by Marvin J. Ramírez
Marvin J. Ramirez
Just a few days ago, the area of Mission and 21st streets had a short pedestrian and parking congestion early evening on November 18, when presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was expected to speak at a campaign fund-riser dinner.
And while celebrity candidates like herself, Obama, John Cain, Rudy Giuliani, occupy the main spots of the news headliners, one candidate is emerging strong from the shadows, from a darkhorse status to player in the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
For many who have dislikes for Republicans, and those who dislike Democrats, pay attention.
Dr. Paul, a medical doctor, and the only candidate who is not a lawyer, is someone who is worth listing to, especially if you want to start receiving a pay check worth of gold, and not an empty currency that practically has an assuming but not real value, such as the Federal Reserve Note: the American dollar you get paid with now.
Dr. Paul advocates for the abolition of the Federal Reserve Bank, which would do away with the pernicious Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which some people fear more than the devil himself. This also means abolishing all income tax, which although legally filling is now voluntary, most think is the law. There is no law that requires paying income tax.
However, he is against anything that would help undocumented immigrants, from denying birthright to children of the undocumented to having the government pay for undocumented immigrants’ use of the hospitals, clinics, schools, roads, and social services. But his ideas on the Federal Reserve could change the course of the U.S. economy.
And behind him another advocate for the abolition of the Federal Reserve is also emerging in the presidential arena.
Mike Gravel, a 2008 Democratic presidential candidate and former United States Senator from Alaska, will lay out his plans for becoming the “Man for America during his address at the Commonwealth Club on Dec. 11 in San Jose. Gravel, like Dr. Paul, also supports the Fair Tax proposal, which calls for the abolition of the IRS, as well as a withdrawal from the war in Iraq within 120 days.
Perhaps these dissenting voices could bring an special presidential spice on the issue – if the biased media permits it. The fact that that the abolition of the Federal Reserve Bank is being discussed more in the open in more mainstream platforms, is historical and opens all possibilities.
We hope that the front-running presidential candidates take on this pressing issue in their campaigns. It could bring hope to saving our nation’s financial standing in the world. The dollar is losing its value day by day, in part because the money printers – the Federal Reserve – have been overprinting fiat dollars: money without the backing of gold and silver.
