[mkjessup]

If Ron Paul were in charge his first act would be to stabilize the currency by raising interest rates.

Well genius, explain how Ron Paul is going to control the chaos following his election in that time frame from Election night '08, up to January 20, 2009. Investors and speculators aren't going to wait to see what kind of madcap ideas he puts into play.

There's no guarantee there will even BE a currency to 'stabilize' by the time he gets to the Capitol steps.

[oblomov]

>>There’s no guarantee there will even BE a currency to ‘stabilize’ by the time he gets to the Capitol steps.

Don’t be ridiculous. Most likely, one of Paul’s first acts would be to put the US back on the gold (or perhaps a bimetal) standard. FDR and Nixon unconstitutionally took us off of it by executive order, so certainly all it takes is an executive order to put us back on...