Does Ron Paul advocate the gold standard?

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Does Ron Paul advocate the gold standard?

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On another thread The trouble is, Ron Paul doesn't have the answer (http://www.ldsfreedomforum.com/viewtopi ... 19&t=12344), Original Intent, in an attempt to discredit me, states: "Ron Paul doesn't advocate a gold standard. I see you are going to start this thread off as misinformed as all of your posts in the other one." He did this in response to my statement which included the phrase "Dr. Paul and his gold standard ". It is pretty clear to me that not only is Ron Paul an advocate for gold, he is in fact the pre-eminent prophet and salesman for the gold standard in America because of his visibility. But let's see why I think that.

But before we start, I would ask the moderators to remove any comments not directly answering the question "Does Ron Paul advocate the gold standard?", or which bear no references.

I started with a google search on "ron paul gold standard":

The search returned 379,000 results. Here is a sampling:

In this first quote, Paul, in a speech to the house, links himself without eqivocation to the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, an organization that advocates a return to the gold standard.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce legislation to restore financial stability to America's economy by abolishing the Federal Reserve. I also ask unanimous consent to insert the attached article by Lew Rockwell, president of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, which explains the benefits of abolishing the Fed and restoring the gold standard, into the record. Congressman Ron Paul, U.S. House of Representatives
September 10, 2002 http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congr ... 91002b.htm
This second quote is from a man who received an email from Ron Paul with "support for the gold standard".
Ron Paul and the Gold Standard Last week, on the heels of a tremendous fundraising quarter and a solid debate performance, Paul sent a lengthy email to supporters attributing his recent success to his opposition to the Federal Reserve and support for the gold standard http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2007 ... _standard/
This third reference is from FORBES.COM, entitled "Dr. Ron Paul's Gold Standard" filed under "Intelligent Investing". The preamble states "Dr. Ron Paul and Steve Forbes discuss why a gold standard would put an end to the Federal Reserve. " http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/13/gold-s ... -paul.html

The next one is from Ron Paul's own website. The interview is entitled "Going Back To The Gold Standard?" The interview discusses the abolition of the Fed and the transition to the gold standard. http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-02-01/going ... -standard/

The fifth comes from an article entitled "Ron Paul On The Gold Standard" and the preamble states "Ron Paul is One of the Largest Proponents of Returning to The Gold Standard" The page is in fact a sales pitch to sell a book called "The Case for Gold" by none other than Ron Paul. http://www.amazon.com/Case-Gold-Ron-Pau ... B000XG8T40 and http://hubpages.com/hub/Ron-Paul-On-The-Gold-Standard

The sixth is for those who like video. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3217305530# Here you can watch "The Gold Standard Conference (Ron Paul v. Charles Partee)", Presentations at the conference include a debate on the Gold Standard between Congressman Ron Paul and Charles Partee, member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

The seventh is Ron Paul making a distinction that his "gold standard" is not the "fixed price" version. http://www.nolanchart.com/article290.html, quoting Paul in a video http://youtube.com/watch?v=RKQmYfY3R7c In the video Paul states "I wouldn't exactly go back to the gold standard". He also states he does not want to abolish the federal reserve, saying: "... and then turning that over to the federal reserve and letting the federal reserve print the money" and he cites problems with a bi-metallic currency "there were some shortcomings with the gold standard of the 19th century because it was linked to silver, it was a fixed price, and that caused confusion...." So in about 18 seconds, Ron Paul states he is not for the gold standard (not exactly), he is not in favor of abolishing the federal reserve (google search "ron paul abolish federal reserve" returns 34,500,000 results), and he is favor of gold and silver at 2:08 of the interview, and against gold and silver 19 seconds later, but only because it was a fixed price, assuming that the fixed price distinction is the relation between the value of the two metals. Fair enough, there are distinctions, but that is not the question being asked here, which is "Does Ron Paul advocate the gold standard?"

I suggest that the average person does not understand the distinctions that Paul has made. Regardless, Ron Paul is the advocate for the gold standard, and we can cross the T's and dot the i's later:

Here are a few more headlines:

Ron Paul’s ‘Gold Standard’ Comeback http://silverandgoldcoinblog.com/2010/0 ... -comeback/
Ron Paul on the Gold Standard and Competing Currencies http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-10-06/ron-p ... urrencies/
"Dr. Ron Paul's Gold Standard" http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=31373

Note the number of articles that even give ownership to Paul for the standard, or refer to that standard as his own. If Paul has not laid out the exact mechanics of his gold standard, it would be fair to assume that he is advocating the gold standard regardless of the details that he thinks would make it work this time around.

Here's one more: "Ron Paul: The Republic's Financial Prophet" http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/75479

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