Shakedown! Kiev Sends Lawmakers To DC To Demand New Congress Keeps Money Flowing
Ukrainian parliamentarians are set to descend on Capitol Hill to make sure newly-elected US Representatives and Senators continue to shovel endless dollars into their black hole. The irony is that the trip to lobby us for MORE money is paid for in the first place by OUR money! Also today: this week's election makes it clear that a national divorce is needed...but the Fed's tyranny keeps all of us shackled together whether we like it or not.
Hello, everybody, and thank you for tuning in to the Liberty Report.
With us today is Daniel McAdams, our co-host.
Daniel, good to see you this morning.
Good morning, Dr. Paul.
We are still remote today.
Still remote, and I guess that's because the election is still remote.
They're still trying to count the votes.
Of course, we were commenting a few minutes ago: how is it that Florida did a pretty good job counting their votes?
And they must be lazy people.
They just wanted to go home when you count the votes and go home.
But in a place like Arizona, oh, they like to be, they like to socialize and take their time and make sure everything is right for a certain group.
I imagine.
Yeah, yeah.
It's amazing.
It's amazing.
We have in Florida, I think, 11 million population.
I could be wrong.
In Florida, I mean, in Arizona, it has about a little over half that.
How is it that Florida is able to have a result that same night?
But places like Arizona and elsewhere, there's no end in sight to the counting.
And every second that it takes to count extra time is a second that people should be concerned about cheating because it happens.
Right.
You know, I'm going to start off with a quick report because it's to me a special report because it caught my attention.
But we have a program that we're going to deal with in foreign policy and a little bit more on the election.
But I wanted to mention the CPI report today because it didn't look like much just on paper, but the markets interpreted as a significant drop in CPI and type of inflation.
So they were very excited about it.
I think I don't know where the Dow is right now, but it was up eight, 900 points.
But the interesting thing is the interpretation.
You know, a few weeks ago, the CPI went up, and that meant that rates would, the Fed would push the rates up, and that would help the dollar.
And so what did that do to gold?
It pushed it to a gold down.
And I said, but the CPI was high.
Higher.
Why wouldn't you interpret this as gold going up?
But they're looking at the immediate thing.
They're trading.
They're looking at what the Fed's going to do one hour from now and tomorrow.
But today it was sort of the opposite of that.
The CPI was slightly lower.
And I said, oh, less inflation, which isn't true at all.
But immediately, the market interpreted that way because they thought, well, the rates are going to go down.
So the stock market skyrocketed.
And then they said, well, that will, I mean, the rates went down.
So they thought, well, this will help hurt the dollar.
So then what did gold do?
It went up.
So it actually, actually, the gold price was inversely acting against the CPI.
And that's why, you know, once in a while, sorting this out is a job.
And I just want to remind our viewers that if they'd like to get a free package talking about gold and other investment, they can go to birchgold.com/slash Ron.
And you can get a free package of information that talks about gold and other investment.
So you might try that and to help sort this out.
That would be birchgold.com/slash Ron.
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But now, Daniel, we want to get into our main subject for today.
And we want to talk about the politics of foreign policy because there's a headline on anti-war that caught our attention.
And it says, Ukrainian lawmakers to send delegations to the United States to meet with newly elected members of Congress.
Know we, if you were just not into this and just were out of it for a year or two, and you read the headline, what in thunder are the Ukrainian lawmakers doing coming to meet with?
We say we don't even know where Ukraine is.
And what are they coming over here for?
They want some help or what's going on.
But they want to meet with the congressman.
But quite frankly, Daniel, I think they're coming over here to get personal attention from the lobbyists, the deep state, the military-industrial complex, because it's all one unit.
And we know that.
And it really is a sign and symbol of us being very much involved in foreign policy to the extent that we shouldn't be doing this.
But they're coming over and they're going to talk to our guys.
And, you know, there are some signs that American people are getting tired of this war, but they're still the votes occur.
And when we look at the votes and they look at the leadership of the two parties, they're still very strong for intervention.
And it doesn't look like in the next week or two, they're going to say, oh, you know, that Daniel McAdams and Ron Paul, they're right.
We're coming home.
I don't think that's going to happen, Daniel.
No, it's an army of beggars and thieves that are coming to steal money.
And the irony of it, which should outrage Americans, is that this trip will be paid for by the American taxpayer.
We are underwriting the entire country of Ukraine.
Some $67 billion has been authorized to spend on Ukraine.
So they're flying here on our dynam to meet with our members of Congress, demanding that our members of Congress take more of our money to send to them.
