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From: Ron Paul <[email protected]>
Date: Thur, Jun, 18, 2020 at 7:14 PM
Subject: Recipe for DISASTER
To: Patriot <[email protected]>


Dear Patriot,

As I sat down to write you this message, I couldn’t help but think back to all you and I have accomplished over the years.

Not long ago, the Liberty Movement was widely derided and scoffed at by the media and politicians alike -- the so-called "experts” who said Iraq would be a cakewalk. . .

. . . "Experts" who said that Americans were too stupid to understand the Federal Reserve system or monetary policy and that Americans wouldn’t care if Congress took hundreds of BILLIONS of their tax dollars and spent it bailing out auto companies and the big banks.

. . . “Experts” who said Americans liked being spied on -- and if we didn’t put the Fourth Amendment through the shredder, we’d be under constant terrorist attacks!

Well thanks in large part to your efforts, Campaign for Liberty has thus far, prevented reauthorization of the so-called "USA Freedom Act" this year -- the Deep State's crown jewel with some of the worst surveillance provisions originally passed in the so-called "Patriot Act."

The fact is, on policy, we’re punching far above our weight.

But to say we've had our hands full throughout 2020 would be an understatement. And, with no end in sight to the sustained assault on liberty we're seeing right now, money is tight at Campaign for Liberty.

Too tight. And I truly need your help.

That’s why I’m counting on your generous support to ensure Campaign for Liberty can continue the great work it’s doing.

I've written you several times already expressing C4L’s urgent need to come up with $73,710 -- to prevent the organization from having to go into debt or be forced to severely curtail all of Campaign for Liberty’s legislative programs.

Despite the initial response from supporters across the country, we still have a long way to go to close the gap.

Falling short would be a recipe for disaster.

I’m sure there’s nothing the Deep State and Big Government politicians in BOTH parties would love to see more than our demise.

After all, while many Americans got caught up in the coronavirus hysteria, we've been arguably the only roadblock to the statists’ dream of TOTALLY transforming our country under planet lockdown orders complete with H.R. 6666-style contact tracing and the forced medical interventions Bill Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci desire.

These “experts” haven’t issued ONE accurate model predicting COVID-19’s spread and fatalities . . . they far over-estimated the fatality rate, said Americans must be imprisoned at home -- and to trust the government to make the right decisions.

. . . These "experts” that are now ramping back up the coronavirus hysteria and demanding Congress and the Federal Reserve work together to keep flooding their politically-connected corporate cronies with taxpayer cash.

. . . “Experts” who say Americans won’t care if they see their life-savings dwindle, but politically-connected BILLIONAIRES get richer.

We’ve seen our national debt explode to over $26 TRILLION thanks to hundreds of BILLIONS in emergency “small business loans” that end up in the pockets of Harvard and the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team and the social welfare crowd.

I'm sure you care, Patriot. I certainly do.

Considering the gravity of these times, I believe all of us who believe in liberty, limited government, and our constitutional freedoms have a duty to fight back.

But without your action today, I’m worried we may be unable to muster little more than a whimper based on our current financial situation.

That would be a tragedy. Especially considering how far you and I have come over the past 12+ years since my 2008 presidential run!

In the years leading up to that campaign, GOP members of Congress just simply fell in line for then-President George W. Bush’s so-called “PATRIOT” Act, the “No Child Left Behind” Act, and Medicare Part D.

And the late-Senator John McCain ultimately became the GOP’s 2008 presidential nominee -- all while running on a platform that included expanded war all over the globe, endless government spying, “Cap and Tax,” and “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” (complete with a National ID Scheme)!

You see, statists ALWAYS believe the problem is our freedom.

So their fixes are ALWAYS the same -- bigger and more expensive government.

Like many folks all over the country, I realized that if something didn’t change -- FAST -- there would not be much left of the free country you and I love.

That’s why I decided to run for president in 2008 -- to ensure the principles of liberty the Founders laid down for us in the U.S. Constitution were given a voice.

But never in my wildest dreams could I have envisioned the political EXPLOSION you and I would set off.

In 2008, discussion of the Federal Reserve was hardly a blip on the political radar screen.

Frankly, I was astounded at the response I received on the campaign trail in 2008 when I explained how the Fed’s print-now, ask-questions-later policies were at the root of everything we still hate about Washington, D.C.

In 2012, just four years later, we passed Audit the Fed through the U.S. House with an overwhelming three-fourths margin!

Today, even with Nancy Pelosi holding the reins as Speaker of the House, I believe we can pass it with votes from both parties -- if we succeed in forcing a vote.

And we’re only a handful of votes shy of passing it in the U.S. Senate.

Thanks to Campaign for Liberty supporters’ help, we’ve also:


Of course, our progress hasn’t come without a price.

For nearly three years, Campaign for Liberty was involved in a standoff with the IRS that was demanding we turn over the names, addresses, and other personal information of our most generous supporters.

Even in the face of the crippling daily fines the IRS was threatening us with, I told our staff to give them nothing.

I knew that publicizing our most generous supporters’ names would open them up to political backlash from power-hungry bureaucrats.

