Tag Archives: Federal Reserve
Slaves to a Federal Tyranny

Slaves to a Federal Tyranny

If the federal government ever became the final judge of the limits of its own powers, Tucker warned, then constitutional liberty would become an empty phrase.

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Federal Reserve: Secrecy vs Independence

Federal Reserve: Secrecy vs Independence

The only accountability the Federal Reserve has is ultimately to Congress, which granted its charter and can revoke it at any time. It is Congress’s constitutional duty to protect the value of the money, and they have abdicated this responsibility for far too long.

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Audit the Fed, Then End It!

Audit the Fed, Then End It!

The only legitimate, Constitutional role of government in monetary policy is to protect the integrity of the monetary unit and defend against counterfeiters.

Instead, Congress has abdicated this responsibility to a cabal of elite, quasi-governmental banks who, instead of stabilizing the economy, have destabilized it

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Saving Our American Republic

by Ray Bilger
The basic idea of the Founding Fathers was to get government as close to the people as possible. In other words, a small federal government, with strong local and state governments. Thomas Jefferson said, “When all government shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will… become [...]

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Abolish the Federal Reserve

by Perry Willis, DownsizeDC.org
The stock market rises and then crashes. Housing prices soar and then plummet. The Federal Reserve causes these booms and busts by constantly expanding and contracting the supply of money and credit.
Credit expansion by the Federal Reserve increases the demand for producer assets and investment instruments. This causes bubbles in things [...]

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Spending the Economy into Oblivion

by Rep Ron Paul
With news this week that Congress is poised to consider a new stimulus package, I am forced to again ask a question that seems silly in Washington:  How will we pay for this?
While a few Members of Congress have raised the issue, it certainly was not the primary concern of the House [...]

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The Do-Something Congress

by Rep Ron Paul
It has not been a good week for the Republic.  It took quite a bit of trampling of the Constitution, but the bailout bill passed, as I suspected it would.
The bailout failed the first time it was brought to the House.  Undaunted, the Senate pressed on by attaching the bailout as an [...]

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