And it passed.
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Without the use of a search engine, can you guess which congressman said > the following: > > > "This is all about disclosure and accountability. You know, the Feds not > some kind of hocus pocus, black box operation. The Fed essentially > supplants the constitutional mandate in Article 1, Section 8, that belongs > to the Congress of the United States" > > > > If you haven't read anything about this, I can easily imagine who you are > thinking of. Here's some more: > > > Lets look at some recent history here. 2008: subprime meltdown, > collateralized debt obligation, go back for mortgage-backed securities, > neighborhoods in Cleveland melting down, people losing their homes. The Fed > looked the other way and were saying, oh, dont go into the Fed, it would > be political. Yes, its political. We have unemployment because of > politics. We have people losing their homes because of politics. We have > banks getting uncalculated amounts of money from the Federal Reserve and we > dont even know about it. Meanwhile people cant get a loan to keep their > home or keep their business. > > Yes, it's political. We have unemployment because of politics. We have > people losing their homes because of politics. We have banks getting > uncalculated amounts of money from the Federal Reserve and we don't even > know about it. Meanwhile people can't get a loan to keep their home or keep > their business. > > Audit the Fed? You bet we should audit the Fed. We have to have > accountability. It's time that Congress stood for its Constitutional role: > Article 1, Section 8, the power to coin or create money. > > It's time we stood up for America's 99%. It's time that we stood up to the > Federal Reserve that right now acts like it's some kind of high exalted > priesthood, unaccountable in a democracy. > > Let's change that by voting for the Paul Bill. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
