By Tag "IMF"
Ron Paul Classic: Repeal, Don't Reform The IMF
Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank held their annual meetings in DC. Since my invitation was lost in the mail, I'm not sure if the IMF's role in Iceland's backdoor theft of private capital via direct taxation and [...]
Congress makes it a Merry Christmas for IMF plus Classic Ron Paul
Burred deep in the Ominbus spending bill that Congress passed two weeks ago is a provision increasing US Goverment's (Taxpayer's) commitment to the International Monetary Fund by $56.7 billion, which doubles the US's commitment to this [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Shut Down the IMF!
One little-noticed part of the Ukraine "peace agreement" was a $17.5 billion "loan" (bailout) -- that could climb to a $40 billion "loan" (bailout) over the next four years -- provided to Ukraine by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). [...]
As Iceland goes, so goes the world?
During the 2008 market meltdown, Iceland imposed capital controls on foreign investors in "offshore Krona funds" (Krona is Iceland's currency). Now Iceland's government has announced it is lifting the controls. So lovers of liberty should [...]
Repeal, Don’t Reform the IMF!
A responsible financial institution would not extend a new loan of between 17 and 40 billion dollars to a borrower already struggling to pay back an existing multi-billion dollar loan. Yet that is just what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...]
Welfare Queens give Congress ulitmatium
The international welfare queens at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are demanding that the US Congress approve "reforms" that give Russia and China more say over how the taxpayer dollars the US Government sends to the IMF are spent. The IMF [...]