forbes.com - 5/15/2009
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The Federal Reserve's recent and unprecedented actions in the realm of monetary policy have provoked a backlash among the American people. Trillions of dollars worth of loans and guarantees have been provided to Wall Street firms, while Main Street Americans suffocate under harsh taxation, the ...
action.firedoglake.com - 5/21/2009
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action.firedoglake.com —
Do You Know Where Your $2 Trillion Has
Gone? Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has loaned trillions...
of dollars in bailout money but refuses to tell Congress where it went . Legislative action is needed. The Federal Reserve Transparency Act would give ...
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Fed 1207
nakedcapitalism.com - 5/22/2009
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nakedcapitalism.com —
It's been obvious to anyone who bothered paying
attention that the Fed is increasingly acting as an...
extension of the Administration, without the oversight and disclosure to which the Executive Branch is subject. For instance, only the Federal Reserve ...
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A Call For Greater Accountability For the Fed
firedoglake.com - 5/22/2009
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firedoglake.com —
Eighty thousand people have now seen the famous
Youtube of Fed Vice Chair Donald Kohn refusing to...
answer Alan Grayson's questions about where all the money is going. By law he doesn't have to. Despite the fact that they have printed or ...
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Alan Grayson Says “Audit the Fed”
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WHY NOT? Audit The Fed….
Instapundit —
WHY NOT? Audit The Fed.
Indian Elections, Russia's Energy Future, Taliban Map
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man —
... Charles Blow Darrick Jackson Carl Cannon William Kristol Ron Paul "Dick Cheney is reminding Republicans that they need to defend themselves when attacked." - William Kristol "I believe that as long as the Federal Reserve exists it should be fully audited." - Ron Paul The official results won't be known until later today or even in the days to come, but it looks like the Indian National Congress has won a decisive victory in the elections, gaining enough parliamentary seats so that ...
Show me the money
The Reaction —
... Sometimes I think Ron Paul's ideas may be too simplistic. This isn't one of them. In a Forbes editorial last week, Congressman Paul called for an audit of the Federal Reserve Bank. Paul of course, doesn't buy the idea that the Fed is necessary to keep inflation low and to prom ...
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