Daily Bell: What
gives you the most hope right now?
Ron Paul: I think
I get the biggest encouragement from talking to young people figuring this out.
Their minds are more open, they’re aware of the problems. And, once again,
they’re not the 51 percent but the ones who will come out and get involved in
the many projects I have are very, very enthusiastic about learning and being
involved. Some of them get involved in politics and some do other things like
teaching. I think that’s where I get the greatest encouragement.
And, of course, the places where I go I get more support from
people who are probably under 30. But then again, there are a few over 30 that
know better and remember times that were different, when government was smaller
and things were better and people were self-reliant. So I think nobody can
measure those numbers of people out there but there are a lot of people who are
very sympathetic and we just have to persist. And I think that is what’s
happening.
We’re having a lot of determined people, not only because we
have the access to the Internet but because of the blatant failures. I noticed
a big blip in interest in what I was talking about with the Fed when the
housing bubble burst and there’ll be another giant movement in our direction
when the next crash comes, which I suspect is not too far off.
