Ron Paul: We're Already over the Fiscal Cliff
Says politicians talking about what to protect rather than what to cut
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Thursday that while President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders stake out their positions on a budget deal, the nation's economy has already driven off the fiscal cliff.
"We're so far gone," Paul said on Bloomberg Television. "We're over the cliff. We cannot get enough people in Congress in the next 5-10 years who will do the wise things. We have to prepare for having already fallen off the fiscal cliff."
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The fall of the American empire has begun.
I hope you're wrong, but I'm preparing for long, bad times. As the debt gets bad enough to trigger serious inflation... Let's just say the pattern the USA has entered has never gone well for any country that's tried it.