When conditions break down …
there’s gonna be an alternative’
(Buzzfeed) – Former Republican presidential candidate and
congressman Ron Paul says secession is happening and it’s “good news.” Paul
later predicted the states would stop listening to federal laws.
“I would like to start off by talking about the subject and
the subject is secession and, uh, nullification, the breaking up of government,
and the good news is it’s gonna happen. It’s happening,” Paul, the father of
potential Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul, told a gathering at the
libertarian Mises Institute in late January. The event Paul was speaking at was
titled “Breaking Away: The Case for Secession.”
Paul said secession would not be legislated by Congress, but
would be de facto, predicting “when conditions break down…there’s gonna be an
alternative.”
“And it’s not gonna be because there will be enough people
in the U.S. Congress to legislate it. It won’t happen. It will be de facto. You
know, you’ll have a gold standard when the paper standard fails, and we’re
getting awfully close to that. And people will have to resort to taking care of
themselves. So when conditions break down, you know, there’s gonna be an
alternative. And I think that’s what we’re witnessing.”
Later, Paul said the Federal Reserve would end and the
states would stop listening to federal laws they didn’t agree with.
“The Fed is gonna end. There is going to be a de facto
secession movement going on. The states are going to refuse to listen to some
of the laws. We’ve seen tremendous success already with states saying to the
federal government, ‘We’re not gonna listen to you anymore about the drug
laws.’ And they’re getting out of it, and I think the American people are
waking up to that, and as far as I’m concerned, the more the merrier.”
Here’s the full video of his speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g36Ef5Fvkok#t=361
http://www.teaparty.org/ron-paul-de-facto-secession-already-happening-84767/
Source:http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/ron-paul-good-news-that-secession-is-happening#.pqZXRxxxRK
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