Paul dithers and wastes time as usual

Paul surely understands Trump MUST move as quickly as possible to accomplish urgent goals. I have come to despise Paul for his constant talking and never doing anything or his constant chirping against Trump. In a moment of national crisis, a small window of deep change has opened and Paul dithers over abstractions. All law and all moral principles are pragmatic at the national level. This is always and especially true in time of crisis. Gangs of ruthless illegals must go; USA has a debt crisis which must be fixed now; world trade has been imbalanced against USA since WW2 and now is the time to balance it. From a Buddhist POV, seize the day, use the real-world conditions we have to make real progress repairing and improving our country. ABN

3 thoughts on “Paul dithers and wastes time as usual

  1. In response to your observation that ‘USA has a debt crisis which must be fixed now;’

    President Trump has the authority to direct the Treasury Dept to issue a
    new type of currency which would be a non-debt bearing fiat currency.

    These ‘Trump Bucks’ would be equivalent to one Federal Reserve Note and
    would be used to pay the principle due on all maturing bonds and that
    bond would be retired. This is non-inflationary since it’s a one for one
    replacement and both are backed by the same thing ‘The full faith and
    credit of the US Government.’

    A historical precedence would be President Lincoln issuing ‘Greenbacks’
    in 1862 to finance the Union war effort.

    We don’t have a ‘debt crisis’ we have a ‘spending.’

    1. That’s an interesting idea. If you can elaborate yourself or with links, it might help readers understand this option better.

  2. For me, the idea comes from Thomas A Edison:

    ‘If our nation can issue a dollar bond, it can issue a dollar bill. The element that makes the bond good, makes the bill good, also. The difference between the bond and the bill is the bond lets money brokers collect twice the amount of the bond and an additional 20%, whereas the currency pays nobody but those who contribute directly in some useful way. … It is absurd to say our country can issue $30 million in bonds and not $30 million in currency. Both are promises to pay, but one promise fattens the usurers and the other helps the people.’
    https://libquotes.com/thomas-edison/quote/lbh1a7h

    The above quote is from a longer interview held while Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were inspecting the Muscle Shoals water power plant. They were interviewed by The New York Times, which reported these interviews in its issues of December 4 and 6, 1921.
    https://www.michaeljournal.org/articles/social-credit/item/words-of-thomas-edison

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