{"id":10605,"date":"2015-08-01T08:38:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T13:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=10605"},"modified":"2015-08-01T08:38:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T13:38:44","slug":"ron-paul-all-wars-paid-for-through-debasing-the-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=10605","title":{"rendered":"Ron Paul: \u201cAll Wars Paid For Through Debasing the Currency\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/ron-paul-all-wars-paid-for-through-debasing-the-currency_07302015\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Paul: \u201cAll Wars Paid For Through Debasing the Currency\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19159\" src=\"http:\/\/shtfplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/currency-collapse1.png\" alt=\"currency-collapse1\" width=\"226\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And at some point, all empires crumble on their own excess, stretched to the breaking point by over-extending a military industrial complex with sophisticated equipment, hundreds of bases in as many countries, and never-ending wars that wrack up mind boggling levels of debt. This cost has been magnified by the relationship it shares with the money system, who have common owners and shareholders behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>As the hidden costs of war and the enormity of the black budget swell to record levels, the true total of its price comes in the form of the distortion it has caused in other dimensions of life; the numbers have been so thoroughly fudged for so long now, as Wall Street banks offset laundering activities and indulge in derivatives and quasi-official market rigging, the Federal Reserve policy holds the noble lie together.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Paul\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/311198-ron-paul-wars-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\">told RT<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3yzlRINmohU\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Seen from the proper angle, the dollar is revealed to be a paper thin instrument of warfare, a ripple effect on the people, a twisted illusion, a weaponized money now engaged in a covert economic warfare that threatens their very livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>The former Congressman and presidential candidate explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Almost all wars have been paid for through inflation\u2026 the practice always ends badly as currency becomes debased leading to upward pressure on prices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cAlmost all wars, in a hundred years or so, have been paid for through inflation,\u00a0<strong>that is debasing the currency,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0he said, adding that this has been going on\u00a0<em>\u201cfor hundreds, if not thousands of years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know if we ever had a war paid though tax payers. The only thing where they must have been literally paid for, was when they depended on the looting. They would go in and take over a country, and they would loot and take their gold, and they would pay for the war.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Paul: \u201cAll Wars Paid For Through Debasing the Currency\u201d And at some point, all empires crumble on their own excess, stretched to the breaking point by over-extending a military industrial complex with sophisticated equipment, hundreds of bases in as many countries, and never-ending wars that wrack up mind boggling levels of debt. 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