In the Las Vegas debate last night, Rep. Ron Paul defended Occupy Wall Street protesters against Herman Cain‘s invectives, stating, “Mr. Cain has blamed the victims.” Thank you, Dr. Paul.
Rep. Ron Paul is definitely the only Republican candidate who has displayed a degree of sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street protesters, and last night he proved it on a national stage by addressing resident Republican crazy man (one of many), Herman Cain.
Cain has suggested that OWS is anti-American and that they have only themselves to blame for their troubles—not Wall Street nor the government whom they have been petitioning for a grievance.
Cain stated in the debate, “They’re directing their anger at the wrong place. Wall Street didn’t put in failed economic policies… Wall Street isn’t going around the country trying to sell another $450 billion. They should be standing in front of the White House.”
Well, Sir, they are, in fact, standing as close to the White House as they can and everywhere else across the country.
Paul defended the protesters by stating, “Mr. Cain has blamed the victims. There are a lot of people who are victims of this business cycle.”
Paul, of course, traces a lot of the economic problems back to the Federal Reserve, the fractional banking apparatus of which Herman Cain was a member (of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank), and which allowed a number of banks and investors to make risky investments with criminal financial instruments (the credit-default swap), knowing full well that the Federal Reserve and the federal government would have no choice but to bail them out if toxic mortgage securities began to implode.
“[The Federal Reserve] creates the financial bubbles,” said Paul. “Who got stuck? The middle class got stuck. They lost their jobs and they lost their houses.”
And Paul said what so many politicians are unwilling to say, “We have to blame the business cycle and the economic polices that led to this disaster.”
Thank you, Dr. Paul, for defending the honorable protesters and middle class against Mr. Cain’s ignorant blustering on national television.
OWS needs to become a total movement and Rep. Paul’s acknowledgement is a great step toward this coalescence.
October 19, 2011 at 12:05 pm, Billy Bonkoski said:
Go, Go, Ron Paul .
October 19, 2011 at 12:19 pm, Sock said:
You should be thankful there is ONE PERSON in DC that believes with all of his heart that yours, mine and everyone’s constitutional rights should be protected at all costs.
His Name is Dr. Ron Paul and come hell or high water unless you want more war, more business as usual and an even greater divide monetarily only he will work to help the people.
All of the other candidates are beholden to CORP America, including Obama, and it’s time to tell them they can all ***K off.
Ron Paul. Just say NO to the establishment that really runs our country.
October 19, 2011 at 1:18 pm, Alpha1 said:
Let’s say for some reason Dr. Paul’s budget cuts went belly up. Who would you rather stand behind? Someone that cares about the country and it’s people and tries to help or one of those other individuals on stage last night?
VOTE RON PAUL
October 19, 2011 at 12:30 pm, TXSMOTOGAL said:
RON PAUL MONEY BOMB TODAY! $20.12 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO WHAT PRESIDENT PAUL WILL SAVE US AND OUR FAMILIES! JUST DO IT!!!!
October 19, 2011 at 2:08 pm, Walkerest8 said:
Donated this morning!! We have got to get behind Dr. Paul and put our money where our mouths are. If we want to get out of this mess, we MUST be ready to do the hard work! VOTE AND DONATE, people! The corporations are filling Romney and Obama’s coffers; we must stand against that by giving to the only one who’s going to change this! Dr. Ron Paul!
October 20, 2011 at 11:29 am, Sock said:
I told my children that we’d have to not go out last weekend to have fun. They asked why and I told them that there are times when one must stand up for what they believe in, for who they believe in, and that today was the time, Ron Paul was the reason.
Let’s protect the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution from the perpetual abuse DC has been dishing out for years and years.
After all…Both sides love to use children as a wedge issue. Now is the time to support them and their rights wholeheartedly before it’s too late to get them back.
