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Rep. Ron Paul Lists Ideal Federal Powers At GOP Forum: 'Not A Heck Of A Lot'...

Rep. Ron Paul has openly advocated for an end to paper money, but during the Palmetto Freedom Forum hosted by Sen. Jim DeMint today elaborated he wants more than just a gold standard. After listing the federal powers he would protect (to efficiently answer "what would you downsize?"), Rep. Paul suggested gold and silver "competing currencies," as opposed to a system where "the counterfeiters are over at the Federal Reserve."
Sen. DeMint began the conservation asking the Republican 2012 candidate which federal programs he would downsize, to which Rep. Paul laughed, "it's a difficult question, because that's a long list." Instead, he answered as to the things he wouldn't downsize: "a system of sound money, property rights, contracts, a judicial system, a government, a defense of this country... but not a heck of a lot else." He particularly attacked the fact that, in our federal government,

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