Ron Paul has a new soon to be released book entitled End The Fed

HR 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparancy Act, has 282 Cosponsors - S.604 now has 23 Cosponsors

MUCH WORK STILL TO BE DONE TO KEEP HR 1207 MOVING FORWARD. KEEP SENDING LETTERS - Postal mail is the most powerful thing that can be done!

The list of Congressional members below represents the 282 members of the House of Representatives who have signed on to cosponsor Congressman Ron Paul's legislation known as H.R. 1207, which if passed will change existing laws to enable Congress to audit The Federal Reserve. If you would like to see this legislation become law, but your Rep is not listed below, please visit www.house.gov to get in contact with your rep's local as well as DC office or simply call (202) 224-3121 to connect with the DC switchboard. It is advised that postal letters are the most powerful tool for getting reps to act, in addition to the phone calls, faxes and e-mails.

The Senate companion version to HR 1207 is known as S.604. It was introduced by Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont and it now has 23 cosponsors. All in support of auditing The Fed are encouraged to call, write and e-mail both U.S. Senators from your home state. Postal letters are most effective. To find your Senator's contact information, please visit please visit www.senate.gov to get in contact with your Senator's offices or simply call the main switchboard in DC at (202) 224-3121.

Just below is the list 23 of Senators Cosponsoring S.604

Sen Barrasso, John [WY] - 7/15/2009
Sen Bennett, Robert F. [UT] - 7/15/2009
Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] - 7/8/2009
Sen Burr, Richard [NC] - 7/9/2009
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 7/28/2009
Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] - 7/8/2009
Sen Coburn, Tom [OK] - 7/20/2009
Sen Cornyn, John [TX] - 7/20/2009
Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 6/25/2009
Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] - 6/11/2009
Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] - 7/15/2009
Sen Graham, Lindsey [SC] - 7/24/2009
Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] - 8/3/2009
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 7/20/2009
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 7/24/2009
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 7/20/2009
Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK] - 7/9/2009
Sen Isakson, Johnny [GA] - 7/8/2009
Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] - 7/15/2009
Sen McCain, John [AZ] - 7/15/2009
Sen Risch, James E. [ID] - 8/3/2009
Sen Vitter, David [LA] - 6/16/2009
Sen Webb, Jim [VA] - 8/3/2009

Below is the list of 282 members of the House of Representatives who have signed on to cosponsor HR 1207.

