11A134 Prescriptions for a Sick Economy by Jim Davies,
10/31/2011      This is the fourth ZGBlog about Ron Paul's
campaign platform, and is more positive than the first three -
about his plans for abortion, restoring America, and health
care. His web page about what's gone wrong with the American
economy and how he will fix it if elected is well worth our
attention, as is the related one on Taxes.  "Ten Years, Three
Huge Lies" was an early ZGBlog and its third Huge Lie concerned
the cause of the present recession; it reminded readers that the
source was the creation of surplus, "fiat" money by the
government's "Federal Reserve Bank." Dr Paul's conclusion is the
same. Vast sums were printed (my friend Elmo Zoneball estimates
ten trillion dollars, in the decade preceding 2008) and reached
the housing market, because the Community Reinvestment Act
forced lenders to finance mortgages to borrowers who lacked good
credit. The latter created the demand, and the money was created
to meet it, and both caused prices to