There is one comment that jumped right out at me:

"The gold standard was in place during late 19th century as the video states. During this time was one of the greatest economic periods of the country. That should be evidence enough, but growth is not a result of more money, but more material wealth in the form of goods/services."

That's a pretty big distortion. The country overall experienced growth. But the poor, and the middle class has never experienced oppression in the United States, as they did in the 19th century. And part of the mechanism that the "uber" rich used to amass their fortunes on the backs of the poor - was the gold standard. They could hoard, and then freeze entire economies to their benefit and manipulation. Did the infrastructure move forward? Yes. Did the country move forward? Yes. Did technology explode? Yes. Did all of these benefits 'trickle down' to the little guy?

Not for at least 5 or 6 decades.

Here's a thought: Instead of doing something so drastic as moving to the gold standard? Why not just .... spend less. It's almost as if Ron Paul is saying: We can't control ourselves, so let's perform a radical move on the economy to make ourselves spend less.

I see the majority of the problem as self-control. The currency being used is just a side note. The out-of-hand spending is the symptom of the larger problem. The lack of self-control with spending.