Ron Paul on Wall Street, bailouts, and who pulls the strings in DC

You know, it is said that the Congress didn't have enough strings attached to the money that they were giving away, but I think the strings go in the other direction. I think Wall Street has the strings on Washington. And they pull and do what they want and that's where the corruption is. They control the monetary system.

~ Congressman Ron Paul, "Ron Paul on the recession: 'None of this is behind us'," The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, October 20, 2009, by Michael O'Brien