Alan Grayson grills Ben Bernanke on Foreign Lending 07/21/2009

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We need to call Mr. Graysons

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must. like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.-Thomas Paine

office and thank him, and tell him to keep the heat on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must. like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.-Thomas Paine

The R3volution requires action, not observation!!!!

I am more and more

impressed with Grayson. He knows his money. He just got robbed $35 million in a ponzi sceme though.

http://www.news-press.com/article/20090710/NEWS01/90710029

That video was awesome!

That was awesome. I love his

That was awesome. I love his tie, ROFL!!!

“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero”. Voltaire-1729
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“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero”. Voltaire-1729
www.4HUTS.com

Grayson just stuck with the facts. He used the FEDs own....

published info and actually analyzed it and showed their hypocrisy. Great stuff.

That line of questioning is in the form of an audit.

If Benny is that screwed up from this kind of questioning, he can only image what a real audit would do to the FED.

I love the confidence in his questioning...

Just wish he wasn't a liberal.

Off topic: Is he wearing a tie with 100$ bills printed on it?

Yes he is! That's too

Yes he is! That's too funny!

holy smokes!

you're right... what a hoot!

Ron Paul is my President

Ron Paul is My President

Why can't someone just grill Bernanke for real...

And get it over with?

I may not know the truth, but I know when I'm being lied to...

I may not know the truth, but I know when I'm being lied to...

Grayson's great rep and cross-examiner.

These lending programs are called Debt for Nature Swaps, Debt for Debt Swaps and Debt for Equity Swaps. It's a shell game without a pea (no money). When Bernanke claims "It's not costing Americans any credit" he perjures himself before Congress. Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) are credit as they are borrowed into existence with interest. When loaned to other countries the American taxpayer underwrites the FRNs. Americans make the loan. Americans pay any interest on the loan. Americans as the co-signer pay any default on the loan. And of course the IMF still collects the equity and natural resources from the borrowing country. In short the IMF collects three times plus interest but puts up nothing.

Without Bernanke's help the American taxpayer wouldn't realize just how generous and philanthropic we can be.

You are right

in one respect. The American taxpayers are paying, but any FRN holder in the world would be a better explanation of the loser.

at least he doesnt kiss his ass like the other stooges

the only greeting bernake deserves is "good morning"

Wow...

Grayson knows his finances. I found this on the Fed CAFR:

"The Federal Reserve substantially expanded
its program of liquidity swaps
with foreign central banks, which
increased the amount of dollar funding
auctioned in foreign markets, and a
number of foreign governments took
measures to strengthen and stabilize
their banking systems."

notice that it states the purpose is to "stabilize their [the other central banks] banking systems"

also...

"As demand for dollar funding rose
further over the course of 2008, the
FOMC authorized the expansion of its
existing swap lines with the ECB and
SNB. In the fall, the formal quantity
limits on these lines, as well as on swap
lines that were set up with the Bank of
Japan and the Bank of England, were
eliminated. The FOMC also authorized
new liquidity swap lines with 10 other
central banks: the Reserve Bank of
Australia, the Banco Central do Brasil,
the Bank of Canada, the Danmarks
Nationalbank, the Bank of Korea, the
Bank of Mexico, the Reserve Bank of
New Zealand, the Norges Bank, the
Monetary Authority of Singapore, and
the Sveriges Riksbank."

Absolutely criminal!

I love how Grayson sits

I love how Grayson sits there with a slight smirk on his face. It's completely different than a W Bush smirk. Grayson looks like he's getting to the root of evil with his.

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This guy

is smart. Really does his homework. Impresses me more everytime I see him in action. He is fairly new isn't he? A democrat? What's the catch?

The catch is that he is a

The catch is that he is a liberal, but I like him regardless.

Ventura 2012

Good vid "generally the

Good vid

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