U.S. Could Collapse Like Soviet Union, Ron Paul Says

[DonViejo]

U.S. FALLING APART LIKE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSE, RON PAUL SAYS

BY JESSICA KWONG ON 12/29/17 AT 4:24 PM

Libertarian Republican leader Ron Paul said that the American system under President Donald Trump is “coming apart” and that the booming economy this year is “a bit of an illusion.”

“We’re on the verge of something like what happened in '89 when the Soviet system just collapsed,” the former Texas congressional representative told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. “I’m just hoping our system comes apart as gracefully as the Soviet system.”

Paul said that a potential breakdown of the U.S. system due to underlying debt, inflation and inequality could result in a new monetary policy.

“The country’s feeling a lot better, but it’s all on borrowed money,” he said. “It’s a bubble economy in many, many different ways and it’s going to come unglued.”

Paul added that he expects that the U.S.’s footprint abroad will change.

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[FreepFryer]

1. Wackadoo Libertarian Ron Paul wistfully prognosticates about American collapse (n/t)

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. Fuck Ron Paul! nt

[Historic NY]

3. Soviets fell because they outspent themselves on weapons.

trying to keep up. We're outspending ourselves on many fronts while giving the 1% huge tax breaks. Instead of banging the filthy rich by increasing taxes on them to 40% we throw away money. The Chinese are now offering US companies there tax breaks.

[pangaia]

4. True. Thanks Ron. What would we EVER do without you??

[dalton99a]

5. Nonsense. The president will protect us

[delisen]

6. Did he mention his son just voted for trillion in new debt

by slashing taxes for the super rich.

I thing Ron Paul and family may be actively betting against us.

[Iliyah]

7. The Paul's are helping t-rump in destroying the country.

[Takket]

8. Did he explain this to his son before the tax scam vote???

[MineralMan]

9. Go talk to your rotten kid, Ron.

He's helping to make it collapse. Come upside his head a couple of times and knock some sense into him, OK?

[still_one]

10. The racist Ron Paul weighs in on economics. I would like to remind you Paul wanted the country NOT

to be bailed out during the financial collapse under bush, which without a doubt would have sent the country in many years of a full scale depression, which many would have never recovered from, and many more would have lost their jobs since he was against bailing out of the American Auto industry. This crack pot is against any regulation, and believes the Federal Reserve should be abolished.

As an aside:

Ron Paul voted against Rosa Parks being awarded a Congressional Gold Medal in 1999, and characterized Martin Luther King as a "world-class philanderer"

Thanks Newsweek for giving us this losers view points. I won't be surprised if you decide to feature the economic thoughts of David Duke next week

[appalachiablue]

13. +1

[Zoonart]

11. Ron Paul

Cheer-leading the end of the Republic. Who knew?
*sarcasm*

[matt819]

12. Libertarian Republican leader?

Libertarian? Okay

Republican? Why not?

Leader? Of what?

[underpants]

14. Should we stock up on 25 year food freeze dryers Ron?

http://www.insidesources.com/ron-paul-sells-freeze-dryers-able-to-save-your-lives-in-glenn-beck-ads/

[Cicada]

15. He said by now we would have hyperinflation, I bet. He cant learn from errors.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. We are two people living on the same soil.

I don't know if that leads to disintegration or not.

[duforsure]

17. I agree

Especially if they are propping up the markets, and the dollar .

[Baitball Blogger]

18. A Libertarian would know. This is the logical outcome of their philosophy.

[David__77]

19. It could happen.

Trump represents a last gasp of something, indeed.

[roamer65]

20. The disintegration of the US isnt something I would be cheerleading, Ron.

We have a shitpot of nukes. Who gets them?

[JHB]

21. Would that be the guy who tried to dodge responsibility for racist content in his newsletter...

...by claiming that what he actually did was defraud his subscribers?

[RealityChik]

22. Then why did he vote with Repubs on everything...

Except legalizing pot?

His opinion isn't worth squat!

[JHB]

23. If so, Ron Paul is one of the peple who worked to bring it about.

He's spent his entire political career supporting the very forces that might bring that about, and railing against counteracting forces.

[LiberalFighter]

24. And he should be consider part of the problem.

[JI7]

25. your son is bought by Putin

[AllaN01Bear]

26. rand paul is a trump panzy