Rep. Ron Paul Speech at CPAC

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Representative Ron Paul spoke to conservative activists about U.S. foreign policy, the costs of overseas troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as federal spending priorities and monetary policy. He also spoke about limited government and individual rights, emphasizing personal responsibility over the regulatory power of government.

[@enotdetcelfer]

I forgot what it's like to see a great speaker who doesn't use a teleprompter.

[@jeikobu_jeikobu]

America really messed up not electing this man..

[@jess_bein_me_]

Facts!

[@enuvune]

The only honest, intelligent man left in politics.

[@spongbong0]

is this still the case?

[@tommylookup]

Yep@@spongbong0

[@withoutthestatepodcast4989]

Listening to this literally brings tears to my eyes. This man did so much for the liberty movement. He will forever be the greatest president we never had. His ideas must continue through all of us.

[@Seangalt1]

I agree. It breaks my heart.

[@jess_bein_me_]

Yep! And then we all got put on govt watch lists 😭😭😭

[@philh1826]

We're all still here brother and making the incremental changes Dr. Paul inspired

[@LinuxUser00]

Badge of Honor. Free Assange@@jess_bein_me_

[@Beej1987]

This man was done dirty, and we're all paying for it now.

[@CentrlFlagrl]

Ron Paul is not too old to run. He is healthy, sharp as a tack & has spent his years fighting for the American people. You'll hear the same message, no matter who he is talking to, same voting record, same principles & he has a true passion. No sir, & you're not going to get a speech off a teleprompter. I wish you would run, Ron Paul 2012! A True Patriot!

[@zahmad007]

Now we have an old man as a president.

[@mrearlygold]

President Ron Paul!

[@0ddsman]

I voted for Dr. Paul in 1988 & the late David Bergland in 1984, and it's widely known that I'm VERY proud of casting that prescient vote... "Nations NEED opinion leaders!" --- Me.

[@knoose]

Wow, I would consider myself a Dem and I did vote for Obama, which i do feel was necessary for this first 4 years of reform, but Ron Paul is the only Rep I would vote for in 4 years. I love his ideals and logic. I really feel he could bring this countries wealth right back.

[@jess_bein_me_]

How are you feeling about Obama reform now?

[@PoliticsAddict]

ron paul is not a tool controlled by any party or affiliation. he is himself and has always been the strict fiscal conservative/ libertarian. he has never changed, he has some allies in congress but he is mostly by himself because everyone else shifts opinion and positions after each election. so paul is the real deal, wether his message is being heard or wether it has any value to it can be debated. but he isn't a tool.

[@noeliosis]

Here is why I now like Ron Paul. He is real when he talks he isn't using a corporate slogan such as "Hope and Change" or "Straight Talk Express". However, he tried to warn us and I was one of the tens of millions who thought it was a conspiracy theory and that Obama could fix the situation. Paul knows that govt can't run the economy, but can guide it by using tariffs, incentives, and allowing the American People to invest. Allowing companies to outsource everything killed our economy.

[@CentrlFlagrl]

Yes , & it is striking that even the sound of his voice is just like his fathers.

[@bcastine1975]

Ron Paul is about the only politician that is consistently right on issues and the direction of the country, It was Ron Paul that stated years ago that the feds monetary policy of inflating the dollar by keeping interests rates artificially low would lead to collapse. Even still, after being proved right, nobody listens to him, why? Because politicians have their best interest first, not the county's. All recessions/depressions can be proven to be caused by the fed. reserve, it must go.

[@w6p7a]

Amen, Brother!

[@stevemcgee99]

Is it true that only federal employees care about the quality of education? Are you a federal employee? There is no need for a federal bureaucracy to accomplish teaching kids. No need at all! It's a huge waste of money, and it is actually hurting the school systems.

[@TiempoNuevo-ew7ty]

Ron Paul is such a sweet, courageous, wise, confident kind man. Too bad his speeches were not fully understood in the past. Take away that eyebrow pencil... who ever thought they were doing him a favor...mess up...bad.

[@TSquared2001]

It's hard to believe he's even a repub

[@jfme8785]

Why are some of the audience bored I'm a Democrat and I like his speech

[@imadizzy1]

no. paper money came after gold and other hard currency. The only way people trusted it was if it was backed by gold

[@bove21]

good man

[@TheMethadoneParty]

international banks had their greedy hands in every situation u just said, get rid of the international banks and pauls ideas will not only work they will thrive!!

