Patriot,

The remarkable ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week
raises a lot of important questions about what will happen next.

But as I argue in my newest column (read it below), although it
is remarkable - and encouraging - that a small but determined
minority, fed up with "business as usual" in Washington, were
able to take on and topple the most powerful member of the House,
the problems in how Washington conducts its business run much
deeper.

Our biggest problem is our financial and moral bankruptcy, which
has been brewing for over 100 years: since the creation of the
Fed and the rise of the Progressive era.

Although it was runaway spending that triggered McCarthy's
ouster, most politicians in Washington - in both parties - have
no inclination to reduce federal spending, regardless of what
they might say.

But that's why it's so critical that another tireless minority -
patriots like you and me - must hold their feet to the fire,
especially when a new crisis emerges that invariably leads to
calls for even more reckless spending in Washington.

If you support our mission at Campaign for Liberty to rein in
this out-of-control Congress, please support Campaign for Liberty
with a contribution to enable us to reach out and mobilize more
American patriots.
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As with any battle, the more resources at your disposal, the more
likely you are to achieve victory, and your support is critical
to hold our leaders accountable.

For Liberty,

Ron Paul
Chairman, Campaign for Liberty

Will a New House Speaker Solve Our Problems?

Last week we witnessed a dramatic, historical first: A Speaker of
the US House of Representatives was removed from that position by
a vote from Members of that body. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was able
to gather enough Republicans dissatisfied with the leadership of
then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy to send him packing.

What was the last straw? According to Gaetz, it was McCarthy's
secret deal with President Biden and the Democrats to bring up
another huge funding package for Ukraine separately if they
agreed to support a bill to keep the government open without
Ukraine money in it.

Gaetz and his allies were angry that they were kept in the dark
about the deal, and in the end it only took eight Republican
rebels to end McCarthy's eight months in the Chair.

Several thoughtful Members, including my friend Thomas Massie,
made convincing arguments that Republicans removing the Speaker
would do little to nothing when looking at the bigger picture of
a record U.S. debt, a continuously growing budget deficit, and
runaway inflation.

It would also, he argued, do little to fix a broken House of
Representatives where Members are more interested in showboating
than taking a needed chainsaw to the massive yearly Omnibus
spending bill that has taken the place of individual funding
bills for each part of the Federal government.

When I was in the House we mostly worked under what was called
"regular order," where each individual appropriations bill was
brought to the floor and debated sometimes for several days, and
with unlimited amendments, before they held a vote.

With regular order there was at least a chance that Members and
staff could actually read the bills and try to make changes.
Multi-thousand-page omnibus bills brought to the Floor at the
last minute with a demand that they be passed immediately is part
of the reason we are up to our eyeballs in debt.

They can - and do - sneak everything into them!

Even with the deserved criticism, however, there is still
something satisfying about seeing such a shake-up over the issue
of foreign interventionism. After a year and a half and more than
$100 billion sent by Biden's neocons for the proxy war with
Russia in Ukraine, finally some Members are starting to wake up
and say "no" to demands for even more.

These wars instigated by neocons from both parties always end in
disaster, but not until they produce much suffering in the
countries they claim to want to liberate.

They also further punish the middle and working class while
enriching the wealthy and well-connected in the
military-industrial complex.

The cost of this latest war will be hidden in the cruelest tax -
inflation - which disproportionately hurts the poor.

Will a new Speaker of the House solve our problems? No. Our
biggest problem is our financial and moral bankruptcy, which has
been brewing for over 100 years since the creation of the Fed and
the rise of the Progressive era.

But finally we see Members responding to rising anger among the
electorate over the financing of another forever war - this time
with a nuclear superpower!

Finally we see Members saying "enough" to demands for even more
money for the U.S. empire. It's a good start and we should do all
we can to encourage it.
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