Ron Paul’s wisdom before the bail out vote

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During the voting on the Bail Out Bill yesterday there was some guy giving a play-by play account on MSNBC. He was on with Andrea Mitchell. I have no idea who he was- probably someone very important. But, he sounded like he was on the verge of a panic attack. There was out-right disbelief in his voice with how the voting was going. I got the impression he was hoping that arms would be twisted and votes would change to pass the legislation.

Really, most of the media and experts on cable news are gloom and doom and sound as if they are ready to throw a temper tantrum. It is a sight to behold.

To those who got to vote and voted NO, I say thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! You held your ground, you did not buckle, and may the voters reward you for your reasoned thinking and voting.

Many Americans may have heard (some of us over and over) Nancy Pelosi’s speech. But how many of you know what Ron Paul had to say? Here is a portion of what he wrote to share. You can decide for yourself if Paul had something of value to say.

“There are three good reasons why Congress should reject this legislation:

a. It is immoral-Dumping bad debt on the innocent taxpayers is an act of theft and is wrong.

b. It is unconstitutional-There is no constitutional authority to use government power to serve special interests.

c. It is bad economic policy-By refusing to address the monetary system while continuing to place the burdens of the bailout on the dollar, we can be certain that in time, we will be faced with another, more severe crisis when the market figures out that there is no magic government bailout or regulation that can make a fraudulent monetary system work.

Monetary reform will eventually come, but, unfortunately, Congress’ actions this week make it more likely the reform will come under dire circumstances, such as the midst of a worldwide collapse of the dollar. The question then will be how much of our liberties will be sacrificed in the process. Just remember what we lost in the aftermath of 9-11.

The best result we can hope for is that the economic necessity of getting our fiscal house in order will, at last, force us to give up our world empire. Without the empire we can then concentrate on rebuilding the Republic.”

It is obvious that the battle over this Bail Out Bill is far from over. We need voices like Ron Paul to be heard. Paul is a man of ethics and character. While voters may or may not agree with all of Paul’s positions on issues, it seems evident to me that he is someone we need in order to keep up the fight against those who would force through legislation that many, many Americans are strongly opposed to and will not support.