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In this week’s Texas Straight Talk, Representative Ron Paul discusses the need to end the war in Afghanistan, which has become an occupation, long outlasting the original authorization of force. Issued just after the attacks on September 11th, the war is now approaching a decade with no end in sight. Al-Qaeda has long since left Afghanistan and now sits and waits for America, much like the Russians, to bankrupt itself, whilst simultaneously recruiting Afghans turned off by the American occupation, who themselves have a long and bloodied history of resisting foreign occupations.

Dr. Paul opines that while many in Congress continue to couch their support for an UnConstitutional war in terms of supporting the troops via continued funding of the operation, the simple fact remains, needless deaths of American soldiers in a war long past its original mission is an immoral path to secure their bids for reelection. Further he continues that not only are members of Congress completely blind to their Constitutional duty, members even abdicate Congressional responsibility to enforce the War Powers Resolution of 1973, passed after Vietnam, which attempted to restrict the President to using troops for no more than 90 days without appearing before Congress to obtain a formal Declaration of War.

Source(s): Minnesota Chris YouTube Channel • Official Congressional Website of Representative Ron Paul

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In his weekly Texas Straight Talk update, Representative Ron Paul discusses the invasive nature of the 2010 U.S. Census and past abuses of such information regardless of promises otherwise by the Federal Government. Dr. Paul points out that the original intent of the census was to conduct a headcount every ten years for the sole purpose of Congressional representation, not the expansive data-mining operation it has become over the years.

Through concerted efforts to categorize ever individual down to a finite ethnicity, race, creed, et cetera, the census in its current form seeks to further push Americans to think of themselves in terms of “people-groups” as opposed to unique individuals thereby reaffirming the racist notion of collectivism. Further and contrary to current and past promises made by the Central Authority, census data supposedly kept under lock & key has been used by numerous agencies within the federal government for nefarious purposes. From the I.R.S seeking to find Income Tax evaders to the Department of Defense searching for males who dodged the draft and even ethnicity in order to facilitate the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, census data has a history of federal abuse.

According to Dr. Paul, he feels the most succinct answer to the all census questions outside of “how many people live here” should be “none of your business”, but continues to point out, refusing to answer the Census Bureau may result in a hefty fine of $5,000 for failure to render your demographics to the bloated federal government.

Source(s): Representative Ron Paul House Website • MinnesotaChris YouTube Channel

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In his weekly Texas Straight Talk address, Representative Ron Paul discusses the bizarre spending habits of the United States government. Specifically via the State Department regarding the construction of yet another multimillion dollar embassy, this time in London as well as news the nation’s private Central Bank, the FEDERAL RESERVE may have been involved with both financing the likes of the Watergate burglars and Saddam Hussein. Dr. Paul points to these nefarious actions by the FEDERAL RESERVE during Watergate as published in the Senate Watergate Report from 1974¹ as well as its involvement in financing Saddam Hussein² as precisely why the FEDERAL RESERVE’s immunity from audit should be repealed in its entirety. [READ FULL TRANSCRIPT]

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Source(s): The Senate Watergate Report published 1974,2005 • The New York Times “Follow the Money” by: Martin Mayer published January 14, 2004

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In this week’s “Texas Straight Talk”, Dr. Paul discusses the looming financial problems facing Greece and her people due to their overwhelming public debt and asks if due to current laws prohibiting access to such information whether the American taxpayer via the FEDERAL RESERVE could unknowingly be financing the bailout of Greece.

He uses this most recent example to call for a full and transparent audit of the FEDERAL RESERVE via passage of H.R. 1207 and S. 604. Both bills now pending will insure that the FEDERAL RESERVE’s dealings with foreign central banks and governments are available for scrutiny to both Congress and the American People. Further, Dr. Paul makes plain the absolute immoral nature and unConstitutionality of a private central bank issuing a wholly Fiat currency whereby the American taxpayer is put up as collateral. (FULL TRANSCRIPT)

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Source(s): Official Webpage of Representative Ron Paul • MinnesotaChris YouTube Channel

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In his weekly update, Dr. Ron Paul of Texas illustrates the disastrous consequences of following the Keynesian economic model, which advocates in perpetuity. Just last week, the House voted to raise the debt ceiling by another $1.9 Trillion, a move undertaken to avoid defaulting on current obligations, but nonetheless just delaying the inevitable. In reality, no one can merely continue borrowing funds in order to service the interest on the existing debt and make payment on bill that are currently due. This simple idea universally understood by the People, seems to escape those in government, who care more about reelection than charting a fiscally responsible course for the nation.

