In the United States, among the candidates still competing for the Republican Party’s nomination to challenge Barack Obama in November’s presidential election, Ron Paul stands out for arguing consistently that government is the problem, not the answer, with regard to banking. If the government were removed more fully from the financial sector (including abolishing the Federal Reserve), he argues, the economy would function better.
在美国共和党内争夺11月与奥巴马竞选总统人选的候选人中，罗恩·保罗（Ron Paul）一直宣称，对于银行业出现的状况，政府本身就是问题，而不是问题的答案。他指出，如果政府能更彻底地从金融部门离开（包括撤销美联储），那么美国经济将运转得更好。