And I've been through this, Dr. Paul, and you know how it works.
And I'll tell our viewers how it works.
You know, Ukraine, apparently, from what I've read, employs some hundred lobbyists to work Washington, D.C.
And here's what's going to happen: they're going to get a call.
A member's office is going to get a call from a lobbyist.
They're going to say, I've got some constituents from your district that would like to meet with the congressman.
And they say, of course.
And they're going to bring in these constituents are basically wallpaper for what's really going to happen, which is going to be a Ukrainian member of Congress, I mean, a member of the Ukrainian parliament or what have you, is going to come in and start strong arming the member for more money.
So the outrage of it, Dr. Paul, is again using our money to demand more of our money.
It's an absolute scandal.
But they're worried, even though the red wave didn't materialize.
And you and I didn't have any confidence that a real red wave would result in fiscal sanity in DC, especially on foreign policy.
Nevertheless, they got to dot all of their I's and cross all their T's to make sure that everyone's on the hook to continue funding this international welfare state.
And I guess you would agree, business as usual, nothing really has changed.
And they're lining up their docks.
It reminds me of when I was sworn into Congress, I think in 1997, the Republican Party had, you know, an announcement to me.
They invited me to a breakfast that some of my constituents wanted to meet me.
So, of course, I went, but it turned out that they were the national lobbyists for the banking system.
It was a boring breakfast, but I wasn't rude, but I never went back.
It made no sense at all.
But that's the way it starts.
New members are treated that way.
But it is sort of pretty shocking that the Ukrainian lawmakers are coming over to sending somebody to meet with these people.
But we know exactly why they do it.
But you know, we've talked a little bit about the cracks in the wall with the Democrats, the progressives, you know, having stuck to their guns and yet they announced one time they, you know, wanted wanted to back off from the policy and challenge the Democratic leadership.
But, you know, that sort of faded.
But we have Republicans that are starting to challenge it.
But we have a lot of people in this country.
We can find statistics and people who are taking a bold stand.
Some of the candidates, hopefully, we've sorted out and find out where they really come down.
There's people who are starting to challenge, and maybe they don't want to wait another 10 or 20 years for the war to get disgustingly expensive, both in life and limb.
So I think this is, it's good when we can find them.
But the one that I want to bring up right now is, and this comes from NPR.
Well, good.
Italy has been a strong supporter of Ukraine, but that is starting to change.
So that's maybe a good sign.
You know, eventually, all this empire building and this collusion and all this agitation and wars in general and with that by economic factor.
It's not because all of a sudden only good people get into government.
The lobbyists back off and they take an oath that they have sworn a new life and things get better.
That doesn't happen.
It happens economically.
And right now, the people, you know, we notice that some of our people here at home are hurting more than some people want to admit, but they are.
But in Europe, actually, things are worse, you know, and yet they're acting in a bizarre manner.
So this article, Daniel, that I'm mentioning, it says that the people there are starting to change their attitude.
That may be a good sign.
Yeah, I think the article said there's only like something like 40% support.
So, and that's across the board.
People are not in favor of it.
And it is primarily for economic reasons.
There is a new Italian government, the new Italian prime minister, she has dedicated herself to continuing to support Ukraine.
But a lot of that is fluffy language.
You know, from what I heard, and I got a note from Colonel McGregor this morning, that the Italians are not going to send any more military equipment to Ukraine.
They're going to urge for a peaceful resolution.
The other thing is that there's a 50 billion pound hole in the British budget right now.
It was just discovered by the new British prime minister.
And from what I've been listening to, some of that, they've got to cover that hole.
They can't necessarily just print money like we do.
So some of that is going to have to be covered.
And what I've heard is they're going to have to reduce their military spending for Ukraine.
So there might be just the dollars and cents that make it untenable.
But one other thing I wanted to mention about Dave de Camp's piece on anti-war.com, Dr. Paul, is that, you know, we've been propagandized all along that this is a war for democracy.
And if we don't fight for Ukraine, if we don't send billions and billions for Ukraine to defeat Russia, democracy will die.
Well, thankfully, Dave de Camp did add in his article a very important fact that you'll never see in the mainstream media, which is this delegation of lawmakers will come from across the party spectrum in Ukraine.
But guess what?
All 11 opposition parties have been outlawed.
So that's a one-party state.
The appearance of democracy, the for life and the opposition platform for life and 10 other opposition parties have been banned in Ukraine.
Zelensky only allows people to compete in elections who support him.
