-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -----Original Message----- From: Freedom Watch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:22 AM To: Freedom Watch Subject: FREEDOM Watch: House votes to end draft, Federal Reserve takes risky move : 090999 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FREEDOM Watch A look at what's new on "Project FREEDOM." ( http://www.house.gov/paul/ ) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Issued: Thursday, September 9, 1999 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (1) HOUSE VOTES TO END DRAFT REGISTRATION (2) NY Fed move called "risky" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (1) House votes to end draft registration Majority agrees with Paul that Selective Service should end WASHINGTON, DC -- The House of Representatives voted Wednesday night to terminate the Selective Service System, saving taxpayers $250 million over the next 10 years while ending the "systematic abuse of the civil liberties" of millions of Americans. The vote was 232 to 187. "Not only is the notion of involuntary servitude at odds with our system of law and tradition of liberty, but it is not in keeping with the needs and demands of a 21st Century defense program," said US Rep. Ron Paul (R, Texas), who championed the cause to end the Selective Service program. He introduced HR 1812, the Selective Service Stand-by Act. The measure would have put the system into a deep hibernation, while transferring the funds to veterans programs. ... ...Besides saving several hundred million dollars, Members of Congress recognized the wisdom of such men as the late US Senator Robert Taft and former President Ronald Reagan. Senator Taft once said, "A compulsory draft ... is far more typical of totalitarian nations than of democratic nations. The theory behind it leads directly to totalitarianism. It is absolutely opposed to the principles of individual liberty." President Reagan said, "[T]he most fundamental objection to draft registration is moral... a draft or draft registration destroys the very values that our society is committed to defending." In addition, a Department of Defense report found that Selective Service could be ended "with no effect on military mobilization requirements, little effect on the time it would take to mobilize, and no measurable effect on military recruitment."... ...<SNIP>... Read the entire PRESS RELEASE at: http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press99/pr090999win.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (2) NY Fed move called "risky" Hearings needed to address 'troubling questions' WASHINGTON, DC -- Wednesday's announcement by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that it will expand the collateral accepted in repurchase transactions to include pass-through mortgage securities of GNMA, FHLMC and FNMA, STRIP securities of the U.S. Treasury and "stripped" securities of other government agencies raises troubling questions, US Rep. Ron Paul (R, Texas) said. "I have contacted the office of Rep. Spencer Bachus, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy of the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to call for hearings on this important question," said Rep. Paul, vice-chairman of the subcommittee. "Hopefully, hearings would put to rest serious questions raised by this announcement." Paul said the decision -- which the Federal Reserve said was made because of "century date change" concerns -- sets a risky precedent... ...<SNIP>... Read the rest of this PRESS RELEASE at: http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press99/pr090999.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++ FREEDOM Watch is a service of Rep. Ron Paul's office. By signing up, recipients are requesting to be notified when new items are posted to US Rep. Ron Paul's congressional web site, Project FREEDOM, http://www.house.gov/paul/. FREEDOM Watch does not send the full text of site postings. To be removed from this list, send a reply e-mail with the word "remove" in the Subject line. Please DO NOT send e-mail correspondence to this address, as the message WILL NOT be read or processed. Go to http://www.house.gov/paul/mail/ for information on how to send questions, comments and suggestions using the Internet. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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