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 2/26/2009
Rep Aderholt, Robert B. [AL-4] - 5/6/2009
Rep Adler, John H. [NJ-3] - 5/6/2009
Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 3/19/2009
Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 5/20/2009
Rep Austria, Steve [OH-7] - 5/6/2009
Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 4/29/2009
Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 7/10/2009
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 4/21/2009
Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 4/28/2009
Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 5/12/2009
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 5/4/2009
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 5/21/2009
Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] - 5/20/2009
Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 4/28/2009
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 4/21/2009
Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] - 5/4/2009
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 7/10/2009
Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 3/16/2009
Rep Blunt, Roy [MO-7] - 3/24/2009
Rep Boccieri, John A. [OH-16] - 7/28/2009
Rep Boehner, John A. [OH-8] - 6/10/2009
Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 6/9/2009
Rep Bono Mack, Mary [CA-45] - 4/29/2009
Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] - 5/7/2009
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 6/9/2009
Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 7/20/2009
Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [LA-7] - 5/13/2009
Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] - 7/14/2009
Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] - 4/22/2009
Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] - 6/11/2009
Rep Bright, Bobby [AL-2] - 6/11/2009
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 2/26/2009
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 6/11/2009
Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [SC-1] - 4/28/2009
Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [FL-5] - 5/20/2009
Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13] - 3/17/2009
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 3/19/2009
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 2/26/2009
Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] - 4/30/2009
Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 4/29/2009
Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] - 6/18/2009
Rep Campbell, John [CA-48] - 5/4/2009
Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] - 6/23/2009
Rep Cao, Anh "Joseph" [LA-2] - 6/11/2009
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] - 4/1/2009
Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 6/9/2009
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 3/31/2009
Rep Cassidy, Bill [LA-6] - 5/4/2009
Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] - 3/17/2009
Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] - 3/6/2009
Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 7/7/2009
Rep Childers, Travis [MS-1] - 6/9/2009
Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 6/11/2009
Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] - 6/16/2009
Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 4/21/2009
Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] - 5/7/2009
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 6/23/2009
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 7/8/2009
Rep Crenshaw, Ander [FL-4] - 5/4/2009
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 3/26/2009
Rep Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [PA-3] - 7/22/2009
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 6/26/2009
Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] - 5/6/2009
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 3/23/2009
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 3/9/2009
Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 5/6/2009
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] - 7/10/2009
Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario [FL-25] - 6/18/2009
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 4/21/2009
Rep Dreier, David [CA-26] - 6/10/2009
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 3/6/2009
Rep Edwards, Chet [TX-17] - 6/16/2009
Rep Edwards, Donna F. [MD-4] - 6/11/2009
Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] - 4/21/2009
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] - 7/15/2009
Rep Fallin, Mary [OK-5] - 4/2/2009
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 7/8/2009
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 7/28/2009
Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] - 5/11/2009
Rep Fleming, John [LA-4] - 3/18/2009
Rep Forbes, J. Randy [VA-4] - 5/20/2009
Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [NE-1] - 5/12/2009
Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 3/23/2009
Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11] - 6/3/2009
Rep Fudge, Marcia L. [OH-11] - 7/9/2009
Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] - 7/7/2009
Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] - 3/5/2009
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 5/11/2009
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 6/16/2009
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 3/30/2009
Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] - 4/23/2009
Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 4/28/2009
Rep Granger, Kay [TX-12] - 4/28/2009
Rep Graves, Sam [MO-6] - 4/22/2009
Rep Grayson, Alan [FL-8] - 3/11/2009
Rep Griffith, Parker [AL-5] - 6/16/2009
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 6/3/2009
Rep Guthrie, Brett [KY-2] - 5/7/2009
Rep Hall, Ralph M. [TX-4] - 4/29/2009
Rep Halvorson, Deborah L. [IL-11] - 6/3/2009
Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 5/11/2009
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 7/7/2009
Rep Harper, Gregg [MS-3] - 5/11/2009
Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 5/11/2009
Rep Heller, Dean [NV-2] - 3/6/2009
Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] - 5/4/2009
Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 4/21/2009
Rep Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [SD] - 5/6/2009
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 6/2/2009
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 7/8/2009
Rep Hoekstra, Peter [MI-2] - 4/28/2009
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 6/4/2009
Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-52] - 5/13/2009
Rep Inglis, Bob [SC-4] - 4/23/2009
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 5/12/2009
Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] - 6/16/2009
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/30/2009
Rep Jenkins, Lynn [KS-2] - 4/23/2009
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 6/9/2009
Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 4/22/2009
Rep Johnson, Timothy V. [IL-15] - 4/23/2009
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 2/26/2009
Rep Jordan, Jim [OH-4] - 6/2/2009
Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 2/26/2009
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 4/23/2009
Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 6/4/2009
Rep King, Steve [IA-5] - 6/11/2009
Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 3/6/2009
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 7/15/2009
Rep Kirkpatrick, Ann [AZ-1] - 7/14/2009
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 4/29/2009
Rep Kosmas, Suzanne M. [FL-24] - 6/17/2009
Rep Kratovil, Frank, Jr. [MD-1] - 6/4/2009
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 6/11/2009
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] - 4/21/2009
