Email from Alan Grayson (FL-D): Tell me why you think the Federal Reserve needs to be audited.
I have good news. There's a hearing this Friday on the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207. During the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve expanded its balance sheet to $2 trillion, and refused to tell me or any other member of Congress which banks got that money. This was unacceptable, as we made clear through letters, petitions, and hearings that have received millions of views and thousands of supporters.
Since then, I've been going to the floor and asking my colleagues to cosponsor HR 1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve, because we need to find out who got those trillions. In the House, there are now 290 cosponsors of the bill, which means that this bill is going to pass in some form. And Barney Frank, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, committed to a "complete audit" of the Federal Reserve.
I want to make sure your voices are heard at this Friday's hearing on HR 1207. Tell me why you think the Federal Reserve needs to be audited.
http://action.firedoglake.com/1207hearing
I know people are saying the financial crisis is over, but unemployment is still high, credit is still tight, and no one I know is getting a raise. No regulators have been fired, Ben Bernanke is being lauded in the press for his "brilliance" and we still do not know who has received trillions in bailout money.
This Friday at 9am ET, the House Financial Services Committee will begin to debate a bill to fix the situation. To prepare for this hearing, I want to hear from you why you think we need to audit the Federal Reserve.
http://action.firedoglake.com/1207hearing
Over the course of the next few weeks, I'm going to be engaging in more activities to really push transparency in our financial infrastructure. And I'm going to need your help.
Thanks,
Alan Grayson
Member of Congress
The years below show the
The years below show the purchasing power compared to the 1913 $1.00
1923 - $1.78 has the same "purchase power" as $1 in the year 1913
1933 - $1.35
1943 - $1.80
1953 - $2.79
1963 - $3.19
1973 - $4.63
1983 - $10.38
1993 - $15.05
2003 - $19.17
2008 - $22.43
"A government of reason is better than one of force." --Thomas Jefferson to Richard Rush, 1820
to clarify
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Is he asking for input from his district? If so, it might be counterproductive to bombard him with emal.
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Alan Grayson
Is a liberal Democrat.
He supports Kyoto Protocol... global warming.
He supports expanding No Child Left Behind.
He supports universal health care for all Americans.
He want to make college more affordable by increasing federal financial aid.
He wants make it so you and your family will enjoy access to the benefits that employers give to themselves - quality health care, paid vacations, paid holidays, and sick leave through the federal government.
He wants higher social security benefits. Quote "Is America really so poor that it can't provide seniors with glasses, hearing aids and teeth?"
Sponsored the Grayson-Himes Pay for Performance Act. The bill is viewed by some as giving Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner extraordinary power to determine the pay of thousands of employees of American companies.
There is more. You can go to his campaign Web site and peruse for yourself. He is not one of us. He might be with us on the war issue and the Federal reserve. But the rest of this guy you can keep. I don't wanta thing to do with him.
http://www.graysonforcongress.com/default.asp
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alan grayson
I watched a youTube video of grayson grilling ben bernanke. I was so impressed that I called him to congratulate on such a fine job. At that time, Alan Grayson was not a co sponsor for HR1207, and I promptly told the phone answerer that he should be.
I assume that now he is a co sponsor?
People do change their minds.
don't want a thing to do
don't want a thing to do with him? maybe its just me, but I have a tough time figuring out which one is more important: the war issue or the federal reserve...
not that i support the nanny state...but he's critical of the fed and seems honest.
"The Myth of an Independent Federal Reserve"
"The War Prayer - Mark Twain"
Easy now.. Nobody is
Easy now.. Nobody is suggesting we anoint Alan Grayson a living Saint. Focus on this, here and now. This is HUGE, and he's with us on this- not against us.
Besides, if the Fed is eliminated, so too will be eliminated the printing of money at political whim. This will make the financing of large, ill-advised, expansive government programs extremely unlikely, if not implausible, without levying tax increases on constituents to pay for them. And we know that politicians (rightfully) don't have the balls to levy tax increases on those who elect them to office.
So let's stay focused on Grayson's commendable commitment to seeing HR1207 through, and we'll go from there.
good point
about the political money-machine...
"The Myth of an Independent Federal Reserve"
"The War Prayer - Mark Twain"
I saw Grayson on You Tube. He was particularly grilling of
Paulson. Paulson kept saying he didn't know who in Europe got those trillions? You could see he couldn't answer because he would be dead meat if he did. No way would he betray his mafia bosses now would he?
