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Powell says he won’t resign for Trump, can’t be fired
The Hill ^ | 11/07/2024 | Taylor Giorno

Posted on 11/07/2024 2:02:21 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

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To: ChicagoConservative27

When I saw the title I was asking, “Gawl, is Colon Bowel still slunking around Washington?”


41 posted on 11/07/2024 3:40:43 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Didn't the Supreme Court rule several years ago that a similar provision democrats used when they established the Consumer Finance Protection Board was unconstitutional because it limited the Presidents authority to appoint and remove who he wanted?

Powell might be on thinner legal ground than he may believe...

42 posted on 11/07/2024 3:42:06 PM PST by apillar
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What? Jerome Powell was Trump’s guy, he nominated him.


43 posted on 11/07/2024 3:45:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Jeff Chandler

“This condition is intended to preserve the Federal Reserve’s independence from political pressure.”

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In theory, but in Washington everything is political. Its pervasive and no agency is immune from it.

Powell’s decision to cut rates by 50bp so close to an election tainted the Fed. Having done that, he then had to cut 25bp today to make the highly dubious “emergency cut” appear to not be influenced by politics.

Trump may not be able to fire Powell but he can make life difficult for him and his banking cronies if he wants to.


44 posted on 11/07/2024 3:59:14 PM PST by Starboard
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Yep.

I wonder if hes really begging to be fired.


45 posted on 11/07/2024 4:36:49 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

move him to the basement with his stapler


46 posted on 11/07/2024 4:40:11 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: eyeamok

And Andrew Jackson was the Dem’s founder.


47 posted on 11/07/2024 4:59:11 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A no-knock raid at 4:00 AM with battering rams and flashbang grenades will take care of that problem.


48 posted on 11/07/2024 5:53:16 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is no mountain that anyone can’t be knocked off of. Good luck with that A-hole.


49 posted on 11/07/2024 6:16:02 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Want to bet the president can’t simply destroy the Fed via an executive order? Want to bet he can’t simply order the doors padlocked while a forensic audit takes place? This knucklehead has no idea how much change is coming.


50 posted on 11/07/2024 6:34:37 PM PST by muir_redwoods (There will be a celebration in January 2025, either with champagne or with “hardware)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Federal Reserve is not authorized in the Constitution.

It didn’t exist until December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act. The Constitution doesn’t give the Congress the power to create a central bank. Therefore, the Federal Reserve is unconstitutional and should not exist.


51 posted on 11/07/2024 7:39:25 PM PST by StrictConstructionist
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