National Blog - page 246
A Return to Keynes?
In case you missed it, here is Thomas Sowell's column on Janet Yellen's nomination as Federal Reserve Chair. Sowell examines Yellen’s answers to a series of questions to see if she is really the strong prominent of Keynesian economics [...]
Federal Reserve Steals From the Poor and Gives to the Rich
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's latest Texas Straight Talk on how the Federal Reserve's policies of easy money and crony capitalism benefit politically-powerful special interests and big-spending politicians while hurting [...]
Ex-Fed Offical: I am sorry for QE
Former Federal Reserve official Andrew Huszar, who managed what he calls "the heart of QE’s bond-buying spree—a wild attempt to buy $1.25 trillion in mortgage bonds in 12 months," has apologized to the country for QE. Writing in the [...]
Chained CPI Chains Taxpayers
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's latest Texas Straight Talk on the proposal to rises taxes via "Chained CPI." As Dr. Paul explains, Chained CPI underestimates the amount of inflation--even though the government is currently [...]
Yellen Nomination Hearing
By: Michael Clayton Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending my first Congressional committee hearing. Janet Yellen, the nominee to be the next Fed chair, appeared in front of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban [...]
Senator Cruz Joins Senator Paul in Calling for Vote on Audit the Fed
Today, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) joined Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) in calling for a vote on Audit the Fed (S.209) before the Senate considers Janet Yellen's nomination to be the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. From Senator Cruz's website: I agree [...]
Return of the Church Committee?
By: Matt McBride In 1974, it was revealed that the CIA was involved in illegal intelligence operations against thousands of American citizens. The following year, a special committee, chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church, was tasked with [...]
74 Percent of Americans Want to Audit the Federal Reserve
The latest Rasmussen poll out today shows that 74 percent of the American people want to audit the Federal Reserve. This latest poll is consistent with previous polling showing a vast majority of Americans desire greater Federal Reserve [...]