Jack Hunter, the journalist interviewing Ron Paul, is a Charlestonian where he's known as the Southern Avenger of the Charleston City Paper! You'll see he still has more miles to go on the road of conservatism, but he's making progress.
An ethical person - like a politician, banker or lawyer - may know right from wrong, but unlike many of them, a moral person lives it. An Americanist first already knows that. Bankers and their government agents will always act in their own best interests. Any residual benefit flowing down to the citizens by happenstance will just be litter.