Congressional candidates target Fed

The Daily Citizen ^ | 09-01-09 | Charles Oliver

[GrootheWanderer]

Several candidates seeking to represent Georgia’s 9th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives say they’d like to see the nation’s central bank audited.

“I will always be in favor of auditing every single part of the government that’s possible,” said former state Sen. Bill Stephens of Blue Ridge.

He, former State Transportation Board chairman Mike Evans, state Rep. Tom Graves of Ranger, state Sen. Lee Hawkins of Gainesville and Ringgold businessman Jeremy Jones took part in a forum hosted by the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) on Tuesday at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center. All are Republicans.

While at least nine candidates have publicly said they will run for the seat currently held by Nathan Deal, R-Ga., those are the only candidates who had actually filed to run as of Friday, according to CRI officials. The men took questions from about 60 people.

All five said they support House Bill 1207 introduced by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, that would require the General Accounting Office to audit the Federal Reserve.

Stephens noted that when he was in the state Senate he co-authored a law requiring every single state agency to be audited over a four-year period.

“Any time you can audit a part of government you’ll be better off,” said Evans, who noted that as chairman of the transportation board he pushed for an audit of the state Department of Transportation that uncovered financial problems at the agency.

[GrootheWanderer]

It's going to be an interesting campaign.

[arista]

Where are the anti-audit voters supposed to turn for representation? :(

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“Where are the anti-audit voters supposed to turn for representation? :(”

While I’m not against the idea of an audit per se, I am against congress seizing control of the fed. I can envision Barney Frank and Ron Paul in a tug-o-war and ripping the dollar to shreds.