At 83 years young, Ron Paul shows absolutely no signs of slowing down or easing on the gas pedal when it comes to advocating for underrepresented and marginalized Americans. 

Having served almost continuously as a Texas U.S. Representative from 1976 to 2013, and having run for U.S. President in 1988, 2008, and 2012, Dr. Paul continues to fight as a champion of the U.S. Constitution.

And now, in our current global sociopolitical and economic climate, we find ourselves in a time when his advocacy is needed the most.

When I had an opportunity to speak with Ron Paul recently, I knew that I would be speaking with a hero of the 20th and 21st centuries, yet I was still blown away by the undiminished passion and power in his words.  You see, despite all of the political turmoil that’s going on in the world right now, Ron Paul remains an optimist at heart.

He firmly believes that the people can wrest power back from intrusive governments and the political-financial elite who have insidiously taken our basic freedoms away.

Dr. Paul reminds us that ever since the notions of a federal income tax, Federal Reserve System, and fiat currency were introduced in 1913, and the concept of the welfare state was hatched in the 1930s, the government has been growing by leaps and bounds and we’re still feeling the ripple effect of this today.

With no concern for the deficit or the size of the government, regardless of who has been in charge, our so-called leaders have been spending our tax dollars into oblivion.  The Keynesian notion that deficits don’t matter – and that the belief in central banks and the hegemony of the dollar will sustain us – is quickly crumbling, and anger and distrust at the grassroots level are justifiably growing.

The upshot of this failing grand experiment is an economic and political system that is breaking down, leading to a loss of confidence in America – not the idea of America itself, but in the nation’s standing as the leader (and sometimes the policeman and provider) of the free world.

The days of universal faith that America would provide a truthful leadership with sound economic policy and free markets have passed us by, and Ron Paul is spreading the message that we’re living in dangerous times right now.

In a system that rewards those who don’t work, where the government owns far too much and the economy relies on interminable printing of an unsound fiat currency, a global economic collapse is bound to occur sooner rather than later.

The mainstream press would like to deflect the issue and point the finger at a trade imbalance between the U.S. and China, but the core issue runs much deeper and has been going on for decades:  a complete lack of confidence and trust in the dollar, along with a ballooning debt that career politicians refuse to tackle head-on.

With nations like China and Japan buying up the U.S. debt and jobs continuing to be moved overseas, Ron Paul wants us to know that America’s free ride is over.

It’s a harsh truth that is hard to swallow, and the ruling elite class would prefer that we not hear Dr. Paul’s message.  In a time when political talking heads dance around the issue, Ron Paul abides by his urgent and direct message to End the Fed and to make profound changes now or face an imminent decline in the America that he knows and loves.

Speaking for all of us here at Wealth Research Group, I am grateful to have spent this brief moment with Dr. Paul, one of the few voices of reason in a truly unsettling time for America.