October 19, 2011 at 12:33 pm, NadePaulKuciGravMcKi said:
Dr. Ron knows both parties are corrupt.
as well as the criminal controlled media
October 19, 2011 at 12:39 pm, Jared Lenta said:
Ron did great last night, he tells it how it is… truth hurts, but truth is needed…. RON PAUL 2012!
don’t forget to moneybomb today
October 19, 2011 at 12:44 pm, Michael Todd said:
I haven’t been a Ron Paul fan for various reasons, but I have a deal more respect for him now.
October 19, 2011 at 4:49 pm, Anonymous said:
May I just ask who you favor instead ? Obama who has campaigned on change and continued driving the country into the ground? Or one of the corporate-sponsored tools like Romney/Perry/Cain and such. Ron Paul is the only honest and consistent candidate in the whole race (and in a looong while) and he’s the only one with anything even close to a solution. He is the candidate for the people and he wants to do away with as much government as possible precisely because the government is the main reason for the problems we are in. They killed free market a long time ago and they are doing anything they can to ensure profits of banks, big pharma and insurance corporations at cost to everyone else. Obama’s healthcare plan ? Force everyone who doesn’t have insurance to buy one ! lol…
October 19, 2011 at 12:47 pm, Mark Brown said:
I am British and the nearest we have to Ron Paul is Nigel Farage, I love America and its people and we have many great friends there.I hope and pray the American people realise just what you have on Dr Ron Paul. I will never return to America until so many things have changed, for my part, particularly the rampant GMO foods and hormone injected beef everywhere.
Do you know the Eurozone refuses to take American or South American beef-its a trade violation-meaning the EU has to pay £500 million in fines every year to keep this beef out Europe-and do so willingly.
Please get behind him and return the United States of America to its constitution.
Love and peace
Mark B
October 19, 2011 at 1:16 pm, Peelerjoseph0 said:
Yes, I have seen many of Nigel Farage’s videos on YouTube. Good comparison.
October 19, 2011 at 1:37 pm, Gerald said:
Daniel Hannan is good as well. He supported RP last election.
October 19, 2011 at 1:46 pm, Steve Tierney said:
Mark – you should join the Conservative Libertarian alliance.
http://www.conservativelibertarian.co.uk/
October 19, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Mark Brown said:
I will have a look Steve.
October 19, 2011 at 3:35 pm, Anonymous said:
check out fuckthe.eu If you are a fan of Nigel’s, you will like it.
October 19, 2011 at 6:04 pm, Joshua Potter said:
I love watching Nigel on the floor of the EU! The looks on the faces of the EU cheerleaders is amazing!
October 19, 2011 at 9:37 pm, the glam said:
Enjoyed your post. So true with the rampant GMO’s here in U.S. Luckily, many stores have wised up and we have better shopping options (but many still fail to do so). Not surprised that you’re not taking our beef (don’t eat it anymore myself, but if I did, I would by it straight from a local farm). Hopefully your post will enlighten a few people.
October 19, 2011 at 12:48 pm, ryans said:
Intelligent Article.
When people think about cutting they often think about what the money was intended for in theory, so … cutting national defense reduces our defense/security. Or allowing young people to opt out of Social Security will reduce their security. Here’s one example of how this isn’t true.
A person earning $50,000 per year and paying $1000/month on rent could own a $200,000 outright in 15y without spending an extra dime. SS tax is 10.4%(4.2+6.2) or $5,200/y for this person. After just 2 years this low income person could afford a down payment and spend their rent on paying off debt instead. After 15y their SS would have paid 78,000 and rent the interest and rest of principal. How’s that for security. A house with zero debt. Housing bubble, interest rates rise, no problem. You’re free and clear. And that’s only after 15y. The alternative for many is to keep paying rent their whole Lives and then get SS when their old, not even enough to cover that rent.
Let’s be humane and stop sucking the poor dry. Let’s allow them to keep the financial security they’ve earned and the dignity that comes with taking care of yourself and family.