Rep Lance, Leonard [NJ-7] - 5/11/2009
Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] - 4/21/2009
Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-14] - 4/28/2009
Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] - 5/20/2009
Rep Lee, Christopher J. [NY-26] - 6/10/2009
Rep Lewis, Jerry [CA-41] - 6/24/2009
Rep Linder, John [GA-7] - 5/6/2009
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 6/4/2009
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 5/4/2009
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 6/10/2009
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 7/7/2009
Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-3] - 4/21/2009
Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine [MO-9] - 4/21/2009
Rep Lummis, Cynthia M. [WY] - 3/19/2009
Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3] - 5/7/2009
Rep Mack, Connie [FL-14] - 5/12/2009
Rep Maffei, Daniel B. [NY-25] - 5/12/2009
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 4/21/2009
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 3/11/2009
Rep Markey, Betsy [CO-4] - 6/25/2009
Rep Massa, Eric J. J. [NY-29] - 4/22/2009
Rep McCarthy, Kevin [CA-22] - 5/4/2009
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 4/21/2009
Rep McClintock, Tom [CA-4] - 3/6/2009
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 3/19/2009
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 4/29/2009
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 6/10/2009
Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 4/30/2009
Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 5/4/2009
Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 6/10/2009
Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] - 6/11/2009
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5] - 5/4/2009
Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] - 7/10/2009
Rep Mica, John L. [FL-7] - 5/12/2009
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 5/7/2009
Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] - 4/28/2009
Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] - 6/10/2009
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 3/24/2009
Rep Minnick, Walter [ID-1] - 5/13/2009
Rep Mitchell, Harry E. [AZ-5] - 6/9/2009
Rep Moran, Jerry [KS-1] - 5/4/2009
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 7/7/2009
Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 6/9/2009
Rep Murphy, Scott [NY-20] - 7/9/2009
Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18] - 4/29/2009
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 4/28/2009
Rep Neugebauer, Randy [TX-19] - 4/30/2009
Rep Nunes, Devin [CA-21] - 6/12/2009
Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 7/31/2009
Rep Olson, Pete [TX-22] - 4/21/2009
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 5/14/2009
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 6/9/2009
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 5/20/2009
Rep Paulsen, Erik [MN-3] - 3/30/2009
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 7/30/2009
Rep Pence, Mike [IN-6] - 4/21/2009
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 6/10/2009
Rep Perriello, Thomas S.P. [VA-5] - 5/13/2009
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 3/19/2009
Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] - 3/10/2009
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 4/28/2009
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 3/19/2009
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 2/26/2009
Rep Polis, Jared [CO-2] - 6/11/2009
Rep Posey, Bill [FL-15] - 2/26/2009
Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] - 3/10/2009
Rep Putnam, Adam H. [FL-12] - 4/28/2009
Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] - 5/6/2009
Rep Rehberg, Denny [MT] - 2/26/2009
Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] - 5/20/2009
Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] - 7/28/2009
Rep Roe, David P. [TN-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 7/14/2009
Rep Rogers, Mike D. [AL-3] - 5/13/2009
Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] - 5/20/2009
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 3/6/2009
Rep Rooney, Thomas J. [FL-16] - 4/22/2009
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 4/28/2009
Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] - 6/2/2009
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 5/21/2009
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 6/18/2009
Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] - 5/12/2009
Rep Ryan, Paul [WI-1] - 5/14/2009
Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 7/15/2009
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 6/15/2009
Rep Scalise, Steve [LA-1] - 5/20/2009
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 5/6/2009
Rep Schauer, Mark H. [MI-7] - 5/20/2009
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 7/14/2009
Rep Schmidt, Jean [OH-2] - 6/11/2009
Rep Schock, Aaron [IL-18] - 5/6/2009
Rep Scott, David [GA-13] - 7/20/2009
Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] - 5/7/2009
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 3/23/2009
Rep Shadegg, John B. [AZ-3] - 5/7/2009
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 6/9/2009
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 6/23/2009
Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] - 4/22/2009
Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] - 6/12/2009
Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] - 5/7/2009
Rep Simpson, Michael K. [ID-2] - 4/28/2009
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 6/17/2009
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 4/22/2009
Rep Smith, Adrian [NE-3] - 4/28/2009
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] - 6/15/2009
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 4/2/2009
Rep Snyder, Vic [AR-2] - 6/23/2009
Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] - 6/16/2009
Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] - 6/23/2009
Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12] - 6/11/2009
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/26/2009
Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 3/6/2009
Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] - 7/8/2009
Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 3/6/2009
Rep Teague, Harry [NM-2] - 6/12/2009
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 3/30/2009
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 7/17/2009
Rep Thompson, Glenn [PA-5] - 4/22/2009
Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] - 5/21/2009
Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] - 4/28/2009
Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12] - 4/28/2009
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 7/20/2009
Rep Titus, Dina [NV-3] - 7/14/2009
Rep Tonko, Paul D. [NY-21] - 6/9/2009
Rep Turner, Michael R. [OH-3] - 5/13/2009
Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 4/29/2009
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] - 7/20/2009
Rep Walden, Greg [OR-2] - 5/4/2009
Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1] - 5/7/2009
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 3/16/2009
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 5/21/2009
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 4/2/2009
Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 5/14/2009
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 4/29/2009
Rep Wittman, Robert J. [VA-1] - 4/1/2009
Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] - 6/11/2009
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 7/13/2009
Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 7/14/2009
Rep Young, C.W. Bill [FL-10] - 6/3/2009
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 3/6/2009

