http://www.progressiveu.org/162717-ron-paul-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing
 
It was brought up in another meetup group that the article, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"  was unproductive and would poison the minds of members. I believe the misinformation contained in this article is out there (meaning the public and the net) and should be disseminated, discussed and appropriately countered with facts and truth. These type of articles and the excellent responses have proven themselves to be very useful and educational for both old and new members. (see some responses below) 
 
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 
Bible, John 8:32 
 
-James
 
Gold standard not that silly
Submitted by jmklein on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 2:42pm.
You might be suprised to here that Alan Greenspan is a lifetime proponent of the gold standard and even Bernanke is sympathetic. It is a serious monetary proposal that could provide immense practical benifits to modern America. 
The essense of the gold standard is a currency peg to a fixed supply of a thing. By pegging the supply of money government would be prevented from printing money to pay debt (the primary cause of inflation) or printing money to inflate stock prices. 
The printing of money to pay excess debt is one of the prime causes of the income desparity in America. Poor people who save their money in cash find their savings worthless as inflation exceeds the interest rate, while rich people who save their money in stocks are protected by the stock market subsidied. 
And finally, the argument that there "wont be enough money" just goes to show how far people have been fooled by fiat currency. Economic transactions have utterly non-monetary values that are converted for the purpose of trade. The result of rapid developments in productivity in a fixed currency would simply be the reduction of prices, or things getting "cheaper". 
The only people that need "more money" is the federal government that does not want to pay its bills like the rest of us. Instead of raising taxes or reducing spending, the government pays its debt by grabbing wet bills off the printing press and debasing our currency right in front of our eyes. The result is the most regressive tax in existence, one that preys specifically on the cash savings of the poor and the well being of people on the edges of poverty.
 
Created this account just to disagree with this article
Submitted by apc3161 on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 3:05pm.
I created this account to disagree with almost everything that has been written in this article. Let's go through some of your worst errors.
"Rep. Paul is not a liberal, protesting against the War in Iraq. He is an isolationist, who seeks to keep America's business at home. In today's globalized world, this simply cannot be allowed to happen."
It seems you are mixing up non-interventionism with isolationism. Ron Paul is not an isolationist. He is an active proponent of free trade, whereby we end tariffs on imports and eliminate corporate subsidies, this of course would lower taxes and result in cheaper prices nationwide.
However, he is a proponent of non-interventionism, whereby our federal government does not concern itself with the internal affairs of other countries. Had we followed this approach, here is a list of things that never would have happened, the Vietnam War, 9-11, and the occupation of Iraq. This is the philosophy the founding fathers had, and believe me, they were very correct in taking this stance. 
You also said, "Yes, the dollar would be stable, but it would be almost worthless. Already, the Canadian Dollar is at parity or higher than the American Dollar. "
Just to let you know, the dollar IS worthless now BECAUSE of the system that we have adopted where we artificially inflate our own currency through our monetary policy. This would not be the case had we stuck to a gold standard. The Canadian Dollar is basically equal to the American Dollar as a result of the government meddling with the economy.
I'm going to recommend a piece of literature to you. It's called the constitution, it basically says what our government can and cannot do. You should read it sometime. It's very interesting.
apc