Posted on 07/03/2009 9:00:25 AM PDT by all the best
Ron Paul's legislative history is a lesson in principled failure. Among the bills he has co-sponsored: ending U.S. cooperation with the United Nations, a repeal of antitrust law "to restore the inherent benefits of the market economy," and stripping the government of the right to set a minimum wage. Just last week, he again introduced a bill "to repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990," which would presumably make schools less safe but which would reinforce our right to bear arms. For Paul, ideology almost always trumps politics.
None of these bills, I should note, have picked up much support. And Paul's track record with economic legislation isn't any better. His perennial efforts—shifting the country back toward a gold standard, abolishing the personal income tax, and dismantling the Federal Reserve—are nonstarters. They so change the very fabric of this country that Paul can't marshal his colleagues to his side.
Which is why Paul's most recent legislative accomplishment is so impressive. He has rallied the majority of the House to support his new cause: an audit of the Federal Reserve. Legislators are sick of not knowing what's going on inside Bernanke's fortress, especially as the Fed becomes further enmeshed in the nation's fiscal policy. Paul's little bill has become emblematic of a larger movement, one that could spell trouble for Obama's troubled regulatory plan. Ron Paul—always an enemy of regulation—is now an enemy of Obama. And a mighty powerful one at that.
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I can't see as how the GFSZAo1990 has made our schools any safer as it is. It DOES make them perfect targets for mass school shootings, however.
End the Fed and bring the printing of money back to the Treasury Dept., and let them print the money interest free as intended.
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Even blind squirrels can find a nut every once in a while.
I’ll take a nut over a communist.
Ron is about the only one in D.C. with a clue in regards to the economy.
If by the end goals, then yes, I would agree. However, goal is nothing without proper execution, and Paul’s methods of execution would make Obama look like a friggin genius in comparison.
Hey, Gunny. How are ya?
SF
Great to get these little(big) surprise hellos from ya—much appreciated!!!!!
Remember!
They can shock the sh!t troops, but...
They cannot sh!t the shock troops!
Semper Fidelis
Dick
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My pleasure, Gunny. I don’t see ya around that much so it’s nice to holler at ya when I do...
Do you twitter? (I know, a helluva thing to ask another Marine!)
SF
DC
“Do you twitter?”
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Not as much as in years gone by—but I think about it a lot!
;)
Dick
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Twitter.com and look up @dcwusmc
Oh... and Happy Independence Day. May we return to the REAL reason for the day and have many more of them!
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