Paul Craig Roberts (born April 3, 1939, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an economist and a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate; served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration (so-called father of Reaganomics”, and former editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Scripps Howard News Service. PhD from University of Virginia, he has written or co-written eight books, contributed chapters to numerous books and has published many articles in journals of scholarship. He has testified before congressional committees on 30 occasions on issues of economic policy (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Craig_Roberts ).
Dr Paul Craig Roberts on truth, liberty, media lying and US government’s 9-11 conspiracy theory: “There was a time when the pen was mightier than the sword. That was a time when people believed in truth and regarded truth as an independent power and not as an auxiliary for government, class, race, ideological, personal, or financial interest. Today Americans are ruled by propaganda. Americans have little regard for truth, little access to it, and little ability to recognize it. Truth is an unwelcome entity. It is disturbing. It is off limits. Those who speak it run the risk of being branded “anti-American,” “anti-semite” or “conspiracy theorist.” Truth is an inconvenience for government and for the interest groups whose campaign contributions control government. Truth is an inconvenience for prosecutors who want convictions, not the discovery of innocence or guilt. Truth is inconvenient for ideologues. Today many whose goal once was the discovery of truth are now paid handsomely to hide it... The American corporate does not serve the truth. It serves the government and the interest groups that empower the government. America’s fate was sealed when the public and the anti-war movement bought the government’s 9/11 conspiracy theory. The government’s account of 9/11 is contradicted by much evidence. Nevertheless, this defining event of our time, which has launched the US on interminable wars of aggression and a domestic police state, is a taboo topic for investigation in the media. It is pointless to complain of war and a police state when one accepts the premise upon which they are based. These trillion dollar wars have created financing problems for Washington’s deficits and threaten the U.S. dollar’s role as world reserve currency. The wars and the pressure that the budget deficits put on the dollar’s value have put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block.” [1].
[1]. Paul Craig Roberts, “Goodbye. Truith has fallen and taken liberty with it”, 9-11 Blogger.com, 24 March 2010: http://911blogger.com/node/23027 .
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