So the idea that this is a war for democracy is about as legitimate as von der Leyen, the unelected, unelected European commissioner lecturing everyone else about democracy.
This just shows the hypocrisy of the whole thing, Dr. Paul.
Right.
In Italy, there was a pretty big rally there.
NPR reported on this.
The demonstration was anti-war.
It was advertised as that.
And they did pretty well in getting a turnout.
100,000 plus people.
That sounds like a lot of people are interested in it.
But it says the title was good.
Italians want the war to end.
So it wasn't just one of those items.
We have people demonstrating in this country right now, but we don't have anti-war demonstrations because we haven't sent troops literally there that we admit to.
But the banners carried to this rally was peace, no to war, and stop sending weapons.
Many protesters said sending weapons to Ukraine further fuels the conflict.
Amazing.
That's exactly what it does.
And who sends the most weapons around the world for the longest period of time and spent more money on sending weapons than anybody else?
It couldn't be United States.
I hope, because we're going broke and I don't think we should spend that money over there.
I think we ought to sort of spend a lot of that home.
And the way I'd spend it at home is just let the people keep their money if they earn it and let them decide how it should be spent.
That sounds pretty good, Dr. Paul.
Do you want to move on to the next article we're going to talk about?
Jordan Schachtel's piece.
Yes.
Because I think that's a great one.
And we always appreciate Jordan's insights.
And he has a great piece out today called Balkanized Future.
Midterms Deliver Victories for Both Free State Americans and Security State Americans.
And in the piece, Dr. Paul, as you know, he makes some hard statements about reality and things that we have to realize.
And he, one point that he makes is that many Americans, if not most Americans, no longer value the foundational principle of liberty.
And that's tough to, that's tough to figure.
That's tough to appreciate.
But the fact is it is there.
And he said, the last years of COVID tyranny didn't showcase this enough.
The midterms elections prove beyond a doubt that a significant chunk of Americans prefer status tyranny over individual sovereignty.
And he points out that all of the worst tyrants of COVID mania were re-elected with ease.
Gavin Newsom, 18 points.
Gretchen Wittner won by 10 points.
The New York governor and Pritzker in Illinois, they all won.
So that worst dictators have been re-elected.
And Jordan says, Dr. Paul, we've got to realize we've got to face reality as it is.
Yes, and I really like this article because it brought back memories on what the country is supposed to be like when you have problems.
The founders didn't expect all the states always to be unanimous on everything they did.
That's why they wanted them separate.
And that's why they didn't believe in pure democracy, because one big state could control all the rest of them.
And here's an example of individuals moving away.
Yeah, I think it's great.
There's an immigration, you know, from places like New York down to Texas and Florida.
But of course, what we have to be careful, they kid about it, but I don't think People have to remain vigilant because sometimes they leave and they're not true believers and they come and they want to reintroduce some of the ideas that ruined California and a few other places.
But right now, I don't see, I don't see any personal evidence of that, but that's usually has been said.
But I think the immigration and going back and forth is very good.
I think the founders meant it to be.
And I think the founders did not like pure democracy where New York City and Chicago would run everything.
What they wanted was they wanted the individual states to deal with it.
This is why they gave power to states that were very, very small in number.
They get two senators.
It doesn't make any sense.
Why should they get two senators and New York get two senators?
Well, we're very specific reason because the founders detested the pure democracy.
Yes, you can elect a leader here and there with a democratic election, but right now, the biggest problem we have now is getting honest elections.
So the demonstration of this, I think, is very clear.
And the Senate is the same way.
You know, the Senate up until the 17th Amendment, they were appointed by the states.
The states were important, but they consider that very radical to talk like this.
But I'll tell you what, it's very practical.
Right now, the remnant of the Republic is acting in a way of trying to help save our problem.
But you know, the one thing that would ruin the benefits coming from the people moving to states that provide more liberty is the fact that we still have a monolith in Washington.
We have an executive branch that can legislate without even having the Congress do it by just by executive orders.
And they can manipulate the tax code and do all these things.
So if things get bad in California or worse in California and things continue to improve in Texas and Florida, what are they going to do?
They're just, the feds will raise their taxes.
It's sin that they owe to bail out those poor people who have been abused in California, and that would be their compensation.
So that's what we have to be alert to.
But I still like what's happening and this whole idea of states have being a principal principal unit of our government rather than the monolith.
And so I don't exactly, I'm not exactly pleased when I hear the loud chanting and the screaming: people who don't do what we do are treasonous.
They don't like democracy and that type of stuff.
They don't like, they don't, what I always say, they don't understand liberty.