BIG GOV EXPANSION PROBLEM: Biggest revenue drop since 1932

The publicity outfit helping Ben Bernanke tout the need for the increased regulatory power for The Fed did a great job in getting most of the news producers and editors in America to continue the con job upon the American people. Their objective is to get us to believe that the economy is on the road to recovery. Don't believe it for a second.

Below is an excerpt from a AP News Story on the problems the Big Government Expansionists are facing, but not facing up to. The promises being made by Obama and most other politicians on both sides of the isle are simply unsustainable. This story is a partial reflection of what Congressman Ron Paul and GOP Senate senate hopeful Peter Schiff have been echoing, non-stop, for decades.

This story is a testament to the fact that the Federal Government needs to reduce spending, stop promising more entitlements, bring back a mindset of self sufficiency amongst the American people and shrink the size and scope of the Federal Government.

The counterfeit money presses cannot just print and print fiat money forever. The jig is up!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_plummeting_taxes

WASHINGTON – The recession is starving the government of tax revenue, just as the president and Congress are piling a major expansion of health care and other programs on the nation's plate and struggling to find money to pay the tab.
The numbers could hardly be more stark: Tax receipts are on pace to drop 18 percent this year, the biggest single-year decline since the Great Depression, while the federal deficit balloons to a record $1.8 trillion.

Other figures in an Associated Press analysis underscore the recession's impact: Individual income tax receipts are down 22 percent from a year ago. Corporate income taxes are down 57 percent. Social Security tax receipts could drop for only the second time since 1940, and Medicare taxes are on pace to drop for only the third time ever.
The last time the government's revenues were this bleak, the year was 1932 in the midst of the Depression.

"Our tax system is already inadequate to support the promises our government has made," said Eugene Steuerle, a former Treasury Department official in the Reagan administration who is now vice president of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

For the rest of the story, go to: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_plummeting_taxes

Freedom Watch on Fox News w/ Judge Napolitano for August 6 2009:. Guests: Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Peter Schiff Daniel Hannan, Lew Rockwell, David Aitken

This is MUST SEE news and views from REAL REPUBLICANS

Ron Paul endorses Peter Schiff for Senate - ShiffAThon.Com a HUGE sucess! Peter raised $750K in One Day

Senate candidate Peter Schiff had major success on Friday August 7, 2009, when Ron Paul supporters helped Peter haul in $750,000 to help defeat liberal Chris Dodd.

Schiff, a financial market expert, who has shown prowess in forecasting the Internet and sub-prime real estate bubbles long before professional politicians and Fed Chiefs, is one hell of a true Free Market, anti Keynesian, pro Austrian School of Economics businessman with his eye on the ball: LOWERING THE FEDERAL DEBT and SHRINKING THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

For more on Peter Schiff, visit http://SchiffForSenate.Com and contribute to his campaign today. It will be a fierce battle between he and Chris Dodd.

"Cash for Clunkers" Hurts the Poor

Congressman Ron Paul discusses the true effects of the "Cash for Clunkers" program and talks about how government intervention into the economy will only make things worse.



Congressman Paul's official congressional website is www.House.Gov/Paul and his very active official MySpace page is www.MySpace.Com/RonPaul

What Is This "Free Market" We Keep Hearing About?

What Is This "Free Market" We Keep Hearing About?
By Tom Mullen


"... every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interests his own way and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of other men."

— Adam Smith (1776)[1]

As President Obama and his pet Congress continue their crusade to expand the reach of government into our lives, "conventional wisdom" continues to tell us that socialized medicine, rampant wealth redistribution, and government control over one industry after another is "necessary" because of the supposed failure of the free market to adequately address the needs of society. The way the "free market" is characterized by politicians and media pundits, it is not surprising that most Americans seem to regard it as some sort of special interest group (Mr. Undersecretary, the gentlemen from the free market are here to see you). Doubtless, when most Americans hear the words "free market," they picture the CEO’s of Detroit automakers flying in on corporate jets or Wall Street financiers busy mastering the universe. This mischaracterization of the free market is ironic, seeing as both of these groups have recently sought and obtained capital from people who were not free to refuse (taxpayers).

So, before trying to ascertain whether or not the free market has failed society, it is necessary to define exactly what it is. This is not so much difficult as it is inconvenient for those who either wish to exert control over our lives or who wish to be controlled by those that they believe ..... for rest of article, please go to http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=161

Doctors Ron Paul & Rand Paul on CNN

Dr. Ron Paul appeared on CNN with his son Dr. Rand Paul to discuss health care "reform," out of control deficit spending, risks of price inflation, and how they would grade the Obama Administration.