Ron Paul: Restore a Full Audit of the Fed! (House floor 6/9/10)
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Better version here: youtu.be house.gov CampaignForLiberty.com Congressman Ron Paul speaks up during discussion on a motion to instruct conferees on HR 4173, the so-called “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009.” Text is below Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to another gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul). (Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. PAUL. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this motion to instruct. I think it is a good idea that we don’t have the taxpayers bailing out eternally institutions that are bankrupt. But there is an important thing to remember, that when an economy gets out of kilter, the marketplace demands a correction of that. And that’s usually called the recession. Of course, we are not discussing here today exactly how we get into the excesses, but we do. And, unfortunately, debt gets too high and mal-investment gets too excessive, and the market wants to correct this. Now, it’s essential that this excessive debt be liquidated. It can be liquidated in two different ways. It can be written off by inflationary currency and paid off with bad money, or it can be liquidated actually through the bankruptcy process. So I am in strong support of this, but I also want to make a point here and a suggestion to the conferees that they pay attention to the provision in the House version of our bill dealing with the Federal Reserve. And that provision is called …
@truthislibertyus YOUR comment lacks credibility. Are you so insulated from Main Street that you have no job insecurity, no taxes, are among the top feeders on the inflation chain, have zero understanding of math and debt? Are you in the herd who love the Wars the Fed finances, who imagines crony-corporatism robbing taxpayers is good? Do you think funding an army of bureaucrats paid to control the rest of us at huge expense is wise? And do you believe the US should control the world?