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Tax Reform is Useless Without Spending Reform
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on why supporters of limited government, free-markets, and individual liberty should not get excited about the chatter about tax "reform" emanating from the Beltway. [...]
Audit the Fed Surpasses 218 Cosponsors
Today, Campaign for Liberty announced that H.R. 24, Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” bill, which was reintroduced this Congress by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), is now cosponsored by a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives for the third [...]
Up to Us
The below video featuring Ben Bernanke at the National Press Club on February 3, 2011, isn't notable so much for its content (which is full of the usual distortions and talking points) but for its existence. After all, the Fed Chairman is one [...]
Proponent of Federal Reserve Secrecy complains about inflation on House floor
Earlier today, Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-Md), who voted against Audit the Fed in 2012, took to the floor of the House to argue against a bill that would prohibit the CBO from assuming annual spending increases due to inflation. He even [...]
#RetroReid Rewind
There's #Throwback Thursday, and now there's #RetroReid Rewind, starting with this gem from 1995, where then-just-plain-ol'-Senator Harry Reid says, "I think we should audit the Federal Reserve": Fast forward to 2010, when [...]
Yellen: Print More
Speaking today in front of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, Janet Yellen called for continued action from the Fed to prop up the struggling US economy. From Bloomberg News: “A high degree of monetary accommodation remains [...]
The liberty generation?
According to a new poll from Harvard University's Institute of Politics, "millennials," defined as people between the ages of 18-29, have a historically high level of distrust in all institutions of government.* From Business [...]
Has Your Representative Cosponsored Audit the Fed?
Thanks to our members and supporters, Campaign for Liberty is fast closing in on 218 cosponsors (majority support) for Audit the Fed in the U.S. House for the third Congress in a row! Currently, H.R. 24 stands at 204 cosponsors. Is your [...]
Ron Paul Statement On Yellen Hearing
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement today regarding Janet Yellen’s first appearance before the House Committee on Financial Services. Dr. Paul served on the Financial Services Committee [...]