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Rep. Paul planning hearing on Fed foreign lending
Reuters ^ | 2011-04-02 | Mark Felsenthal

Posted on 04/02/2011 5:27:34 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

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1 posted on 04/02/2011 5:27:37 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: rabscuttle385

“Arrr, Ron Paul is an isolationist surrender monkey, arrarr!”


2 posted on 04/02/2011 5:37:41 PM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: rabscuttle385

Bernanke should resign and Congress should rein in the Fed.


3 posted on 04/02/2011 5:38:08 PM PDT by The Great RJ (The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
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To: rabscuttle385

To save everybody the effort I will sum up the usual replies.
Whether you hate him or despise him, you still just have to hope he dies a painful death ASAP.


4 posted on 04/02/2011 5:38:55 PM PDT by nkycincinnatikid
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To: The Great RJ

He should go to jail.


5 posted on 04/02/2011 5:41:25 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: The Great RJ

The Fed is a private company/banking cartel and Congress is powerless to do anything to them.

Cue all the Ron Paul haters and Fed lovers.


6 posted on 04/02/2011 5:58:23 PM PDT by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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To: Frantzie

It isn’t exactly a private company since the president appoints board members. It is better described a fascist-type government/corporate hybrid.


7 posted on 04/02/2011 6:03:00 PM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: rabscuttle385

There was some strange stuff going on during Bush’s last few months in office....the stimulus bill was bad enough. So, my question is...how much did the foreign banks get from the 2nd stimulus authorized by O.


8 posted on 04/02/2011 6:04:58 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: rabscuttle385

Pure flat out flaming goofyness. If this lending was illegal, it would have never happened. And if it were illegal and it DID happen, let’s hear about the prosecuting authority that will step up to the plate and do something about it. None exists. There are no cops and there is generally no enforcement of law in the financial sphere. Like it or not, all those banks and many *not* on the “A” list accessed Fed credit during the worst of the crisis. The idea that Ron Paul is surprised at this has nothing to do with anything whatsoever except what Ron Paul understands. What does what Ron Paul understands have to do with anything? What does it impact? Ans: nothing.

What’s gonna happen if Mr. Paul has his hearings? Will he understand something better that he doesn’t seem to understand right now? Perhaps. Will new laws be drafted? Perhaps. Why would that be a good thing? Enactment of new law simply provides the sponsors of lobbying efforts charged with drafting those laws another opening to insert exculpatory and exclusionary gobbledygook language that protects them. And what’s worse, any such law will contain exactly zero “or else” clauses. IOW, there will not be any penalties enacted for violating these new laws, so what’s the point of drafting them other to appear busy?

Mr. Paul should spend his time trying to pass laws that say turnips should wear socks. It would have the equivalent effect.


9 posted on 04/02/2011 6:12:11 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Which has more wrinkles? Helen Thomas' face or Lawrence O'Donnells' panties?)
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To: Captain Kirk

Yeah sure. Like any real laws exist anymore. The Framers warned us about a Fed and it was snuck past the public in the middle of the night. I am amazed at how naive some people on FR are.

I love how idiots will sell their liberty and their children out for TV personalities. Witness morons defending Beck and O Reilly who are Obama/Al Waleed puppets.


10 posted on 04/02/2011 6:27:30 PM PDT by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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To: rabscuttle385

Has he been able to pass any audit the Fed laws?

Or even better End the Fed laws?


11 posted on 04/02/2011 6:52:20 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Impeach Obama & try him for treason / Homosexuals reject diversity / Unions finally caught for theft)
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To: randomhero97

What a joke statement.


12 posted on 04/02/2011 7:01:14 PM PDT by taxtruth (Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
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To: randomhero97

Yea,go back to media matters and protest since you love the fed.What did you do in congress this year?NOTHING!


13 posted on 04/02/2011 7:04:44 PM PDT by taxtruth (Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
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To: Frantzie
The Fed is a private company/banking cartel

http://www.federalreserve.gov/

14 posted on 04/02/2011 7:14:50 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Do people/retards in America not understand the word,”BROKE”?


15 posted on 04/02/2011 7:18:47 PM PDT by taxtruth (Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
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To: Frantzie
The Framers warned us about a Fed

Which Framers? The ones who created a Central Bank that was signed into law by George Washington?

and it was snuck past the public in the middle of the night.

After months of debate.

I am amazed at how naive some people on FR are.

But enough about you.

16 posted on 04/02/2011 7:21:17 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93

Foreign banks got this money? It’s appalling.


17 posted on 04/02/2011 7:23:58 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Muslims are a people of love, peace, and goodwill, and if you say that they aren't, they'll kill you)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Read “The Creature from Jeckyll Island” to learn about the Fed.


18 posted on 04/02/2011 7:31:12 PM PDT by Jane Long (2 Chron 7:14)
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To: Jane Long

Scariest book I have ever read by far.


19 posted on 04/02/2011 7:33:09 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote (Who needs Al Queda to worry about when we have Obama?)
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To: Jane Long

And when I’m done laughing, what do you imagine I’d learn?


20 posted on 04/02/2011 7:34:36 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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