National Blog - page 249
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 [...]
Grant the American People the Transparency They Deserve
Campaign for Liberty released the following statement from C4L President John Tate after the Senate Banking Committee approved Janet Yellen 14-8 to be the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. The full Senate will take up her nomination in the [...]
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 [...]