That legal standoff only ended two years ago when the IRS finally notified us they were backing down.

Now, we have a new “crisis” -- COVID-19.

One phrase that’s been bandied about thousands of times this year is “new normal.”

We’ve been told we aren't going back to the old normal.

Well, if there's one thing this year has convinced me of, it's the "new normal" they want is full-blown authoritarian socialism.

Quite simply, that means adherence to a “bureaucrats-know-best” philosophy.

You get less freedom. And the “experts” get more freedom to control you, your life, your job, your beliefs, what you can and can’t teach your kids, where you can go, what you’re “allowed” to own, think, read, eat, and smoke.

And it’s this idea you and I must DESTROY.

If we don’t, American freedom will not survive.

It’s that simple.

The good news is, I believe Americans are getting fed up today.

They don’t just want the freedoms they had BEFORE COVID-19.

They want the “experts” boots off of their neck, so you and I can live our own lives.

Americans are growing angry at how the “experts” have railroaded us. From the very beginning, I called the COVID-19 scare a “hoax” -- a “hoax” designed to kill more of our freedoms.

That became patently obvious after over 1,200 of these "experts" signed an open letter supporting the George Floyd protests that led to violence and looting in cities worldwide but insisted “this should not be confused with a permissive stance on all gatherings, particularly protests against stay-at-home orders.”

Now more Americans than ever before are open to our message of freedom -- arguably more open than any other time since the start of Campaign for Liberty.

But as it stands now, I don’t have the resources to create the ROAR of opposition both parties need to hear.

As I mentioned, Campaign for Liberty’s bank accounts are dangerously low.

Virtually every organization in Washington, D.C. runs into financial rough patches now and then. The difference is, other organizations can often call up a wealthy donor or two and ask for some help.

Sometimes that comes with strings attached -- like the insistence that an organization “go easy” on a member of Congress who’s recently become a traitor.

In forming Campaign for Liberty, I made a pledge to myself, my staff, and our supporters that we would never play those Washington, D.C. games.

We’re not interested in grabbing nice news headlines or getting invited to the fancy cocktail parties with the media, sleazy lobbyists, and politicians. We’re interested in standing strong for principle -- and making a difference.

That’s why, for the most part, Campaign for Liberty is still fueled by the good folks who helped my 2008 presidential campaign raise $6 million -- $100, $50, and $35 at a time.

So after raising such a massive amount of money in one day, it seems like raising $73,710 in under two weeks shouldn’t be that tough, right?

The answer is, no. It shouldn’t be that hard -- if I can count on your generosity.

Often times, when Republicans hold the White House and/or Congress, many grassroots patriots -- many of them solid pro-liberty folks -- will stop giving as much as they used to.

Some “experts” say that’s because the grassroots get frustrated with the GOP’s broken promises and “tune out.” Others think some in the grassroots don’t think there’s anything to worry about if a Republican is in the White House.

All you have to do is look back to the George W. Bush years or the events of the past few months to realize what a mistake in thinking that is!

Another problem is that -- during election years like 2020 -- many people choose to give to deserving candidates they want to see elected. That means fewer contributions to Campaign for Liberty.

Campaign for Liberty is run on a shoestring budget. We do all we can to carefully spend every red cent making the biggest difference. That means when contributions start to run dry, we feel it. Big time.

So please don’t put this aside or think that someone else will carry the load. Will you please act?

Campaign for Liberty supporters have never let me down before. Over the past ten years, we’ve made so much progress together.

And I still believe we have so much more to achieve in the future -- together. But defeating the statists and renewing liberty in America can’t happen without paying the bills.

If I can’t raise the $73,710, I will not put Campaign for Liberty in debt -- even though I believe we’ll be back on firm financial footing very soon. I pledged never to do so, I am not going to start now.

Another game I won’t play is asking the federal government for a bailout -- something The New York Times reports that at least one other supposedly “conservative” organization is doing.

The truth is, Campaign for Liberty is not my organization. It’s yours.

It belongs to the tens of thousands of grassroots patriots all over the country who helped take the Liberty Movement from nothing to a major force in modern American politics.

None of what we’ve fought for and accomplished could have been possible without you. So I’m writing to ask you to reinvest in what you helped start with a generous contribution of $100 or at least $50 today.

I know that’s a lot to ask for.

But without your support, program cuts will be the only option. I don’t want to be forced to make this decision. I hope you agree.

Of course, if $100 or $50 is just too much, please agree to $25 or at least $10.

Your support would mean the world to me right now -- and help Campaign for Liberty continue making a world of difference.

We're running out of time before I have to decide whether or not to make cuts.

So please agree to your most generous contribution of $100, $50, or at least $25 or $10 today.

For Liberty,

Ron Paul
Chairman

P.S. With all the resources we’ve been forced to spend this year, I’m growing more concerned by the day. Money is tight. Too tight.

I have to raise $73,710 in under two weeks to avoid making serious program cuts.

Will you please agree to your most generous contribution of $100, $50, or at least $25 or $10 TODAY?