#MassMobilization of Americans to #AudittheFed #ReclaimtheRepublic

Dear Tired Old Man,

What an incredible victory you and other Campaign for Liberty members made possible for Audit the Fed in the U.S. House in September!

Today, I want to update you on what Campaign for Liberty has been doing since that victory to pour pressure on the Senate to finally hold a vote during its upcoming Lame Duck session.

Last week, I publicly called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to act on Audit the Fed immediately upon his return to Washington in November, writing in a letter to him that “support for transparency at our nation’s central bank is stronger than ever.”

My staff also sent a similar letter from me to Senator Reid’s colleagues asking them to urge Senator Reid to hold the vote.

Rare’s Kurt Wallace interviewed C4L Vice President of Policy Norm Singleton and Vice President of Programs Matt Hawes for a podcast where they discussed why Audit the Fed is needed and why the issue has made such significant progress.

Through C4L’s website and social media, we’ve been reaching thousands of Americans about sending calls, emails, and more to the Senate demanding action.



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We’ve also started sending a series of emails to specific states turning up pressure on senators whose vote could be the key to victory in the Senate.

And yesterday, Rare ran an op-ed from me concerning the Fed, its effect on the American people and our economy, and our Audit effort.

My staff has also created a variety of materials to help you get the word out on what Audit the Fed is, the damage the Fed has done, and why we must take action.

These include:

• A flier you can hand out at events and around your neighborhood.

• A fact sheet on the Fed and our Audit you can also hand out and even use when calling your elected officials’ offices to build pressure or radio talk shows to spread the word.

• An update of an Audit the Fed F.A.Q. my congressional office originally created in 2012 so you can answer some of the most common questions we’ve encountered on Audit the Fed.

You can find links to my letter to Senator Reid, my op-ed, Norm and Matt’s podcast interview, and our downloadable materials here.

In addition to empowering our own members with information and tools to promote Audit the Fed, these efforts allow us to reach new audiences with our message of sound money.

I hope you’ll visit our website and use these materials to recruit your family and friends to this cause!

Stay tuned for more information on other ways C4L is putting the heat on the Senate and how you can help us obtain a vote on Audit the Fed!

For Liberty,

Ron Paul
Chairman

P.S. It’s time for the Senate to act on Audit the Fed.

If you can today, I hope you’ll consider chipping in $5 or $10 to help C4L mobilize Americans on Audit the Fed and our other efforts to reclaim the Republic and restore the Constitution.

Thank you for supporting Campaign for Liberty!

#AuditTheFed Close to Majority in the House

Help #AuditTheFed, H.R. 24, reach 218 cosponsors. If your representative is on this list, contact them today! http://t.co/lUnDoIHNEg
— Campaign for Liberty (@C4Liberty) March 13, 2014

As we push to pass 200 and get a majority (218) to sign on the bill once again, I hope you’ll sign your petition to your U.S. Representative today. 

The House version of Audit the Fed (H.R. 24) stands at 195 cosponsors, just 23 short of a majority.

If you’ve already signed it, please forward it to family and friends so we can mobilize as many Americans as possible and keep building our momentum! 

For more information on why our nation can’t afford to wait any longer to Audit – and then END – the Fed, please see my original email below. 

In Liberty,

Ron Paul 
Chairman 

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Dear Andrew,

"Monetary morphine." 

That's how some are now referring to the Fed's risky and unprecedented print-now, ask-questions-later policies. 

As a doctor, I can tell you morphine is one of the most dangerous and addictive substances known to man. First, just a little of the opiate masks a patient's pain. But then, addicts crave more and more until overdoses result in death.

Andrew, the Fed has tried hard to mask many of our economic problems for years now. But today, the first cracks are starting to appear in what I believe will be nothing less than a Federal Reserve-created, global financial meltdown. 

And every second Congress waits to finally audit and EXPOSE the Federal Reserve - the first step toward finally ENDING the Fed once and for all - the problems get bigger and bigger. 