October 19, 2011 at 1:37 pm, Victor Montano said:
Bro, this is so true! people are so afraid to be FREE! its like the Birds that after being caged for so long then freed… fears being free and on its own…”We the People gave power to the creature of Gov’t. We need to take care of it, NOT it take care of us” BEING FREE IS WHAT MADE U.S. GREAT ~RON PAUL 2012~
October 24, 2011 at 12:07 am, Anonymous said:
I agree with you that people should take care of their own future. However, you will find many people eventually will lose this house once they retire due to outrageous property taxes. It is no wonder between inflation and property taxes that so many need assistance. For this plan to work, which I hope it is tried at least, you must get rid of property taxes, at least for the elderly. I have no problem with a one time sales tax on the purchase but there is no real land ownership in this country with yearly extorsion..I mean taxes collected. In the example you provide, this person could still be paying about $400 a month in property taxes depending on where they live, and this skews your numbers a bit. Along with energy costs, even if you own your house you can’t afford to live on SS. Most have to sell their homes just to have that money to survive on in the short term.
October 19, 2011 at 12:48 pm, Duvexy said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgNzOy5Y1vM
Vote for Ron Paul 2012
October 19, 2011 at 12:51 pm, Nora Smith said:
That’s right!
Dr. Paul sees reality because he has lived reality while @ the WH. Cong. Paul is the only qualified to carry out the responsibility of being a leader, not a puppet.
Neither Dems nor Reps have proven able to handle the White House, which is a tremendous responsibility and not a way to get richer as the banks with Wall Street, mortgage companies, all, at the expense of US the TAX PAYERS.
No one in the right mind can conceive the idea of keep getting the cat fatter and fatter. Americans have suffer too much at the hands of irresponsible “leaders.”
We don’t buy anymore the “stimulus packages for ‘job’” as the new crazy idea!
RONPAUL2012 to END SOCIAL DARWINISM THAT IS KILLING AMERICANS!!
October 19, 2011 at 1:14 pm, Victor Montano said:
Dr. Paul Anticipated most of the problems we are facing today. Our founding fathers regretted the fact that central bank would play monopoly and destroy a great nation!! WE NEED RON PAUL IN 2012….or the USA will cease to be great
October 19, 2011 at 1:35 pm, Joe said:
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.” Thomas Jefferson
Ron Paul didn’t predict this, Thomas Jefferson did 200 years ago. Dr. Paul is just the messenger.
END THE FED!!!!
October 19, 2011 at 1:42 pm, Joe said:
Here are a few more quotes:
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” – James Madison”Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on at the expense of other generations.” – James Madison”If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.” – Thomas JeffersonThe Government, the Federal Reserve and all of the wars are very closely related.
October 19, 2011 at 12:57 pm, Anonymous said:
Schooled Mr Cain! Schooled!
October 19, 2011 at 1:00 pm, Joe said:
Credit default swaps are not “criminal financial instruments.” They are a derivative security that has been in use for over 100 years. Like anything, when enough leverage is applied whether its CDS or NASDAQ stocks, massive volatility can result. The Federal Reserve, the Government and Wall Street colluded to create a massive ponzi scheme fueled entirely by cheap credit and over-leverage. Credit Default Swaps, themselves, had nothing specifically to do with this. It’s the same bubble machine it was in 1929. This game will be played out over and over again. Next time some other esoteric financial instrument will be at the center but the result will be the same. Banksters and politicians get more money and power and we get a heavier debt yolk, both public and private.
Bring this shell game to an end. Vote Ron Paul!!
October 19, 2011 at 1:44 pm, Steve Tierney said:
As much as I think Ron Paul is awesome, I don’t think this was helpful. If the OWS folk were smart, “sound money”, live-within-our-means, small state folk then he’d be right. But while there may be SOME of them there, there’s also a fair number of crazy Big State “Give Me Stuff Because Its my Right” lefties. And those guys are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
October 19, 2011 at 2:09 pm, Mark Brown said:
Steve
Re The con/alliance. I have never joined any party before, but joined ukip recently, we have to get cameron & co out along with our ridiculous membership of this unelected, undemocratic EU experiment.
They promised us a referendum and as usual changed their minds.
