Posted on 04/24/2011 7:18:47 AM PDT by Al B.
The big question as Chairman Bernanke gets set for his first quarterly press conference is how Sarah Palin was able to figure out sooner than everyone else that the Federal Reserves campaign of quantitative easing wouldnt work. Disappointment in the Feds policies is being reported this morning at the top of page one of the New York Times. It reports that most Americans are not feeling the difference from the Feds experimental effort to spur a recovery by purchasing vast quantities of federal debt. It reports that a broad range of economists say that the disappointing results show the limits of the central banks ability to lift the nation from its economic malaise.
Its a terrific story, and well-timed, given that on Wednesday Mr. Bernanke will break tradition and meet with the press. It is part of the Feds effort to get ahead of what is emerging as a public relations catastrophe, as gasoline is nearing six dollars a gallon at some pumps, the cost of groceries is skyrocketing, and the value of the dollars that Mr. Bernankes institution issues as Federal Reserve notes has collapsed to less than a 1,500th of an ounce of gold. Unemployment is still high. Shakespeare couldnt come up with a better plot. But how in the world did Mrs. Palin, who is supposed to be so thick, manage to figure all this out so far ahead of the New York Times and all the economists it talked to?
She did this back in November in a speech at Phoenix, which the Wall Street Journal, in a laudatory editorial at the time, characterized as zeroing in on the connection between a weak dollar and rising prices for oil and food.
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“Sarah Palin was able to figure out sooner than everyone else that the Federal Reserves campaign of quantitative easing “
She’s a genius. The Ivy Leaguers don’t want to admit it. Losers.
” You do know that Saint Sarah is the reincarnation of the Oracle of Delphi, dont you? :) “
Don’t add this to “the list”
That would be cheating ;-)
I won’t add it unless one of the Palinistas makes the comparison. The list is really their creation, not mine. I just compile it. :)
” The list is really their creation, not mine. I just compile it. :) “
And an awesome “pile” it is too! ;-)
It doesn’t take a Wall Street guy to figure out if you pump more dollars into the economy you’re going to have inflation. In fact, apparently the Wall Street guys can’t figure that out.
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