Ron Paul's Blog, page 218

When History Rhymes (In A Bad Way) - Yet Another Drive For War

By Chris Rossini

Back in 2003, Antiwar.com's Justin Raimondo reported:

Time magazine devotes a lot of attention to the new, "streamlined" plan for an invasion of Iraq that Defense Secretary Donald "Know it all" Rumsfeld is trying to shove down the throats of the boys in the Pentagon, who don’t like it much.

Retired Army General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led the first Gulf War, says he is "nervous" about the control Rumsfeld is exercising over the buildup. "It looks like Rumsfeld is totally, 100%,...

Executive Over-Reach: Pompeo Dismisses Congress In Push for Iran War

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made it clear to Members of Congress that he does not believe any Congressional authorization is necessary for a US war against Iran. Pompeo claims the post-9/11 authorization to fight al-Qaeda is sufficient. Will Congress roll over?

Pompeo At CENTCOM: Pushing 'Tactical Assault' On Iran?

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has taken the extraordinarily unusual move of traveling to Miami to meet with (and browbeat?) heads of US Centcom and Special Operations Command. Are military leaders balking as neocon plans for "tactical assault" seem to be gaining ground? Where's Trump? Where's Congress? Where's the Pentagon? Who's in charge?

Medical IDs: Enemy of Privacy, Liberty, and Health

By Ron Paul

Last week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill amendment to repeal the prohibition on the use of federal funds to create a “unique patient identifier.” Unless this prohibition, which I originally sponsored in 1998, is reinstated, the federal government will have the authority to assign every American a medical ID. This ID will be used to store and track every American’s medical history.

A unique patient...

End All State Support to Colleges and Universities

By Jacob G. Hornberger

While Democratic Party presidential candidates are stumbling over themselves in offering people free college tuition and other political candy in the hope of buying their votes, I’ve got a better idea. Let’s end all state support of colleges and universities entirely.

State support of colleges and universities is part of the mandatory-charity system that we call the welfare state, a system that is supported by both Democrats and Republicans. It is a system in which the st...

Credibility Crisis: No One Believes Pompeo On Iran Attack

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's rush to judgement that Iran was behind the apparent attacks on two tanker ships last week has not galvanized world opinion against Iran, as the neocons hoped. Instead, it was met with high skepticism even among Washington's closest allies. Has the neocon practice of massively exaggerating and endlessly issuing threats finally destroyed US credibility on the world stage?

If Trump Campaigned On His Current Policies, Would He Have Even Made It Out Of The Primaries?

By Liberty Report Staff

Peter Schiff:

Donald Trump is out there, upset, that we didn't get more monetary stimulus from the Fed. But we got record fiscal stimulus from Congress and the White House.

How much stimulus does Donald Trump need?

We're spending more than ever before at the government. We're borrowing more than ever before, and Donald Trump is upset that we're not printing more than ever before! ... 

Why does this economy, which is the 'greatest in U.S. history' need more artificial stimul...

The Empire's Ending In Moral & Financial Bankruptcy - Is Pompeo Lying Again?

America was never meant to be an Empire. Liberty and Empire are mutually exclusive. But alas the road of Empire was taken long before any of us were born, and it has been in steady decline for the last 50 years. Empires always end in a melange of moral and financial bankruptcy. America is following this script to the letter.

Persian Gulf Tanker Attack: Iran Guilty? False Flag? Cui Bono?

Just as the prime minister of Japan was in an historic visit to Iran (the first since the 1979 revolution), a Japanese-owned tanker (and one other) was attacked in the Persian Gulf. US neocons are pointing the finger at Iran. Does it make sense to attack Japan in the midst of productive talks? 

Tariffs Are Not Only Nonsense, But Dangerous Nonsense

By Liberty Report Staff

Murray Rothbard on tariffs (excerpted from The Free Market Reader):

The best way to look at tariffs or import quotas or other protectionist restraints is to forget about political boundaries.

Political boundaries of nations may be important for other reasons, but they have no economic meaning whatever. Suppose, for example, that each state of the United States were a separate nation. Then we would hear a lot of protectionist bellyaching that we are now fortunately spared....