October 19, 2011 at 2:29 pm, Doogan said:
I would argue that left/right ad hominems are more of a problem than the perceived political beliefs of your strawmen. There is enough of a crisis in the United States that droves of people with complaints from every end of the spectrum are turning up to express their disenfranchisement, at Wall Street, across America, and across the planet.
Simply put, Ron Paul is the only one out of the entire field of televised candidates whose policies actually threaten the establishment. For that alone, he will again have my vote.
October 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm, Joe said:
I’m right across the street from Zuccotti Park so I see it everyday. I really and truly believe there is no common theme to the people out there, from a political spectrum point of view. I think of it as a mosaic of the collective frustration of the people. Its unfortunate that more folks don’t understand our financial system. The Fed and the Gov’t are the mechanism that allows Wall Street to stay publicly subsidized and privately profitable. If there was no Fed, JPMorgan wouldn’t be too big to fail, it would be too big to save and the whole house of cards would collapse. If we had simply publicly executed Dick Fuld for his personal role in this, the sheep would think that the culprits had been brought to justice and the machine would just keep on going.
If there are left wingers in the mix out there, they were probably put there by the TBTF’s. The banking cabal would love to see this country go completely leftwing. They wouldn’t have to work so hard to hide their theft of the people’s wealth.
Wake up OWS. You are so close! One block further east is where the problem is!! It’s time to take the red pill.
October 19, 2011 at 3:13 pm, Marvin Cooley said:
Yes your right and we will see a lot more from the bureaucrats when President Paul takes office.
Ron Paul mentioned your concern’s when Wolf Blitzer ask him about the protesters and he said he was far “those who had their head screwed on right”. Remember though we should protect their right to make a protest even if we disagree with their reason.
October 19, 2011 at 5:18 pm, Reines_hinus said:
you’re stuck. It’s what you would like to believe. How would you fix a crooked government?
October 19, 2011 at 2:01 pm, Anonymous said:
Ron Paul is truth…we are bankrupt and people need to listen up to what he is saying. We are in big big trouble and I don’t feel like having to fight off rioters in my city because we kick this can down the road and have to give all our borrowed money to Israel and keep up the charade of our empire in a sandbox.
Fun fact for everyone looks like the FED just allowed Bank of America and JP Morgan to stiff us for I something 100 trillion in bad European credit default swaps, if they need another bailout, which they will soon. This is stupid let’s declare bankruptcy and get this over with before we make it any worse. I think my neice owes the FED $285,000.00 thousand dollars now and she’s 10. Thanks Washington, thank you Federal Reserve, I can’t wait to stick my pitch fork and throw my torch on you.
October 19, 2011 at 2:24 pm, Tjnoonan said:
And Paul said what so many politicians are unwilling to say, “We have to blame the business cycle and the economic polices that led to this disaster.”
Way to stick your neck out, Dr. Paul. No person should be called to account. No corporation did anything wrong. All the blame goes to a “business cycle” and “policies”.Once we declare the business cycle a citizen and throw it in jail, justice will have been served?Same old same old school political drivel/distraction to facilitate letting the guilty rich run free while the poor are punished for everyone’s sins.If this looks to anyone like political courage, you have been living in right wing darkness for so long that you’ve mistaken the nearest pile of phosphorescent guano for the light at the end of the tunnel, in my opinion.
October 19, 2011 at 4:31 pm, VinceP said:
But the corporations, banking industry and “Wall Street” (assuming they aren’t the same monster with different names) dictate the “business cycle” and the bad “policies”. This is what Ron Paul is trying to tell us all. The way we have been going about things has done nothing but fail for almost everyone except for the so-called “1%”. Ron Paul pepresents something TOTALLY different than what has come before, at least since the Roosevelt Administration. It’s time to try that! No one else represents or is calling for anything more than a variation on the same old lop-sided thing.
October 19, 2011 at 5:29 pm, OahuBob said:
Actually, if you understand what underlies Ron Paul’s statement, you’ll know that he believes that the Federal Reserve causes the business cycle. He is very clear on this. Because every single one of his positions, statements, and thoughts ties directly to an underlying belief or philosophy, it sometimes takes an extra layer of thought. But once you get him, you’ll be able to predict EXACTLY where he would stand on any issue that may arise. He’s that consistent and that reliable. In terms of calling someone into account, he wrote a book called “End the Fed.”
