On Tuesday, September 29th, Ron Paul made a tour of New York for a End the Fed book signing, Daily Show appearance and a spontaneous protest at the steps of the New York Federal Reserve bank. 

After the morning book signing at Borders Books located in the Financial District of Manhattan, Dr. Paul asked, "is the Federal Reserve building close by?" After he found out it was, he led the way for a photo op in front of the Fed's most powerful branch, the New York Federal Reserve Bank. In the video below be sure to catch Dr. Paul's exchange with the Federal Reserve Police. 

After the Fed march, I was lucky enough to be invited into the Daily Show green room reserved for Dr. Paul. As the Manhattan C4L coordinators, Nick Spanos & Isaiah Matos, Jesse Benton, Dr. Paul, and myself were waiting for the show to start, Jon Stewart came in to welcome Ron back to the show. He said how much he enjoyed the book (which you could tell was true by the line of questioning) and dove right into asking the congressman all about libertarian philosophy and life without the Federal Reserve.

Jon was completely engaged with Dr. Paul and seemed to hang on his every word. At the conclusion of the pre-show conversation I'd have to say Mr. Stewart in his heart wants to jump on board with everything Ron was saying to him about protecting individual liberty but what he gets hung up on (as do most liberals) is the fear of corporate power being wielded without government regulation. "What about the robber barons of the 19th century?" he inquired of Paul.

Somehow we must properly articulate that without the Fed, without artificial credit, without tax subsidies, and with sound money and properly enforced fraud laws, taxpayer parasites such as General Motors and Goldman Sachs would not exist as they currently do. Most of these companies cannot function without millions of dollars worth of daily credit and would probably not exist at all in a free market economy.