The Fed Enabling Biden and Congress’ Destructive Agenda
By: Ron Paul According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 2021 will be the second year in a row in which the federal debt exceeds Gross Domestic Product (GDP). CBO also ...
Read more.The Federal Reserve is Getting Desperate
By: Ron Paul - Tenth Amendment Center In a sign that the Federal Reserve is growing increasingly desperate to jump-start the economy, the Fed’s Secondary Market Credit Facility has begun ...
Read more.The Federal Reserve: The Engine that Powers the Most Powerful Government in History
By: Mike Maharrey The Federal Reserve serves as the engine that makes all of the U.S. government’s unconstitutional spending possible. Without the Fed, the entire system would collapse. Case in ...
Read more.Government Help: Breaking Your Legs and Giving You a Wheelchair
By: Mike Maharrey Remember all of the government bailouts and stimulus in response to the 2008 financial crisis? Conservatives threw a fit. The Tea Party movement grew out of worry ...
Read more.Federal Reserve: Enemy of Liberty and Prosperity
By: Ron Paul Lost in the media’s obsession with the impeachment circus was Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s recent testimony on the state of the economy before the Joint Economic ...
Read more.Fiat “Money” is Backed by Nothing: End the Fed from the Bottom Up
By: Michael Boldin At one time, the U.S. monetary system was backed by gold. Now it’s not backed by anything. A recent poll shows that only 7% of people go ...
Read more.Federal Reserve’s Latest Bailouts More Proof Bad Times Ahead
by Ron Paul Since September 17, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has pumped billions of dollars into the repurchasing (repo) market, the first such intervention since 2009. The ...
Read more.Are Recessions Inevitable?
by Ron Paul Stocks fell last week following news that the yield curve on Treasury notes had inverted. This means that a short-term Treasury note was paying higher interest rates ...
Read more.Today in History: Nixon Slams Shut the “Gold Window”
By: Mike Maharrey Today in history, on August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon slammed shut the “gold window” and eliminated the last vestige of the gold standard. Nixon ordered Treasury ...
Read more.Smoke and Mirrors: The “Greatest Economy” is Built on Spending and Debt
By: Mike Maharrey President Trump has repeatedly bragged about “his” economy, talking about economic growth in glowing, hyperbolic terms. To hear the president tell it (or tweet it as the ...
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