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And Wow: Fed's Hoenig Says United States Has "Deeply Undermined Free-Market Capitalism"
ZeroHedge ^ | 2/23/2011 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 02/23/2011 12:50:39 PM PST by mojito

The Fed mutiny has arrived:

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: bernanke; capitalism; federalreserve; hoenig
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A strong wind is headed right towards a house of cards.
1 posted on 02/23/2011 12:50:43 PM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

Related:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2678779/posts


2 posted on 02/23/2011 12:52:44 PM PST by mojito
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The government’s objective over the past 3 years (Bush included) is to prevent elitists who went to Harvard from ever having to take responsibility for their own poor decision-making. Not to reward those who do the most efficient job of creating goods and services that people desire.


3 posted on 02/23/2011 12:55:01 PM PST by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: mojito
Hoenig is head of the Kansas City Fed. His remarks in full:

http://www.kansascityfed.org/publicat/speeches/hoenig-DC-Women-Housing-Finance-2-23-11.pdf

4 posted on 02/23/2011 12:56:36 PM PST by mojito
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To: Thane_Banquo

I would like for there to be a 20 year moratorium against Harvard and Yale graduates in and around Washington D.C.


5 posted on 02/23/2011 12:56:59 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (Obama and the left are making a mockery of our country.)
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To: mojito

Ya know - you are permitted to excerpt more than five words from Zerohedge....

Just sayin’....


6 posted on 02/23/2011 12:57:35 PM PST by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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7 posted on 02/23/2011 12:58:11 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: mojito

When will the patriots rise up and demand the ouster of the most incompetent administration in U.S. history? Even Jimmy Carter was better than O’Bumbler because at least Carter appeared to be interested in what was going wrong. This clown just wants to hear himself talk at his pitiful photo ops which don’t convince anyone that he knows or cares about fixing this failing economy.


8 posted on 02/23/2011 12:59:52 PM PST by kittymyrib
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To: Thane_Banquo

That is the damn truth, that damn Henry Paulson would be pushing a grocery cart if TARP had not passed bailing his ass out.


9 posted on 02/23/2011 1:01:06 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: kittymyrib

At least Jimmuh carter was not ACTIVELY TRYING TO DESTROY the USA, like this muslim kenyan


10 posted on 02/23/2011 1:01:38 PM PST by Mr. K (Job #1 is to DEFUND THE LEFT~!!!!)
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To: FreeAtlanta
I would like for there to be a 20 year moratorium against Harvard and Yale graduates in and around Washington D.C.

I admire your even-handedness and compassion at wanting to ban them for only 20 years. I recently moved to New England for work, and I can't believe the arrogance of the area, coupled with a total lack of ethical principles and an absence of true intellectual depth. People here are masters at appearing smart. They are certainly no smarter than midwesterners, and certainly a lot more deficient in simple logic and common sense.

11 posted on 02/23/2011 1:03:20 PM PST by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

No, the purpose was to loot the treasury while earning political brownie points. The money is gone and nothing matters now. Someone else can clean the mess, but they will never recover the money.

Bush should be excluded because he made an effort but was thwarted.

America places far too high a value on all life


12 posted on 02/23/2011 1:04:03 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: mojito

I’ve said it before and will say it again.

The problem lies in going off the gold standard (or SOME KIND of standard).

The reason being that capitalism demands an honest flow of capital. In a well functioning capitalist system, GOOD MONEY finds GOOD INVESTMENTS.

GOOD MONEY is more important than to waste it on BAD INVESTMENTS.

But by abandoning this type of standard and going hells bells towards fiat 24 hour running the printing presses bonds treasuries deeds notes yada yada yada yada what do we have to show for it except literally TRILLIONS of dollars??? worth of speculative investing based on interest rates and massive debt, debt so massive it can NEVER be repaid.


13 posted on 02/23/2011 1:04:43 PM PST by djf (Dems and liberals: Let's redefine "marriage". We already redefined "natural born citizen".)
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To: Thane_Banquo

Not only that, but they are Yankees


14 posted on 02/23/2011 1:08:26 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: bert

” Bush should be excluded because he made an effort “

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081216215816.8g97981o&show_article=1

Bush says sacrificed free-market principles to save economy
Dec 16 04:58 PM US/Eastern

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Pretty half-hearted effort, then....


15 posted on 02/23/2011 1:10:04 PM PST by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: bert
America places far too high a value on all life

Except for innocent unborn life of course.

16 posted on 02/23/2011 1:11:23 PM PST by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

“The government’s objective over the past 3 years (Bush included) is to prevent elitists who went to Harvard from ever having to take responsibility for their own poor decision-making. Not to reward those who do the most efficient job of creating goods and services that people desire.”

Or put another way, to make sure the little people pay for the ruling class’ mistakes.


17 posted on 02/23/2011 1:15:27 PM PST by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: Thane_Banquo
appearing smart.

. . . a/k/a being a smart a$$

18 posted on 02/23/2011 1:26:45 PM PST by RatRipper (I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
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To: Thane_Banquo
The government’s objective over the past 3 years (Bush included) is to prevent elitists who went to Harvard from ever having to take responsibility for their own poor decision-making.

Feel free to add others to the list.
19 posted on 02/23/2011 1:30:01 PM PST by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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Because demoncrats think they have to control everything or it will fall apart. They are completely off their rockers.


20 posted on 02/23/2011 1:38:41 PM PST by vpintheak (Democrats: Robbing humans of their dignity 1 law at a time)
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