That's why it's critical you sign your Audit the Fed petition right away. 

As you'll see, this petition urges your U.S. Representative to do everything in their power to achieve a standalone, roll call vote on the Audit the Fed bill (H.R. 24), including cosponsoring it if they haven't yet done so. 

As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid showed us during Fed Chair Janet Yellen's confirmation fight - when he blatantly broke Senate rules rather than allow so much as a vote on Audit the Fed - he'll resort to any dirty trick in the book to stop you and me. 

But the truth is, there's never been any defense in Washington, D.C. against a tidal wave of angry Americans DEMANDING political action - or politicians' hides. 

That's exactly why I'm counting on your action today to help me create that tidal wave of outrage before it's too late. 



You see, just recently, news broke that Wall Street bigwigs, including George Soros' investment firm, held off-the-record private meetings with Fed officials, where they urged a new round of Fed "intervention" to prop up Europe. 

Apparently, the TRILLIONS in bailouts and secret loans the Fed has issued to overseas banks in recent years aren't working. 

Now, some foreign banks are fearing old-fashioned panics and demanding depositors show proof of need just to withdraw "large amounts" of their own money! And I'm afraid it's only a matter of time until this madness reaches our shores. 

Today the U.S. dollar acts as the world's "reserve currency" - the currency most often used in international trading. 

This has encouraged our federal government's monetary morphine high, enabling Congress to spend like drunken sailors as U.S. dollars - even when printed out of thin air - stay in demand around the globe. 

But as foreign economies crumble and stop needing U.S. dollars - and the Federal Reserve continues to print money like there's no tomorrow - I truly fear an all-out, global financial catastrophe resulting in the collapse of the U.S. dollar. 

And our massive and growing $17.3 TRILLION national debt could end up wiping out every last shred of American wealth.

That's why your action today is so critical. 



If you and I can FORCE Congress to Audit the Fed, the American people will finally see that the Federal Reserve System leads to: 

*** Ever-expanding Big Government boondoggles like "ObamaCare." 

Now that politicians have figured out the Fed will just create money out of thin air to pay the bills if taxing and borrowing can't make ends meet, the floodgates are wide open for even more of the statists' utopian plans; 

*** Constant economic crises. 

The housing crisis and the resulting chaos is just one example of an economic bubble created by centrally planned interest rates and money manipulation; 

*** The destruction of the middle class. 

As fuel, food, housing, medical care, and education costs soar, everyone who is NOT on the government dole is forced to make do with less as the value of their money sinks; 

*** Currency destruction. 

History shows us that riots, violence, and full-scale police states can result when people finally realize their money isn't worth the paper it's printed on and REFUSE to accept it. 

That's why it's so important you help me turn up the heat on Congress today! 

I know that despite an outpouring of action by the American people during Janet Yellen's confirmation hearing, Senator Reid flat-out REFUSED to allow a vote on Audit the Fed. 

But luckily for him, my ability to participate in the fight was limited by federal law. 

As a former Member of Congress, I was restricted on what I could say and do regarding legislation and grassroots mobilization for one year after leaving office. For example, I couldn't even directly ask you to call Congress for or against a piece of legislation. 

But those restrictions were lifted on January 4. 

And with so much at stake, I'm more determined than ever to FORCE Congress to act on auditing the Federal Reserve. 

Without an audit, I'm afraid there could be no stopping the economic calamity you and I both sense roaring at us like a freight train. 

The good news is your action is proven to work. 

Just ten years ago, discussion of the Federal Reserve was limited almost solely to libertarian academics and a few of us in Congress. 

Today, it's a MAJOR national political issue - one supported by nearly 75% of the American people. 

And it's your action in support of Campaign for Liberty that put it there. 



Thanks to your help, my Audit the Fed bill passed the U.S. House with an incredible bipartisan three-fourths majority in 2012. And if you and I can create another massive tidal wave of action in 2014, I'm convinced there will be no stopping us. 