And that's what we hope we can contribute to.
Well, I think that's an important little bit of cold water that you've thrown on it, Dr. Paul, that no matter what happens with states with balkanization, and that's the second part of Jordan's piece, you still have the Fed tyranny that's in Washington.
You still have to deal with it.
But as he points out in the second point in his article, that there are reasons for optimism because in the free states, and they are the free states, we would say freer states, pro-liberty or liberty-leaning candidates did very well.
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Ron DeSantis absolutely destroyed Charlie Christ.
Beto O'Rourke was obliterated.
Christy Noam in South Dakota won by 62 to 35%.
Brian Kemp in Georgia easily defeated a very well-funded Stacey Adams.
And in Iowa, Kim Reynolds won by 19 points.
And someone we both know, Rand Paul, absolutely wiped the floor with his opponent, beating him by 21 points.
So in the states that we recognize as free or freer states, the pro-freedom candidates are doing quite well.
But what Jordan points out is this really underscores the need for increasing balkanization, for what Tom Woods might call a national divorce.
We can't live together anymore.
We've got to figure out a way to separate ourselves, I think.
Well, I certainly see some benefits coming from this.
And from personal knowledge, I want to say that if you want to make my son Rand happy, make sure he's in the majority by the time all the dust settles, because I think he's ready to go.
But he's ready to go and he will be after because he's really been annoyed by the total abuse of how COVID destroyed so many of our liberties.
Yeah.
And just the final point that Jordan makes, I think that's very important to remember.
And I think a lot of Republicans understand this.
This is one of the reasons why we might not have seen a red wave.
His point number three is that the GOP is a soulless vessel for nothingness.
And that's such a great point.
He said, who is actually excited to elevate Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy into positions of power?
What exactly is the GOP agenda other than to slow down the Biden administration agenda?
So in other words, they literally stood for nothing.
Are we supposed to be shocked that Americans weren't excited about voting Republican this time?
Yeah, no, it was a surprise to some people, but not a total surprise for a lot.
And we also have to be at least considerate to the opinion that, you know, no matter what happens, we end up with the same policy.
And that is the big problem.
What happens to policy?
You know, even with a more favorable turnout, are we going to see the end of our foreign intervention?
Are we going to bring our troops home?
Are we going to audit and work on getting rid of the Federal Reserve?
Are we going to actually have $1 worth of cut in real spending?
That's not going to happen.
So that's why we have a lot of work to do.
I think we have to do it.
The working place is in government and politics because there's a forum and there's a platform.
But eventually, we have to be able to define and clarify and get a whole generation of individuals to understand exactly what liberty is all about and what the intentions were of the founders when they wrote the Constitution, because we have drifted a long way, but then we come across so many things that are positive when we work with young people and when we work with the groups that we have are here, you know,
our meetings with and our many conventions and what the Mises Institute has done.
That to me is where it has to happen.
People have to change the ideas.
Ideas have consequences and an idea that says whose time has come, you know, cannot be stopped.
Armies can't stop ideas.
And that's what I tell myself because I believe in it.
And I also believe the fact that it's leadership that's most important because, you know, that 51% is the result of good leadership.
But the leadership, you don't have to wait until you have 51% say, oh, yeah, we want the gold standard and then you're going to have it.
That's not the way it works.
But you have to get people to realize that the ideas are so, so important.
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Dr. Paul?
Yes, and I'm going to close now.
And I'm going to mention the election process that's going on.
And I anticipated that there would be a lot of chaos, but actually, I thought it would be more chaotic than we currently have, but it's not over yet.
And of course, I think it looks like it's going to drag on until the election occurs in Georgia for the runoff.
And that is real important for the practicalities of who's going to be immediately abusing our liberties or protecting our liberties.
So it is very, very important.
But I think that, you know, overall, I think that we can be pleased that we're still able to talk about these things.
I still am concerned about our First Amendment rights to be able to speak out and that there's a movement toward this.
So one of our biggest enemies for getting our information out is the collusion between corporations and government, the corporatism in this system.
We've already talked about it many, many times about how the pharmaceuticals are involved in that.
And of course, the military-industrial complex.
And tragically for us, that's bipartisan.
So, but the ideas have to be changed.
And that's what we're going to keep working on because I truly believe that when people have the right information, I think they will prefer liberty.
And you will see more of the changes of an attitude like we talked about today in Italy, where people actually say, we want to have a peace party.
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And I would say that they're more vocal about that than our people in this country.
Anyway, I want to thank all our viewers today for tuning into the Liberty Report.