[@PoliticsAddict]

when was this? feb 17th

[@MiranUT]

What social safety net? I'm sure most people affected by the current meltdown are getting more support from the private sector (churches, charites, NPO's etc.) than the gov.

[@LibertyPatriot]

You've got some reading and learning to do. It's good that you are interested though.

[@steveguse4481]

Ron Paul will only become more powerful with time

[@combatsambonyc]

CSPAN is my new favorite source for News! I'm not supporting CNN or Fox anymore and I'm unsubscribing from CBS's KZbin channel. Less viewers for CFR members means less commercial sponsors for them. We have to speak with our actions.

[@atripa645]

Watch the CNN interview where RP pretty much says Rush says all the "right things" but is to polarizing of a figure. Someone needs to make a vid showing RP's similarities with Rush and the rest. We all have gotten to see the differences.

[@RIEKSONE]

@CentrlFlagrl we also have rand paul his son who is the same but younger : )

[@albygonzo]

It's not just the Bush name that stays the same. There is a Joseph Cassano character that is lucky to be in England where we can't get him. Check out the 9/28/2008 NY Times article about him.

[@iiandreio4228]

just wait until he sees the 10+ trillion in 2 years in 2020-23

[@Bcasey11]

look at the kid at 2:40, he's like well never do that

[@albygonzo]

Please read the wiki page on the gold standard. There are very good reasons why few if any countries use a gold standard. I don't think anyone in the government wants hyperinflation and policy makers have the ability finely craft monetary policy. Democrats still have a black eye from the Carter Administration so I expect them to be enthusiastic about bringing back Clinton era prosperity.

[@kendjo]

please elaborate

[@Beauchard]

Schools are run better by the communities they serve. Education is not the duty of the federal government, and it is not in the constitution. Besides their programs and policies have been huge failures. Besides it unconstitutional, under the tenth amendment such a responsibility should be under State law or the people.

[@enotdetcelfer]

I'll put it in terms you'll understand.. you know how we can't ruin the environment for our grandchildren? same thing for the financial system. If we didn't have this high level of taxation we could save for our retirement and help people who need it. What we have now is a cancerous bureaucracy that is encouraging us to mortgage our grandchildren's future to pay for it's existence. Not only is it mathematically unsustainable, the result is the destruction of the money and debt for our children.

[@TSquared2001]

Really? How so? He's almost a total anomaly in his party

[@1024zer]

i accidentally the whole constitution. then we could for a better monetary policy.

[@thewalrus45]

because he is basically advocating completely destroying the social safety net and throwing pretty much everything to the private sector.

[@Somewondude]

he said the democrats would make the republican spending look miniscule and he is right in 2024

[@domokunbogle]

btw: "liberty is an individual thing, not a collective right" .... yeah, just the few ppl who can afford to pay for liberty should be allowed to live in freedom.. i hope he doesnt know what hes saying.. i'll cut him some slack for beeing a revisionist..

[@kendjo]

ive never seen a cspan video of such low quality, what gives

[@KyleClarkUSA]

Ron Paul doesn't have that clear face and spark of light he had in the primary's I don't think he will be in good health at near 80 for the 2012 primary's..but what do I know Ive been wrong before....

[@Fortress333]

To Rewdboy -- Yeah, it surprises me that Obama didn't pick Palin to be his running mate: she could work on that bridge of hers and extend it all the way to Russia.

[@imadizzy1]

Stop acting like it was always the federal reserve. Its an oversimplification that does not work. Not to mention the fact that the U.S. was on the Gold Standard until 1972. The credit problem was actually the result of an increase in industrial efficiency, which created a larger desire to distribute goods to maintain the economy. Installment buying and buying stocks on margin inflated the credit market too much, the invisible hand did it. It took FDR regulating markets to bring us out.

[@titscapone1308]

Nonsense. The fact is that the federal reserve system is stealing the wealth and sovereignty of the people and consolidating it in the hands of a few families. Of course that's what it's there for. In reality government is little more than a mechanism to control people and their minds. This is why it's supposed to be a very limited government if we have any at all.