But there's no time to waste. You and I have a LOT of work to do. 

And it all starts in the House. 

Today, the House version of Audit the Fed (H.R. 24) stands at 195 cosponsors, just 23 short of a majority. 

If you and I can pressure a majority of House members to cosponsor Audit the Fed, pressure will dramatically increase on the House Leadership to schedule a vote. 

I'm confident, once a vote is scheduled, the bill will sail through the House yet again. 

At that point, will Senator Reid and President Obama really be able to say "NO" to holding a vote? 

Well, 2014 is an election year. 

As I mentioned earlier, Audit the Fed is supported by nearly 75% of the American people. 

"Thanks" to ObamaCare, NSA spying, and a host of other issues, the political winds are already blowing against President Obama and Senator Reid. 

If they want to add Audit the Fed to the mix, it'll be their political funeral in 2014. 

The American people are FED UP with Big Government politicians trying to run their lives. 

And more and more now understand Federal Reserve banksters aren't running our economy anywhere but into the ground. 

That's why it's so important you sign your petition IMMEDIATELY. 

My hope is to contact up to 12 million Americans from coast-to-coast to generate additional petitions to Congress. 

That alone will dramatically turn up the heat on Congress to take action. But I'm not going to stop there. 

In fact, I've instructed Campaign for Liberty staff to craft a $500,000 Internet, email, and TV mobilization campaign. 

Not only that, but it seems just about every other day, I get a call from another news network asking for an interview. 

Now that my restrictions have been lifted, I'm going to come after the Fed with everything I have. 

But I'm just one man. And I know what it's like to stand alone. 

For almost 40 years, I've fought to restore constitutional principles in America. 

I've warned about the dangers of the Fed. 

Today, as much as I hate to see it, my predictions are coming true. 

But I know I'm not alone any more. The support of good folks like you who are willing to take action to save our beloved Republic gives me hope. 

So won't you please sign the petition to your U.S. Representative at once? 



And, if you can, please agree to your most generous contribution. 

Campaign for Liberty doesn't have the money in the bank to fund everything that needs to be done. 

And I know without money, all our best-laid plans are nothing but words on paper. So I'm counting on you to help me turn up the pressure on Congress. 

Won't you please agree to a generous contribution of $30? 

I know I'm asking you to stretch. 

But I also know you understand just how important it is we finally Audit the Fed and FORCE our federal government to give up its addiction to "monetary morphine." 

Of course, if $30 is just too much, please give what you can. 

Perhaps you can give $20 or $10? 

Regardless of what you can give, please act right away. 

Please sign your petition and agree to your most generous contribution of $30, $20, $10, or whatever you can afford IMMEDIATELY. 

In Liberty,

Ron Paul 
Chairman 

P.S. Every second Congress waits to finally audit and EXPOSE the Federal Reserve - the first step toward finally ENDING the Fed once and for all - the problems get bigger and bigger. 

Now that my legal restrictions have been lifted, allowing me to turn up the pressure on Congress higher than ever,Campaign for Liberty is doubling down on its efforts to Audit the Fed before the Federal Reserve destroys every last shred of American wealth. 

That's why it's critical you sign your petition to your U.S. Representative and make your most generous contribution of $30, $20, or at least $10 TODAY! 

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If you ever end up reading this book, I sure would like to know what you think.  I am just a regular guy and reading this, along with other related books you see in the TwistedPolitix Reading List, doesn't look so bad.  The idea here is to finally get out of the boom bust cycle twisted economix and war presented by our world power hungry.  That just means making your local economy more resilient to outside forces, like bribery, corruption, racketeering, fear, uncertainty and doubt.  It would resemble life in the past in the sense that we were more locally involved, but that technology would be more advanced in some areas and behind in others.  Forget Obama, Romney, or Ron Paul for now.  Just think about how this economy and life in general could improve.  This is where you go think, not disengage behind a screen.

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Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association, describes it well:

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