Comments on: Left-Right Coalition Calls for an Audit of the Federal Reserve Before Bernanke is Reappointed as Chair http://blog.ctnews.com/kantrowitz/2009/12/03/left-right-coalition-calls-for-an-audit-of-the-federal-reserve-before-bernanke-is-reappointed-as-chair/ Political activist, health nut Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:36:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim White http://blog.ctnews.com/kantrowitz/2009/12/03/left-right-coalition-calls-for-an-audit-of-the-federal-reserve-before-bernanke-is-reappointed-as-chair/#comment-439 Tim White Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:20:36 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/kantrowitz/?p=1198#comment-439 And now Geithner acknowledges that Goldman would've failed without their bailouts... yet Lehman was allowed to fail? I wonder if Hank Paulson (R-Goldman) and Robert Rubin (D-Goldman) had any influence on that decision? And now Geithner acknowledges that Goldman would’ve failed without their bailouts… yet Lehman was allowed to fail?

I wonder if Hank Paulson (R-Goldman) and Robert Rubin (D-Goldman) had any influence on that decision?

]]> By: Tim White http://blog.ctnews.com/kantrowitz/2009/12/03/left-right-coalition-calls-for-an-audit-of-the-federal-reserve-before-bernanke-is-reappointed-as-chair/#comment-438 Tim White Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:16:41 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/kantrowitz/?p=1198#comment-438 Maybe you're among the 4% of Americans that moved into the "support" Auditing the Fed column in the past five months. According to Rasmussen, now 79% of the American public support a Fed audit: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/november_2009/79_now_favor_auditing_the_fed Why Senator Dodd opposes it still dumbfounds me. As far as I can tell, the most significant part of the audit will relate to the Fed's dealings with foreign central banks... a.k.a. foreign policy. Alan Grayson discussed this with Bernanke a few months ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ECLxK2YTs I don't see why any American would want to maintain secrecy over bailouts for Kiwis. Maybe you’re among the 4% of Americans that moved into the “support” Auditing the Fed column in the past five months.

According to Rasmussen, now 79% of the American public support a Fed audit:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/november_2009/79_now_favor_auditing_the_fed

Why Senator Dodd opposes it still dumbfounds me. As far as I can tell, the most significant part of the audit will relate to the Fed’s dealings with foreign central banks… a.k.a. foreign policy. Alan Grayson discussed this with Bernanke a few months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ECLxK2YTs

I don’t see why any American would want to maintain secrecy over bailouts for Kiwis.

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