Grayson was great. Very cool, intelligent, and piercing with questions.
Paulson was sweating blood and kept maneuvering in his seat.
Sent
Grayson was at the Florida liberty summit and Peter Schiff has said he is a friend of his.
"In the capitalist society there is a place and bread for all. Its ability to expand provides sustenance for every worker. Permanent unemployment is not a feature of free capitalism." - Mises - www.mises.org
"Endless money forms the sinews of war." - Cicero, www.freedomshift.blogspot.com
Mr. Grayson, I've watched
Mr. Grayson, I've watched your speeches and your questioning of the people from the Fed, and I feel you are the main reason so many Democrats are on board with these bills to audit the Fed. I'm glad you will be there tomorrow. Godspeed to you.
MarilynInLakeJackson
Grayson for President. I'd
Grayson for President. I'd vote for him.
Ventura 2012
Where has he been... why doesn't he know?
Is he also pandering for votes when the people will throw out the bums on the Black Tuesday to come next year??
Do you not find it odd that in the face of such tremendous research on the Fed done by Congressman Paul and many others you all know, this Congressman is still in the dark as to why???
He has been making mileage out of his very smart use of question time, in committee, but mentions the father of the Fed audit, nary once... no mention of Paul nor his proper role as originator of both the bill as well as the whole battle in Congress to end the Fed!
Many shall lead many astray, and though I have appreciated this Rep's comments in committee and once or twice on the house floor, I find his support of all that is contrary to the Constitution, that which is socialistic, that which destroys the country, not only short sighted, but oath breaking also!
No, he does not give credit to Ron Paul, but to the contrary, gives the impression that his search for answers from the public as to why audit the Fed, is born out of his own creation of a bill, his own struggling attempts to fight the Fed suddenly, alone.
"I smell a rat here", is the detective's line, when the facts are indicating danger, or another scenario involved.
Nevertheless, the more publicity the better... he needs to read the books you all have read... ['you been there', 'you done that'] and he will have all the proof and ammunition he needs.
Why doesn't he refer to the proofs against the Fed so clearly spelled out for so long already???
"Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people." Patrick Henry
"We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone - it is to the brave..."
My sense is that
Grayson started-off just wanting to know specifically where the two TRILLION Bucks went? In the process of asking that one question, he's inadvertently stumbled into the reality that this is a MUCH bigger deal. I don't think he yet fully comprehends how much bigger, but he's quickly learning.
Alan Grayson...
...is the reason there was so much Democratic support for HR 1207. Listen to this interview:
http://www.kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries...
* Here's what I submitted as the reason we should audit the fed:
"There are numerous indications that the Federal Reserve Bank has abused its privilege and I believe that a complete audit is necessary in order to determine the nature and extent of that abuse."
Thanks to Alan, and thanks for posting this Jim!
It's funny, I've sign-up for so many mail lists I don't remember
It's funny, I've sign-up for so many mail lists I don't remember signing up for his. It must have been after he asked Bernanke to "show me the money".
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Thomas Jefferson once said, "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
Well, I guess he called that one.
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Grayson has been an outspoken critic of the FED youtube it
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Thomas Jefferson once said, "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
Well, I guess he called that one.
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Good for him. I gave him a
Good for him. I gave him a lecture on the Evil of the Creature but I am sure he already knows this.
God Bless Ron Paul for having the guts to tackle the beast and inspiring others to do the same.
My response
Simple, putting wholly secret control of the lifeblood of the economy in the hands of unelected bureaucrats that have proven time and time again that their methods are at best ineffectual and at worst destructive is one of the largest threats to the freedoms protected (not granted) by our Constitution we face today. If we secure the currency back to it's power as a true universal commodity of commerce, starting with the exposure of the crime of fiat, we will do more to preserve our great nation and the liberty we are all born with.
Thank you
I suggested to grayson that the Fed Res was dependent on the war on drugs for it's capitaism.
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I sent email to him.
Hope people are taking this opportunity and telling him.
gigione
I did also.
Asking him to audit the 8,130 tonnes of Gold the Fed claims to safeguard.
beesting
Read Eustace Mullins'
Secrets of the Federal Reserve
Available online here> http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm
and you won't be wondering why it needs to be audited. All will become clear.
Quick 2-hour read and worth every second.
Thanks Jim!
Thanks Jim!
Sent
email to him.