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Bernanke's Folly
American Thinker ^ | 9/25/2012 | C. Edmund Wright

Posted on 09/25/2012 10:55:36 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross

Psst, remember this story? The one where a panicked Ben Bernanke and his cronies at the Federal Reserve -- seeing more devastation in the jobs and housing markets -- say they will continue to disguise the failure of Obama-Reid-Pelosi-Dodd-Frank socialism by flooding Wall Street with even more dollars?

Well that's not exactly verbatim, but lost in the news shuffle of embassies being attacked while Marines are un-armed -- and Mitt's video of truth about 47% -- was Bernanke's latest announcement of quantitative easing by the Fed (QE 3). This was followed a couple days later by Japan's central bank announcing their QE 8. Yes, eight. And while this was blown off the front page by other events, QE 3 might have a greater impact on the 2012 election and us in the long run than the embassy issues. I mention Japan since they are now 20 years into a stagnant economy, and easing has failed every time.

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bernanke; folly
To infinity QE and beyond!
1 posted on 09/25/2012 10:55:46 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross; Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage; C. Edmund Wright
Rare film of Chairman Bernanke as a child
2 posted on 09/25/2012 11:02:41 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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