Federal Reserve
November 23rd, 2015
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation reforming the nation’s central bank, including a new bipartisan national commission I have championed.
October 11th, 2012
The Huffington Post recently published “11 Lies About the Federal Reserve.” These alleged lies are being told by Fed skeptics like me. HuffPo rushes to the aid of the Fed, with a column by a young fan of Paul Krugman.
December 30th, 2011
I read a Reuters article the other day alleging that Ron Paul supporters are drawn from people who don’t have a very good grasp of the issues. Translation: they learn about them from sources other than Newsweek and...
December 16th, 2011
2012 is the year that conservatism begins the process of identifying itself for the 21st century while changing the face of a major Political Party. The Democratic and the left goes into the election confident of an...
February 23rd, 2011
Regardless of what one thinks of Ron Paul, he does ask questions that need answers; how does one determine the value of currency? What is the duty of the Federal Reserve, or a better question, what should the duty of the...
November 25th, 2009
In a word, NO! Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently gave a report on the state of the economy. It makes for scary reading if you are in any business other than those the Fed deemed too big to fail i.e.
January 11th, 2014
In this new year, we remain committed to listening to the people and implementing real solutions that will create more jobs, growth, and opportunity.On January 1, Obamacare took full effect, and it is hurting millions of...
September 14th, 2012
What we have seen within the last two days in the Middle East is nothing short of an organized, massive uprising against the United States by radical Muslim nations. This anti-American uprising occurring in Egypt, Libya,...
December 27th, 2011
Over the past year, the Gold Standard has now come into vogue as a campaign issue. While most economists dismiss the gold standard as a crazy idea or anachronism, no one has yet to come up with an answer to the question: "...
March 6th, 2011
I was well into another post when I got an email from someone complaining of The Fed and the greedy rich. Yes, this is a bit of a unique character. But, I edited out some personal references and submitted my response:It’s...
May 7th, 2010
The Federal Reserve’s current policy of near-zero interest rates has given banks a golden opportunity to recapitalize while still maintaining low lending rates to the private sector. Because the federal funds rate has been...