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This week Dr. Paul discusses the empty promise made by President Obama during his State of the Union speech last week to “freeze” discretionary spending. While the politicians in Washington are taking notice of the growing discontent as it relates to the ever-expanding bloated federal government and escalating national debt, the establishment and the puppet in Chief who campaigned on “Change We Can Believe In” are merely offering more lip service instead of actually offering a true reduction in spending. (FULL TRANSCRIPT)

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Source(s): Representative Ron Paul’s House Webpage • Minnesota Chris YouTube Channel

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For his first Texas Straight Talk of the New Year, Dr. Ron Paul discusses the dangers of continuing to listen to Keynesian economists, thus relying on government as the only growth industry, and their belief that government can spend its way out of a recession via printing more money out of thin air. Dr. Paul urges us to consider listening to the Austrian economic school and its teachings as a hedge against runaway inflation due to the destruction of the currency, which will, lest we change course, ultimately lead to the destruction of the middle-class in America.

The full audio and transcript of this week’s Texas Straight Talk are available for your consideration.

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Souce(s): Representative Ron Paul, House Web Page • Minnesota Chris YouTube Channel

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Dr. Paul outlines the gathering perfect storm fomented by the federal government as a result of our multiple wars, banker bailouts, and reckless devaluing of the Dollar via the FEDERAL RESERVE. Yet as the litany of problems spiral out of control, politicians in the District of Columbia remain content to meddle even further into areas never intended by the Founding Generation. As consequence, their blatant disregard for the Constitution as outdated reference manual in lieu of the Supreme Law of the Land ensures the unintended consequences of their actions will expand government further beyond its proper role of preventing/prosecuting acts of violence, fraud, and the equal enforcement of contracts.

Thus, as Representative Ron Paul explains, the burdensome laws outside the aforementioned scope suffocate the ability of the people and communities to formulate practical solutions unique to their circumstances.

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Source(s): U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Representative Ron Paul, “Texas Straight Talk” Oct. 19, 2009 • Minnesota Chris YouTube Channel

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In this week’s Texas Straight Talk, Representative Ron Paul discusses the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. As a consequence thereof, polls indicate that 58% of the American people now oppose the war, yet the Obama administration just authorized an additional twenty-one thousand troops for deployment in November. Thus as Dr. Paul opines it seems we are committed to following the example set by the former Soviet union, who spent ten-years in the 1980’s bankrupting their empire attempting control and stabilize Afghanistan, before finally withdrawing in defeat.

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Source(s): Office of Representative Ron Paul of Texas, Texas Straight Talk • Minnesota Chris

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Dr. Ron Paul discusses the historic moment last Friday in the House Financial Services Committee whereby his bill to fully audit the FEDERAL RESERVE, H.R. 1207 received its first hearing coupled with testimony from supporters and FED protectionists. As it stands currently, the law prohibits the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from auditing the FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE (FOMC) and all international transactions whether they are with a foreign central bank or foreign government. H.R. 1207 simply seeks to remove this secretive protection provided to the 3rd Central Bank of the United States, a power that allows the Central Bank to act as quasi-government, wholly shielded from public view.

Moreover, H.R. 1207 now enjoys co-sponsorship by 295 members of the House of Representatives, which as Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) indicated during the hearing, makes the FEDERAL RESERVE Transparency Act of 2009 a true bipartisan effort. In addition, momentum continues to grow for the Senate companion bill S. 604, which has thus far received co-sponsorship from one-fourth of the entire Senate.

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Source(s): House of Representatives, Office of Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Straight Talk • MinnesotaChris YouTube Channel