Paul Craig Roberts

3/11/09 Meria interviews Paul Craig Roberts, former Asst Secy to Treasury under Reagan on his latest article “The People Be Damned”. Obama – the president of special interests; US elite vs. US workers; Paul’s view on the election; Dems won’t be any different; Wheres the bailout for the American people? nothing to stop foreclosures-troubled assets; National deficit – how will they finance it? monetizing debt; worse nightmare of globalization; can’t fix problem by expanding credit;what would work? reinstate the upkick rule; stop short sales of national currencies; class warfare; buy American clause; keep American workers not more H-1B work visas; stimulus geared towards infrastructure NOT factories; bring back offshored jobs; American lifestyle over; protectionism; civil war; stock market needs to go down; we have no leaders we can get behind; depression is here; unemployment already 18% if counted right.

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Paul Craig Roberts

1/23/08 Meria is joined once again by Paul Craig Roberts, former Asst. Secy of the Treasury under Reagan, Editor, Author of several books including “The Tyranny of Good Intentions”; the newly sworn in democratic congress; the assault on the Constitution – Bill 1955 – the Homegrown Terrorists Act and the Extremists Beliefs Commission. Accusation is now evidence; 9/11- Al Queda – no evidence; Halliburton’s detention centers in the U.S.; Election 08 will it change anything? The recession and the economy; offshoring; Federal Reserve; is there an alternative to the dollar?Bush clones for 08; exclusion from debates; public can’t identify the candidates that would bring change; Clinton, McCain, Obama; Polls & vote tallies in New Hampshire; Republican voting machines; software by republican operatives; Lobbys will be happy with either; Bush has diminished America’s power; Iranian ships issue – false flag; lies to war – fabrications; US Military & Intel stood up to stop an Iranian war; will our economy ever rebound? offshoring; economy kept going by debt; Greenspan’s housing bubble; job creation? zero; trade deficits; Foreign countries buying up U.S. assets and future income; China’s pegged to the dollar, will it change? Can we have a depression? Previous superpowers and their decline; what can we expect? Hard hitting information

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