Will the Deficit-Debt-Dollar wealth devaluation cycle continue for a long time?
*Texas Straight Talk, by Congressman Ron Paul, April 11, 2011:
The Nanny State Can't Last
''Last week, Congress and the administration refused to seriously
consider the problem of government spending. Despite the
fear-mongering, a government shutdown would not have been as bad as
claimed.
It is encouraging that some in Washington seem to be insisting on
reduced spending, which is definitely a step in the right direction,
but only one step. We have miles to go before we can even come
close to a solution, and it will involve completely redefining the role
of government in our lives and on the world stage. A compromise
was struck at the last minute, but until Democrats agree to rein in
entitlement spending, and Republicans back off the blank checks to the
military industrial complex, it all amounts to political gamesmanship.
Unfortunately, the compromises always seem to be just the
opposite. Instead of the left agreeing to cut social spending and
the right agreeing to cut military spending, the right agrees to more
welfare and the left agrees to more warfare. In spite of all the
rhetoric, we will go deeper in debt, the Fed will print more money, and
the value of the dollar will continue to plummet. How long will it be
before foreigners stop buying our debt, and hyperinflation
arrives? Throughout history, empires have always overextended
themselves through conquests and wealth transfers leading to eventual
collapse, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union. We are headed in
the same direction and it seems only the chaos of the collapse of the
dollar will stop the spending spree. Arguing over funding for
Planned Parenthood and NPR, though important, only shows that
leadership in Washington either won't face reality, or don't understand
how serious the problem is.''
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