CIVICS NEWS Comment: On a personal note, the picture of Ron Paul below was taken in Ontario, California in April of 2008, Ron Paul's first public appearance during his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. He was talking to none other than yours truly (the handsome ear and cheek on the right of the photo) during this picture. I was telling him how much I appreciated his speech, Neo-Conned, which taught me a lot about what happened to the Republican Party in recent years. This image was subsequently used on the Ron Paul campaign literature. That was my 15 minutes of fame, I guess. Too bad I missed him while he was in Grand Rapids, which is where I live.
Ron Paul comments on Federal Reserve while in Grand Rapids
WZZM 13 - Amy Cox - July 27, 2009 
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke took part in a town hall style forum Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bernanke defended the fed's actions in bailing out financial institutions. He said he had to "hold his nose" over some of last fall's bailouts. But he didn't want to be the fed chairman when the second great depression occurred. The town hall will air on PBS this week.
Texas Congressman and former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is sponsoring a bill to audit the Federal Reserve. He visited West Michigan over the weekend and spoke exclusively with WZZM 13 News. Paul says his candidacy brought out the energy of people who want stricter government economic policies.
"They're very interested in limiting government... and actually, believe it or not, young people are interested in what the Federal Reserve is doing. That fascinates me to no end."
Ron Paul says the federal government is doing exactly the wrong thing to fix the economic downturn by spending more. However, he says the American people individually are doing the right thing by taking another look at their budgets and living within their means.
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