, according to the laws of jubilee. The Liberty Bell has a quote from Leviticus on it. The quote is from the jubilee proclamation. Cancel all debts, release everyone from economic slavery, return land to its original owner. Best way to end the deficit. Blow the jubilee trumpet. Release everyone from the slavery of debt with a proclamation. That's what Ron Paul should be espousing. It's the basis of true liberty.
Originally posted by hab22
Cancel all debts. Ron Paul champions the cause of liberty, but liberty begins with the cancellation of debt, according to the laws of jubilee. The Liberty Bell has a quote from Leviticus on it. The quote is from the jubilee proclamation. Cancel all debts, release everyone from economic slavery, return land to its original owner. Best way to end the deficit. Blow the jubilee trumpet. Release everyone from the slavery of debt with a proclamation. That's what Ron Paul should be espousing. It's the basis of true liberty.
Originally posted by David9176
How many times do we have to keep posting the same guy saying the same exact thing?
How many years now???
How about we keep posting it until the morons in Washington get it through their heads? So far, Ron Paul is the only politician who actually has the cojones to talk about the 800 pound gorilla in the room.
After earning an M.D. degree from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1961, Paul moved with his wife to Michigan, where he completed his internship at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He then went on to serve as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1965 and then the United States Air National Guard from 1965 to 1968...
Paul has been married to Carol Wells since 1957...
Paul also spends extra time in the district to compensate for "violat[ing] almost every rule of political survival you can think of," traveling over 300 miles (480 km) daily to attend civic ceremonies for veterans, graduates, and Boy Scouts, often accompanied by his grandchildren. His staff helps senior citizens obtain free or low-cost prescription drugs through a little-known drug company program; procures lost or unreceived medals for war veterans, holding dozens of medal ceremonies annually; is known for its effectiveness in tracking down Social Security checks; and sends out birthday and condolence cards.
In 2001, he was one of only eight doctors in the House; even fewer had continued to practice while in office. He is occasionally approached by younger area residents to thank him for attending and assisting their deliveries at birth.