Scary times
ahead? Perhaps, if you take credence in what Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas,
says.
Paul, who had
a strong grassroots following during the 2008 presidential election,
explained on Glenn
Becks Sept. 30 radio program that perilous times lie ahead
due to the Federal Reserves loose monetary policy. Host Glenn
Beck asked how an Israeli strike against Iran might trigger problems
with the American financial system.
What
happens when Israel strikes Iran or Iran has the earth rays and
we know that they now have a nuclear weapon, what happens to our
financial system at that point? Beck asked.
The libertarian
Paul maintained China would become the worlds financial heavyweight
and they were already making preparations to be the worlds
top dog.
I think
the Chinese take over, Paul said. If theres a
real panic and oil shoots up to a couple of hundred bucks, the Chinese
will dump their dollars. Chinese are maneuvering for this. The more
we threaten Iran, the stronger the Chinese influence gets because
they're using the dollars that they have earned from us and saved,
they have a trillion, and they are starting to buy up assets in
Iran and build plants and get involved in their energy. So the whole
thing is backfiring on us. Were getting ready to put tougher
sanctions on the Iranians and that will make things that much worse.
It won't help the dissidents in Iran. It's going to cost us a lot
of money, and there will be a bombing and that will be a big, big
event. I think it will crash the dollar is what I think it would
do.
And what does
the country look like after the dollar crashes? Not good the Texas
congressman said.