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Presented by Rebuild the Party and co-sponsored by YouTube, this RNC Candidates Forum is our last chance to quiz the candidates for RNC Chairman before the vote on January 30th.

At 11:59pm on January 19th, question submission and voting closed and we are presenting the ten questions below to the candidates for their video responses.

Read more about the questions and our selection process here.

Thank you for helping make this the most open and transparent RNC Chairman's race in history!

With all that is known that the Federal Reserve being far from federal or a reserve, and judging by the way that it harms our country's economy rather than stabilizing it, what will you do to support the abolishing of the Federal Reserve in America? -- I. M. asked on September 2, 2010 at 5:27 pm Vote: 28 8 Overall Score 20 Report This Question	Consider for a moment that the deficit is about $500 billion each year. This is above and beyond the $9 trillion we already owe. In your opinion, do we really need 700 bases in 130 countries at a cost of 500 - 700 billion a year? Editor's Note: The RNC Chairman does not set defense policy. -- I. M. asked on September 2, 2010 at 5:35 pm Vote: 18 7 Overall Score 11 Report This Question	Name three federal departments which you are going to work to eliminate in order to show us Traditional Republicans that you truly do stand for limiting the size of government. Editor's Note: This is the job of Congress, not RNC Chairman -- STEPHEN WASHINGTON asked on September 2, 2010 at 6:07 pm Vote: 20 9 Overall Score 11 Report This Question
Can you briefly compare and contrast your views on privately owned central banks with the views of President Andrew Jackson, President John F. Kennedy, and Congressman Ron Paul? -- Christopher Sullivan asked on September 2, 2010 at 8:32 pm Vote: 18 7 Overall Score 11 Report This Question	What is the Republican party going to do to increase the discussion of the unintended consequences of foreign intervention. There was a term introduced by the CIA called blowback, and it means unforeseen consequences that come with actions. For example when the British and Americans joined forces to overthrow the democratically elected leader of Iran Mohammed Mosaddeq we saw blowback from this action, when the people rose up against the Sha in 1979 and they took hostages. This was no coincidence that they were angry, it was a result of our intervention in their country. What is the Republican party going to do to address blowback, so we can protect our brave soldiers and fragile experiments with democracy in the Middle East? -- John Crowley asked on September 2, 2010 at 3:24 pm Vote: 13 2 Overall Score 11 Report This Question	Will the RNC Chair candidates state unequivocally that the Second Amendment recognizes an individual's right to bear arms for private use as affirmed by the recent Heller decision, that this right is as important as the other rights recognized in the Bill of Rights, and that the GOP should work to make this recognition a reality in the entirety of the United States? -- Steve Owens asked on September 2, 2010 at 11:24 am Vote: 11 0 Overall Score 11 Report This Question
Will I ever see a day when I pay 0% federal income tax like our Founding Fathers intended? Will I ever see a day when the Federal Reserve isn't stealing away my hard earned wealth by debasing the value of our currency? I could go on and on, but please, Mr. future Chairman of the GOP, will you respect the wishes of my forefathers and allow me to live as a free man? With all due respect, sir, leave me alone...please. -- JOHN FEJES asked on September 2, 2010 at 3:24 pm Vote: 19 9 Overall Score 10 Report This Question	In addition to our departure from our constitutional freedoms and liberties, the GOP has helped lead us away from economic freedom and liberty through mechanisms like incentive packages, taxes, monetary policy that is based on vapor instead of something tangible, big public works programs, and many others. What is your plan to restore our economic freedom and scale the federal government back to the constitutionally supported levels? -- David Bruce asked on September 2, 2010 at 12:05 pm Vote: 10 0 Overall Score 10 Report This Question	Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress shall have the authority to coin money and regulate the value thereof. My question therefore is, "Why has our Congress, since 1913, paid interest to a private organization (The Federal Reserve) to perform a function which Congress can itself perform, racking up debt and squandering the prosperity of our nation?". -- Christopher Sullivan asked on September 2, 2010 at 8:22 pm Vote: 14 5 Overall Score 9 Report This Question
From before the "Contract With America" through this past election cycle's ridicule and ignoring of Dr. Ron Paul (doubtless THE most Republican of all "republican" Presidential candidates) by the Republican Party, many of us long-time Republicans are sick to death of the Republican Party's unwillingness to abide by its own Platform and history; lots of talk but no action. Why should we trust you? -- Brian Sanburn asked on September 2, 2010 at 9:00 pm Vote: 11 2 Overall Score 9 Report This Question	What will you do to eliminate the programs and laws that have diminished civil liberties and proven to the GOP a bad image? Programs such as FISA bill, Patriot Act, Homegrown Terrorism Bill and Department of Homeland Security have all been enacted while the GOP was in power yet all of these programs contradict the Republican philosophy. What will you do to eliminate the unconstitutional programs that diminish civil liberties that were enacted by Democrats? Specifically, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Income Tax? -- Ron Paul asked on September 2, 2010 at 8:00 pm Vote: 13 5 Overall Score 8 Report This Question	The American public is overwhelmingly against the recent bailouts of the banks, AIG, and the auto companies. It's possible that John McCain could have turned his campaign around and won by opposing the $700 billion TARP fiasco which Obama supported. Are you willing to repudiate the existing bailouts and make opposition to new bailouts a fundamental plank of the GOP platform? -- zack fivenson asked on September 2, 2010 at 4:56 pm Vote: 9 1 Overall Score 8 Report This Question
To all the candidates: Considering modern medical research and our current economic crisis, what is your opinion about ending the Federal ban against marijuana and instead, opting for a more sound policy that taxes and regulates the marijuana similar to tobacco and alcohol? -- Adam McNeil asked on September 2, 2010 at 7:22 pm Vote: 10 3 Overall Score 7 Report This Question	As a Party who helped create and pass bailout legislation inevitably costing tax payers and their families trillions of dollars, to the opposition of the majority of their constituents, it is hard to decipher if there is a Republican position on the role of government in todays financial markets? Do we still believe that markets helped reign in the period of prosperity in the 1980's as the Austrian School does or do we believe that central planning and government intervention creates wealth as defined by Keynesian economists. -- Ben Scholtz asked on September 2, 2010 at 12:10 pm Vote: 8 1 Overall Score 7 Report This Question	As RNC chairman, are you going to renounce or embrace an inevitable tax revolt by many American citizens which is likely to arise during your reign as the RNC Chairman? -- STEPHEN WASHINGTON asked on September 2, 2010 at 2:19 pm Vote: 10 4 Overall Score 6 Report This Question