22.1.08

Ron Paul blames Federal Reserve for weakening economy

Ron Paul blames Federal Reserve for weakening economy

"Ron Paul, a long-shot Republican presidential contender and Texas congressman, said Monday that the Federal Reserve is to blame for the country's weakening economy. Paul highlighted his economic remedies — abolishing the federal income tax and returning to the gold standard, among them — on a three-city tour of Louisiana. (...)

Paul, on his Web site Monday, said the economic policies of his opponents are based on ill-advised "print-and-spend" theories. He added that he would cure the economic crisis by ending the "hyper-expensive, hyper-dangerous empire all around the globe." (...)

He would also like to abolish the Education Department, Energy Department and Internal Revenue Service. He is against abortion and gun control. (...)"

2 comentários:

Carlos Emanuel P. Sacramento disse...

E esta frase cómica que li hoje no Público:

"Alguma vez terão Ayn Rand ou o libertário Milton Friedman previsto que 'o mercado paraíso' de Adam Smith chegaria a este caos? Onde estavam os presidentes do Banco de Inglaterra, do BCE e do Banco do Japão quando a catástrofe começou a ganhar forma?
Paul Samuelson, Nobel da Economia, "Diário Económico", 21-01-2008


Hillarious isn't it?

P.S.: o Mário Soares também culpa o neoliberalismo do que se passa nos mercados dos E.U.A. LOOOL.

CN disse...

Na verdade é assustador.

Alguma culpa para alguns liberais que no mínimo não apontam para os males da expansão do crédito via expansão monetária.