The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers. On the contrary, our Foundersโ political views were strongly informed by their religious beliefs.
Ron PaulIn a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.
Ron PaulYou know, freedom is a very popular idea, and young people love it, and they're open to ideas. And they like principled answers to our problems.
Ron PaulThe Fed has one power that is unique to it alone: it enables the creation of money out of thin air. Sometimes it makes vast new amounts. Sometimes it makes lesser amounts. The money takes a variety of forms and enters the system in various ways. And the Fed does this through techniques such as open-market operations, changing reserve ratios, and manipulating interest rates, operations that all result in money creation.
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