79% Now Favor Auditing the Fed

Rasmussen ^ | December 3, 2009

[UAConservative]

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday voiced his opposition to legislation calling for regular audits of the Fed’s monetary policies, but 79% of Americans think auditing the Fed is a good idea.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just seven percent (7%) of adults oppose auditing the Federal Reserve and making those results available to the public. Fourteen percent (14%) are not sure.

The new findings mark a four-point increase in support for auditing the Fed from July. The audit - to be conducted by the General Accounting Office, Congress’ investigative agency - was first proposed by Republican Congressman Ron Paul and is now part of the House’s version of a bill putting more regulatory controls on the financial sector. The Senate is more skeptical of the audit proposal.

[the invisib1e hand]

screwing with the fed is exactly what species obama wants you to do.

[UAConservative]

Correction: The date of the article was December 4, 2009.

Admins please make this correction.

[darkwing104]

Here's a question, do 79% of the people being surveyed know what the Fed is?

[Montanabound]

Or know what an audit is?

[UAConservative]

Good point. They probably think the Fed is the federal government, or that the Federal Reserve is part of the federal government.