Posted on 09/25/2009 10:45:34 AM PDT by Palin Republic
I’ve said it before, but the cognitive dissonance of the neo-Conservative mindset is stunning. Personal behaviour (sex, drugs, and rock and roll) must be tightly regulated because the human beast cannot be let loose to behave in a way that might be destructive to the social fabric. But put that same human beast in the boardroom, and he should be left alone to do as he pleases, and the rest of us are expected to clean up the mess.
Do you have a list of those neo-Conservatives here on FR?
You have put it better than anyone else I have read in quite a while. Kudos! I bet ACORN has gotten a hundred times the attention that Wall Street has from most conservatives. But that being said, maybe people are waking up.
parsy, who hopes so
“House lawmakers want to pry open the books of the famously secretive Federal Reserve with legislation that would subject the central bank to a sweeping congressional audit.”
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And who will do a sweeping audit of the House of Reps? - why WE WILL...that’s who...and it’s starting now and concluding in 11/2010, and 11/2012...
Yeah, I wanna know who's going to audit those clowns spending our and our kids precious trillions??
Now it may be intriguing to audit the Fed, and I'll take a closer look, but it also strikes me as completely hypocritical for the marauding drunken sailors to audit the ones drinking in the clubs in town...without turning themselves into the drunk tank to sober up first.
I bet ACORN has gotten a hundred times the attention that Wall Street has from most conservatives. But that being said, maybe people are waking up.
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Fine and dandy - at least Wall Street has societal oversight - called Board of Directors and stock holders and the market itself.
Unlike the drunken socialist congress or ACORN/COI and those rigging election votes...
You can’t tell me that Tamany Hall or the Chicago Machine were less corrupt than the companies they did business with, can you?
WTF? Grayson is a national disgrace. He's a left wing lunatic and a scumbag -- but then I'm being redundant. He knows nothing about economics, especially money and banking, which is why he thinks this is a good idea. His real purpose is to take over managing the money supply so he can give even more money to his cronies and other sloths that don't have the ability (or the intention) to pay it back.
Yeah, what could possibly go wrong with Barney Frank, Chuck Schumer, Chris Dodd and Charlie Rangel managing the supply of money? That some here see this as a good idea is a sad commentary on conservatism. Or maybe it simply highlights the ignorance of some "conservatives."
No. That’s the point. The problem isn’t just the gov’t. It’s also Wall Street. That will be very important as some in Congress try to clean up the regs. Wall Street will try to disrupt this process. Conservatives need to stay on top of their people so this doesn’t get politicized.
parsy, the prepared
There are many folks outside of Congress who believe the fed manipulates our economy, often with painful results. Many believe the fed is composed of international bankers playing games with our lives and our money.
They intend to see what is behind the iron curtain so this can be settled one way or another.
While your fears are not unfounded regarding our current Congress, it's not an excuse to not audit the fed.
Please explain how the Fed does that?
Many believe the fed is composed of international bankers
Many are wrong.
While your fears are not unfounded regarding our current Congress, it's not an excuse to not audit the fed.
They're audited every year. What do you want to know?
>>Do we really want this?
Do you want Capitalism, or serfdom?
I thought I was clear. I want to know what's behind the iron curtain. And I don't need your explanations.
The Federal Reserve, like all private central banks, serves no useful purpose but to chain a government and the taxpayers who support it to an unpayable debt and perpetual inflation. Someone needs to expose the whole debt-money system as the fraud that it is, and this audit is a good first step.
But what really needs to happen next is for someone to clearly explain to the American people that our entire monetary system is based on debt. We cannot create $1 without creating a $1 liability + interest to a bank. We cannot get out of debt because to do so would destroy the money supply. Our only hope is to out borrow our previous borrowing to keep the system afloat.
Not so much.
I want to know what's behind the iron curtain.
Yeah, from an audit. LOL!
And I don't need your explanations.
I'm sure they'd be over your head.
Have you ever paid down a loan? OMG! You just reduced the money supply. Apparently, it wasn't fatal.
Anyone who thinks any part of the government should be unaccountable is either ignorant or benefits from that part of the government.
The ridiculous arguments supporting an “independent” unaccountable federal reserve can easily and obviously be extended to all law-making. Lets keep the congress independent of politics so that they don’t hand out goodies...
Obviously there is no such thing as this retarded concept of “independence” in the federal-reserve sense because if they aren’t accountable to anyone else they can do it for personal gain much more easily. Instead of being accountable to us you want them to be accountable only to their own desires. This is the reason dictatorships don’t work out so well for the dictated-to but very well for those dictating.
Of course the liberals politicians are for the auditing. They want more control in congress. It just so happens that that is where it should be because they are the people we elect. They are people who are accountable to us.
We can choose to be free and know the truth or be slaves to a temporary illusion of safety.
Take your pick.
Excellent!
If everyone did that though, the economy would grind to a halt.
What makes you think everyone can or wants to pay off all their debt?
Like a race baiter, when all else fails, insult their intelligence. Who taught that? Alinsky or Obama?
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