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The Amoeba
11-24-2008, 04:08 AM
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=76299&sectionid=3510203

Protesters across 38 cities in the US have called for the end of the Federal Reserve, which they blame for the current economic crisis.

Trey Houchens, an organizer for the group, ‘Restore the Republic’, was demonstrating in front of the Federal Reserve building in Washington and told PressTV that the Federal Reserve “is an institution that has been stealing our prosperity.”

Protestors said that if the Federal Reserve continues to spend and regulate credit at the present rate, the American economy will collapse.

Another protestor told PressTV’s Jihan Hafiz that Fed chief, Ben Bernanke :jew: , “held a gun to our head, asking for the bailout… anything that he says will make the market go down. Its just outright theft.”

Bernanke, along with treasury secretary, Hank Paulson, was the key architect behind the $700 billion bailout bill that was passed in October. Many criticized the controversial bill for handing US taxpayer money back to the same financial institutions that caused the current financial turmoil in the first place.

There were also demands that control of monetary policy be returned to Congress, and not left in the hands of an unelected and ‘unconstitutional’ private organization.

“We have to wrestle that power back from those private bankers, give it back to its rightful owner, the government, the people,” said Gary Franchi, National Director of ‘Restore the Republic’.

Looking forward, some protestors cast doubt on President-elect Obama’s promise of change, pointing out his close connection to ‘corporate America.’ :ameritard:

ZOG
11-24-2008, 04:11 AM
This is a movement I could get behind...

Jake Featherston
11-24-2008, 05:34 AM
Were these demonstrations really small, or have they been subjected to media censorship?

It goes without say that I support the abolition of the Federal Reserve system. I honestly didn't realize how vile it was (the complexities of high-end financial mechanisms not being something I have much expertise on), until I saw the film "Zeitgeist." Now I understand why Ron Paul is always on about the Federal Reserve (although I always thought it was a little fishy that Congress agreed to authorize some private corporation to handle our currency; the U.S. Mint is merely a subcontractor that does the gruntwork of actually printing bills & stamping coins, to whatever extent the Federal Reserve orders them to do so; how improper does that seem?).

Blitzed
11-24-2008, 05:57 AM
Meanwhile:

Citi rescue plan in the works

Regulators are reportedly working on plan to stabilize [read: bail out] the troubled [huge] bank:

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/23/news/companies/citigroup/index.htm?postversion=2008112319

It's so blatant now a child can see it.

And the S hasn't even HTF yet as it will in 2009. That's now a foregone consensus among economists of repute. What remains to be seen is whether 2010 (and beyond) can get any worse.

Blitzed
11-24-2008, 06:02 AM
BTW, props to whoever came up with The Bank of Bacchus sub-forum name on the eve of the current crisis. How utterly prescient.

The Amoeba
11-24-2008, 06:07 AM
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