October 20, 2011 at 12:55 am, Anonymous said:
I urge you to listen to Ron Paul’s complete answer to the question.
This is not a rich vs. poor, Dem vs. GOP issue. This is an issue of liberty. It all makes sense once you understand the principles of liberty.If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?
October 20, 2011 at 2:19 pm, Jeremiah Ellison said:
“No person should be called to account.”
It’s hard to communicate a complex opinion in a debate format where you’re allowed 60 seconds to answer a question. It’s probably also harder to understand that opinion when all you learn about it comes from a couple of lines quoted on an article.
But if you watched the debate, you might have heard Ron Paul also say we have to deal with the fraud involved in the system. And he asked “how many people have gone to jail?” in regards to the 2008 meltdown and crash, pointing out that the government has failed to take the crash serious in any way [except as an excuse for a power grab].
Yes, there should be some called to account, and Paul seems to be all for that. Did you expect this lone legislator (Paul) to conduct an investigation on his own, maybe personally hire a private investigator to get to the bottom of this? Without a majority in Washington being for it, that’s all he could do. Because, in the absence of having an investigation, I sure hope he isn’t pointing fingers at particular people and accusing them of fraud. But it sounds like you would like to see that.
You sound like the kind of person who blames Paul, says he wouldn’t make a good president, because you think he’s all talk and no walk since he hasn’t gotten anything good through Congress, never mind the fact that it’s a democratic process and there’s often around 80% of the other delegates (his equals) who oppose his proposals.
October 19, 2011 at 2:27 pm, Sara said:
Now get out there and vote for him! Then we’ll have a real movement. The establishment hates him. And DONATE TODAY: Black This Out Moneybomb 10-19. He’s just about the only candidate not being funded by Wall St.
October 19, 2011 at 2:29 pm, Anonymous said:
Ron Paul 2012!
October 19, 2011 at 2:34 pm, slugnuts said:
I don’t blame the protesters. I think that they can be a little misguided at times but, they are right to be upset. Wall Street playing games with the economy is part of the problem, the other part is big government which keeps bailing them out when they get in trouble. Who was in approval of the bailouts? Cain, Romney and Perry.
Ron Paul is our only hope.
October 19, 2011 at 2:34 pm, The Kingfish said:
Cain would have us believe we have a free market system only to have socialism foisted on us in the last two years or so. The truth is we have had a corporatist system since at least 1913, the backbone of which is the Federal Reserve. Audit that thing fully!
October 19, 2011 at 2:58 pm, fran said:
dr. paul is truly the only one who speaks for 99%.
October 19, 2011 at 3:28 pm, Richard Haydn said:
If you support Ron Paul, tell your friends and neighbors about him. Get a yard sign. Wear a sticker. If you really want him to win, join a local meetup group and canvass the voters in your neighborhood. We need our support to translate to votes in the primary elections.
October 19, 2011 at 3:41 pm, Josh Basquez said:
Ron paul defends life liberty and property. our property includes our money, which gets debased by the federal reserve, and our liberty includes those liberties that the TSA and CIA destroy when they stick their hands down our pants or drop bombs on unconvicted american citizens from unmanned aircraft. I am surprised at a positive article from you, after http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/151502/how-god-makes-ron-paul-a-big-hypocrite/ you called Paul a hypocrite for defending life. Paul only stated that life should be defended, including the unborn in his personal opinion, but he admits that his personal opinion would be left out of the matter. Instead, Paul argues that the decision to define when life begins (whether conception, birth, or somewhere in between) should be left up to the states. A reasonable policy from our next president, wouldn’t you agree? He feels the same way about numerous other policies, such as marijuana legalization or gay marriage. so lets get the federal government out of it, and start moving powers back to the states.
