writers for former congressman ron paul framed the riots in similar terms in the june 1992 edition of the "ron paul political newsletter", billed as a special issue focusing on "racial terrorism." "order was only restored in la", the newsletter read, "when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks three days after rioting began ... what if the checks had never arrived? no doubt the blacks would have fully privatized the welfare state through continued looting. but they were paid off and the violence subsided."