[@imadizzy1]

If it wasn't for FDR's new deal, we wouldn't be prepared for the task that was World War 2

[@maxragno9881]

If weren’t for FDR meddling in the Pacific, Japan would never have attacked us to begin with

[@Kogerii]

Get out your inhaler and take a breath. Coincidentally, I worked selling contracts with a garbage company to people. So I know intimately that garbage-collection services have been, are, and would be provided independent of the state. Earlier libraries were donated or funded by men like Jefferson. If someone wants to make a library and pay state clerks to administer it that's his business. But nobody owes a librarian her paycheck by default save her employer. Who do you call when the IRS mugs u?

[@leodamascus]

Why would anyone want to get rid of the department of education?

[@LimitedTimeOnlyMusic]

Mr. Paul, stick to these ideas, and you have atleast one vote. That is a promise.

[@PoliticsAddict]

ron paul isn't barry goldwater, hes ron paul. duuh!

[@mcivor1]

I Like Ron Paul,If he was a democrat he would be our President right know,Of coarse but not if he ran against Baroc. Hes the man.........Our savior

[@The_Uncoolio_Foolio]

Not really. It would be harder to believe if he was a Democrat.

[@Clorox916]

R3volution, RP12!!

[@SSWOLFENSTEINSS]

it depends what you spending on! Military to increase its homeland capabilitys , large police forces that do nothing but harse drivers on roads. goverment agencys that intrude on your everyday life.... just a few ways Goverment spending. the dept. of home land security andthe war on drugs are just a couple of the biddest ripp offs every in American history.

[@bobnunnemin1273]

This man got railroaded so bad by the GOP, clown world began in 2008

[@GuyaRicanMC]

The 3/5's compromise is found in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3. It doesn't outright say "black people are not people" though. It just says that those "bound to service" i.e. slaves are to be counted as 3/5's of a person.

[@miglegtr]

ITS CRAzY! IT HAS TO BE STOPPED! ITS BAD! what is? please know what he is talking about people bc he doesnt rly explain anything its up to us to look it up

[@branscombe_]

too much clappin

[@silverhercules143]

Here 2024, All this happening now by Democrats! He needs to become President after Trump ♥️

[@PoliticsAddict]

i mostly agree with ron paul, but i do think he is way too isolationist. sometimes you have to go in and take out the enemy, sometimes you have to intervene. not the way we do today but in rare circumstances, like in the two world wars. what, we were supposed to act like it wasn't our problem either, while europe was in flames. ron come on.

[@hornick18]

Bernie for the right. He should have been president

[@rdchili69]

Have to remember this is youtube where the average IQ is a 10

[@breastinspector2]

And I think that on auditing our federal reserve he is correct, but I think I heard him say "abolishing" it, which I highly disagree with. On stopping war and empire building, I believe he is too late on for most of the world, and for the rest, he should not stop. Because really, if you look at any country we have gone to war with, we were at war not only for our own rights, but for the rights of other countries as well. The rest of the world is improving thanks to our "imperialism".

[@w6p7a]

I was 5 minutes into the video of Obama's speech from the other night when he said he didn't believe in bigger govt. Made me sick. I almost puked. I had to see Dr. Paul. Ron Paul 2012!

[@Kogerii]

"regulation" is oppression=evil. What's an idiot like captkirk999 referencing? An action like FEMA's arresting merchants for "price gouging". Fundamentally it's a man's right to choose what price he'll sell goods at. Pragmatically people are not better-supplied by the confiscation of goods and imprisonment of merchants. Morally and practically there're no rational grounds for the bullying misnomered "progressive action" or some other deceitful name.

[@darthduck1000]

@domokunbogle Can't handle it, huh? Then don't fucking respond. I've read Karl Marx's book; Looks a lot like the DNC playbook, in many aspects...But that's another story.

[@rdchili69]

CPAC= right wing nut convention

[@kuwinsitall]

Why does he even try any more? He has about as much chance of becoming president as the Cubs have of winning a Pennant.

[@sbishopvt4650]

Greetings from 2024 . We might see another kennedy die ....

[@nickd4818]

real intelligent response.

[@timjthru]

God bless Ron Paul! People please make him our next president in 2012, that is the only thing that will save America!!!

[@noeliosis]

lol the govt got us in the problem we're in. Are you a socialist?