October 19, 2011 at 3:44 pm, Wraith Ckm said:
Herman Cain stumbled all over the place in his response to Paul
October 20, 2011 at 6:36 pm, Kelly Brueggen said:
heh, in the previous debate they were asked who their favorite fed chair was. Cain responded that it was greenspan, and asked why he responded it was because Greenspan was the chairman while he worked for the Fed. A well thought out position indeed……Cain is just another poser
October 19, 2011 at 4:12 pm, Anonymous said:
Have y’all seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_X88XVVZtQ&feature=related
October 19, 2011 at 4:13 pm, Daren Ferreira said:
Thank you for a well written article that shows the people who really represents them.
Ron Paul is for the people while the rest are for the banks.
Obama, McCain, Romney, Perry.. They are all on the bank payroll and it’s time for them to go…
If you haven’t gone to ronpaul2012.com to donate please do so now. There is no minimum.. you can click “other” and donate $1.00-$2500.00.. The money, while important, is nothing compared to showing the world the sheer number of people who are standing behind Dr. Paul!!!
Let the Revolution continue!!!
October 19, 2011 at 4:35 pm, Kev Gia said:
A man with clear understanding of the condition of this country, a man who does not pander any one, see it like it is and say it like it is.
October 19, 2011 at 4:39 pm, Eddy said:
I’ve never been a member of the Dem/Repub parties but after what RP said last night, I might just join the Repubs just to vote for him in the primaries.
October 19, 2011 at 5:28 pm, Mary said:
Great! Now, hurry and register online (google “change party affiliation” and your state) before it’s too late. They’re moving primary dates up right and left, and in some states (NY, for example, and soon in FL) it’s already too late to change party affiliation.
October 19, 2011 at 5:02 pm, Haneyorhaney said:
Could someone please say that Ron Paul could win. I’m beginning to lose hope for America. I genuinely believe that he is the only candidate running that will fundamentally change our country for the better and put it on course.
And I’m sad because I think the Republican establishment is going to win. The fight Dr. Paul is mounting feels too big today.
October 20, 2011 at 12:17 am, Peachtree Breyer said:
Trust me. If you vote your conscience…Ron Paul CAN win.
October 20, 2011 at 12:56 am, Anonymous said:
Freedom is in peril. Defend it with all your might.
October 20, 2011 at 6:52 pm, Tod Mills said:
In the immortal words of Winston Churchill: “Never, never, never give up!”
October 19, 2011 at 5:13 pm, George Washington said:
Ron Paul 2012!
October 19, 2011 at 5:26 pm, Anonymous said:
Good Article…Ron Paul the advocate for all Americans…Ron Paul 2012
October 19, 2011 at 6:48 pm, matt said:
First off let me say that I agree with Ron Paul. But this article is unfair to Herman Cain. He IS blaming the government for the problems, not the protesters.
“Cain has suggested that OWS
is anti-American and that they have only themselves to blame for their
troubles—not Wall Street nor the government whom they have been
petitioning for a grievance.
Cain stated in the debate, “They’re directing their anger at the
wrong place. Wall Street didn’t put in failed economic policies… Wall
Street isn’t going around the country trying to sell another $450
billion. They should be standing in front of the White House.”
This article makes a statement that Cain doesn’t blame wall street, or the government, then the very quote they use, Cain blames the government… Poorly done.
Anyway, the “honorable” protesters, should go protest those that pass the laws, instead of those that do what they can to make a buck – yes, it’s greed, and a lot of the protesters would do the same thing if their job were to make money.
Stop being the victim!
October 19, 2011 at 9:03 pm, Falcon said:
“Don’t blame Wall Street,” Cain said. “Don’t blame the big banks. If you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself.” -Herman Cain Oct 5, 2011
Cain IS blaming the protesters, NOT Wall Street and the Bankers.
October 19, 2011 at 7:15 pm, Brian Hynes said:
Thank god for a voice of Ben Franklin
October 19, 2011 at 7:30 pm, Anonymous said:
Ron is right, it’s the Fed that creates the finacial bubbles. He’s been saying the same thing for decades and only now are people are beginning to listen to him. Paul’s dream of ending the Fed would bring sound money back to our economy. It would also rain on the parade of big banks, the war industry, and the cronies in Washington who are counting on us to all be good little sheeple and put in the next pretty boy the corporate-controlled media has selected so they can get on with business as usual.
