One million dollar penny

Through TARP banks received $ 700,000,000,000 in bail-out money, paid for by US taxpayers. This caused an outcry by many Americans - and rightfully so. However, this 700 billion dollar bailout is tiny compared to the more than $ 16,000,000,000,000 (16 trillion) spent by the Federal Reserve in emergency loans.

The following video (by jazzntoehead) explains very well how much money this actually is.

Ron Paul beats Obama in Ohio

According to a Fox News poll based on a telephone survey with a random sample of 505 registered voters, Ron Paul would beat President Obama in Ohio (42% vs. 41%), should he be nominated as the Republican candidate in the 2012 elections.

Also two other Republican candidates, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, are able to get more votes than Obama, according to the poll. Only Newt Gingrich would lose the state if he was running against Obama.

As one of the swing states, Ohio played a key role in the 2008 presidential elections.
Ron Paul’s approach to foreign policy, emphasis of personal freedom and constitutional rights and reduction of the federal government’s influence secured him widespread support – especially from younger voters.

In addition, Dr. Paul is one of the few persons in politics who did not change his political decisions when it seems politically advantageous, but stuck to his principles.

Even if Ron Paul should not be nominated and go on to win the presidency: He has motivated a lot of people to pay attention to politics more closely.