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The Fed: Solution or problem?
The Washington Times ^ | 2008-11-26 | Richard Rahn

Posted on 11/28/2008 11:26:22 PM PST by rabscuttle385

Should we abolish the Fed? The Federal Reserve Bank, or "The Fed" as it is commonly known, is the central bank of the United States. It was created by Congress in 1913 as the direct result of the Panic of 1907 (recessions or depressions were previously called panics, and they tended to be short lived and self-correcting).

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: bailout; bernanke; biggovernment; economy; fed; financialcrisis; govwatch; panicof2008; paulson
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1 posted on 11/28/2008 11:26:23 PM PST by rabscuttle385
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To: PAR35; TigerLikesRooster; bamahead; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; ...

Big Government is a failure.

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2 posted on 11/28/2008 11:27:36 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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3 posted on 11/28/2008 11:27:58 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: bamahead

CATO Institute ping!


4 posted on 11/28/2008 11:28:17 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

Monetary history makes clear that central planning and fiat currency are both doomed to fail. Abolish the Fed? Absolutely.


5 posted on 11/28/2008 11:28:35 PM PST by Roberts
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To: rabscuttle385

It’s Simple; Fed = PROBLEM!


6 posted on 11/28/2008 11:33:41 PM PST by Lilpug15 (I'm Moving to Alaska...You can Keep THE CHANGE!)
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To: Roberts

And Alan Greenspan will go down in history as a reckless tyrant, a modern-day John Law.


7 posted on 11/28/2008 11:34:38 PM PST by Roberts
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To: rabscuttle385

Ron Paul on ending the Fed:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3qsJjTaekA8

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BWYRaiq4aTs&feature=related

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i0wlekeM5lw&feature=related

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OJm_70FYiMo&feature=related


8 posted on 11/28/2008 11:35:08 PM PST by syl799
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To: rabscuttle385

End The Fed Rally Updates from Around the Country:

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/67323


9 posted on 11/28/2008 11:36:44 PM PST by syl799
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To: rabscuttle385

And while we are at it FIRE all the agencys and get rid of all the stupid laws since 1960. That would be ALL of em.


10 posted on 11/28/2008 11:45:06 PM PST by screaminsunshine (.)
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To: rabscuttle385
What was so special about the Panic of 1907? IOW, why did they create a Fed then, but not for any prior panic?
11 posted on 11/28/2008 11:56:08 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Roberts

Just an observation. All of these companies, banks, credit organizations and car companies on the borderline of failure...have Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Colombia business school graduates running them. Check the guys out online.

Then go to the Fed. The vast number of important guys in the Fed....come from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Colombia business schools. Check those guys out online.

I think there is a problem....and we ought to go to the source. Whatever these four schools have taught their students over the past fifty years...hasn’t worked. Why is that?

Thats the question that should be answered by congress, the senate, and the President.


12 posted on 11/28/2008 11:57:34 PM PST by pepsionice
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Whatever these four schools have taught their students over the past fifty years...hasn’t worked.

The better question is what these four schools have not taught their students and how did the lack of such knowledge contribute to the Panic of 2008.

A little bit of honesty and humility can go a long way.

13 posted on 11/28/2008 11:59:28 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: Ken H
What was so special about the Panic of 1907? IOW, why did they create a Fed then, but not for any prior panic?

The payment system in New York (i.e., the clearing houses) broke down and started to affect the real economy.

14 posted on 11/29/2008 12:00:57 AM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

If we were to get rid of the “Fed”, who would take over the “Money Supply”, Congress???

AS bad as the “Fed” may be...I have severe problems with ANY FEDERAL POLITICIAN having to take over the Duties of the “FED”.


15 posted on 11/29/2008 2:57:27 AM PST by gwilhelm56 (Orwell's "1984" .. to Conservatives- a WARNING, to Liberals - a TEXTBOOK)
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To: pepsionice

Pep you hit the problem for the US Economy, ie the buffoons that are ill-educated from Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Colombia business schools...they have managed to damage the actual productive part of our economy due to ignorance, lack of common sense and greed.
Also imbedded deep within the hallowed halls of the ‘elite’ academia is the soul of the beast...International Communism. Example #1 is Paul Krugman.


16 posted on 11/29/2008 3:04:12 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: rabscuttle385

2 problems:
Fed is the first problem
Currency not backed by precious metals is the other


17 posted on 11/29/2008 3:07:50 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: gwilhelm56
who would take over the “Money Supply”, Congress???

Yeah, Congress.

You know, "the power to coin money, and regulate the value thereof" - THAT Congress.

18 posted on 11/29/2008 3:15:52 AM PST by Jim Noble (I have read a fiery gospel, writ in burnished rows of steel)
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To: pepsionice

Just to be clear, Princeton doesn’t have a business school but I know you’re referring to Bernanke being a Princeton Economist. But please have at those lousy Harvard, Yale and Columbia MBA programs!


19 posted on 11/29/2008 4:21:08 AM PST by ReleaseTheHounds ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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To: rabscuttle385
Should we abolish the Fed?

I feel like Bill Murray on GHOSTBUSTERS.

"Is this like, a trick question or something?"

20 posted on 11/29/2008 5:34:15 AM PST by slnk_rules (http://mises.org)
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