Ron Paul in 2012 is a no-brainer, but to make that possible we must all contribute to get his name out. He rarely gets publicity from the mainstream media and he sure as hell doesn’t bow down to the special interests, so he’s not getting fat checks like the rest. This is a grassroots effort. ronpaul2012.com
October 19, 2011 at 7:47 pm, Caleb said:
Ron Paul needs to ask Herman Cain? “How are the banks not at fault when it was the banks that lost/stole trillions of retirement fund money that belonged to middle class and retired Americans? Was that the fault of the Obama Administration? Why did the Bush and Obama Administration give money to the mis-managers? Or loans at less that 1%? If loans were going to be made available to business owners why not make the loans available to all businesses with annual revenues over $250K for the past five years? Since the banks did make the mistakes and received the favoritism, shouldn’t these people have an opinion about what has been done to them?
October 19, 2011 at 8:23 pm, Anonymous said:
SO why aren’t sites like this one asking the OWS and other Democrats to register Republican for the presidential primaries? If the insistence of the OWS is that every bailed out bankster should get theirs, the only shot they have of actually getting that on the agenda is having Paul win at least the primary.
October 19, 2011 at 11:20 pm, Bo Cox said:
Paul CAN WIN. We all know it. The media knows it. The GOP knows it. Cain, Romney, and Perry know it. And darnit, WE MUST MAKE IT HAPPEN.
October 19, 2011 at 11:51 pm, Vital Transformation said:
The “Occupy Wall Street” so-called “movement” (i.e., bowel movement) is controlled by scumbag sleazy anti-Jewish gutter-vermin, so, of course, Ron Paul, is going to back them up. He is ONE of THEM. That is obvious to anyone with a brain. That is why the Nazi Party backs BOTH the “Occupy Wall Street” (bowel)”movement” as well as Ron Paul. The Leftists, who are simply the NEW Nazis, also back the anti-Jewish subcretin gutter-vermin. However, I can understand why Paul and his son went into politics. Nobody with a brain would trust their health to those submoronic scuzbuckets.
October 20, 2011 at 12:14 am, Peachtree Breyer said:
Doesn’t matter what party or movement you are with, if you have a brain you know Ron Paul is the only candidate capable of restoring America. Think like you do VT and you’ll really be stuck with someone more like a Nazi. You are an idiot if you think Dr Paul is anti Jewish. Israel will also be stronger & allowed to do as they wish under a Ron Paul presidency.
October 23, 2011 at 3:59 am, Eastrutherford07 said:
please don’t resort to name-calling or making wide assumptions and believe they are well-founded conclusions.
October 20, 2011 at 1:56 am, Anonymous said:
This is a smart move for Paul, to position himself as the defender of the Poor and Middle Class who must pay for the bailouts and the wars overseas with their sons and daughters and their hard earned dollars.
It’s the middle class that’s been hurt most by the policies of the Federal Reserve and the bailouts to banking hucksters.
The middle class got SCREWED and Paul is the only one intelligent enough and courageous enough to stick up for us!
Keep at it, Dr. Paul! Keep defending liberty, the Constitution, and the American Taxpayer and you will become President of these United States!
October 23, 2011 at 3:31 pm, HitchRK said:
To be fair kris this really wasn’t a “move”, this is just how Ron is and always has been.
October 20, 2011 at 12:38 pm, Gerald said:
I was there in 2007 for the beginning of the tea party and I camped out last night at OWS. Both were born out of opposition to the bailouts. Let’s keep that message spreading and expose/prosecute the Federal Reserve.
October 20, 2011 at 4:38 pm, David Parsnip said:
“Rep. Ron Paul is definitely the only Republican candidate who has displayed a degree of sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street protesters,”
Sorry, this is just inaccurate. Gary Johnson is running for the GOP nomination and has actively campaigned on a OWS platform.
October 20, 2011 at 5:38 pm, Joe said:
I’m glad you brought this up. Gary Johnson, Denis Kucinich and Ron Paul are all libertarian or libertarian leaning. People that are pissed off right now should rightfully be looking at libertarian candidates. Big government corporatism is what is at the heart of all of these problems. I’m a huge Ron Paul fan but I think it would be great if the Libertarian Party (www.lp.org) itself got pushed to the forefront as well. We should have a viable third party. If Ron Paul doesn’t get the GOP nomination, I hope he runs (again) as a Libertarian.
P.S. When Gary Johnson was asked who is running mate would be, his answer was Ron Paul.
October 20, 2011 at 6:27 pm, Tod Mills said:
I don’t know if I’d call Dennis K. libertarian. He’s in favor of too many social programs for that label. He and Ron Paul are in close agreement on some issues, though, especially our militarism.
October 22, 2011 at 8:48 pm, Brian Johnson said:
Today I saw a group of OWS protesters, and half were holding Ron Paul signs. I understand that they both criticize the same things, but I am not so sure that their solutions are very similar… From what I understand, OWS is a highly liberal movement, especially on fiscal issues, and Ron Paul is not. There is a very interesting dynamic going on here that I don’t really understand…
October 24, 2011 at 3:54 am, Jim Seiderman said:
I feel this movement crosses normal economic and political boundries. I am sympathetic to elements of the tea party message and I also can sympathize with some of what the Wall St protestors are complaining about.
Here are 3 issues that are bugging me.
1.I’m a union member who works for Verizon.Verizon is a healthy,profitable company.They make billions in profit every quarter.They paid no federal income taxes the past 2 years and somehow even got a tax refund.They also took 1.5 billion $ in bailout money from you and me even though the CEO stated that they did not need any bailout money. So, how do they repay this country and their workers ? By trying to take away my pension, my healthcare plan and most importantly by moving as many American jobs as they can overseas! How does this help America’s economic recovery ? Who are the politicians that allow this? Oh ,and the CEO makes the same amount of money as 300 average employees but I’m not supposed to mention this little fact because if I do then I’m engaging in class warfare. This corporation has no allegiance to this country,only to the stock price. The media won’t say anything for fear of losing ad revenue. There has got to be a middle ground between corporate profits and maintaining a viable middle class in this country. 2. This financial disaster which started in late 2008 and is still going on —- who has done the perp walk for this? NOBODY! NOBODY! As a matter of fact, not only has nobody done the perp walk but these foxes guarding the henhouse got bailed out with our money and even preserved their big money bonuses in the process.Who should do the perp walk ? People who rated absolute garbage debt as AAA,profiting while doing so. Corporate execs who stand up at a meeting and tell the public their company is healthy when they know that it is a house of cards.I lost alot of money in my 401k because of these irresponible clowns. The fact that nobody has gone to jail for this fiasco just makes your average working person feel that the game is rigged.
3. I’ve got kids whose future I’m very concerned about. Can you imagine how it must feel to come out of college with 100k- 200k of loan debt and the job prospects are almost none ? These kids have been sold down the river before they even get started.
The politicians on both sides of the aisle and the corporate exec who’s attitude is “let em eat cake” need to know that there is a very large segment of the population that has had it with all of them and is just about reaching a boiling point.
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February 09, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Nickie Lettre said:
I admit… I am swayed to the financial doomsayers with regards to the marketplace. Has anyone found any glimmer of belief in this “down-turn”?
February 12, 2012 at 1:53 am, Dewayne Onusko said:
I realize what you imply regarding the financial system. This inflation is detrimental plus we can easily see it is going to intensify. oof.
February 12, 2012 at 5:43 am, Michaele Pulfrey said:
When you listen to half the call-in drivel, most are constantly pushing precious metals as being a stop gap measure for the crisis. However ,, my personal experience has been the sales agents under no circumstances cease dialing ‘n’ bothering you, and the marginis rather lousy if you don’t try out a local coin store.
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