6 Confirmation Questions For Ben Bernanke

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Its well known that our government is a front face for the real puppetmasters; The Bankers.
The Bankers, the people who really run the globe are not there for your or my best interest. Their greed now makes them no longer human. They are monsters.
Point fingers and call me a conspiracy theorist all you want.
ONE thing is clear, neither you nor I are getting the truth.
So what is the difference, you beleive what you are told, I question what doesnt seem right.
Now, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
I think its almost time for a revolution!!!

Bay Area Male of CA 5:59PM December 15, 2009

History repeats itself.
Extracting public wealth only for the centralized political power i.e. spending taxpayer money for personal interests, inevitably leads to Economic and National meltdowns.
Just in the last century: U.S.S.R. controled by the elite in Moscow, Russia with self interests. Argentina, Germany1920s,...Extreme infaltion from prior generations greed. overspending /overprinted currency. U.S.A. Overexuberant Investing in the "roaring" 1920's, Leading to the economics of the northeast to catch up with already depressed workers of the rest of the county. Overspending in the sixties leading to inflation of the seventies. Eventully leading to other counties to stop lending/finacing to America, no more gold standard,...Perhaps this time the oil price standards based on the dollar will become based on the Euro currency, or Yen instead. History does not headline successfull thieves. History is written by the victors, to glorify themselves, not the truth.

of 1:53AM December 03, 2009

Please contact your senators to oppose his re-nomination. Below is my letter.
Dear Senator ...,
As you are surely aware, Ben Bernanke's re-confirmation hearing is this week. I strongly urge you to actively oppose his re-nomination. His policies and those of Alan Greenspan, which Bernanke strongly supported, caused the most damaging financial bubble in the history of the United States. Commending his efforts to fix this crisis are akin to commending an arsonist for efforts to put out a fire that he started. In his attempts to fix the problem, he has facilitated the unjust transfer of wealth from private citizens to well-connected bankers. It is time to appoint an honest Volker-like person to chair the Federal Reserve. Unlike Bernanke, Volker warned of the coming crisis (in his Essay 'Economy on Thin Ice') several years before it took place. Volker also recognized that short-term financial pain is the consequence of past policy mistakes and must be accepted so that necessary readjustments can occur. Instead of allowing the painful re-adjustments to occur, Bernanke has sought to prop up the current system by papering over private losses with public money. EVEN IF IT PREVENTED A DEPRESSION, as Bernanke claims (given everything else he has been wrong about, who knows?), it is definitely immoral and unjust, and possibly illegal. Please oppose his re-nomination.
Thank you,

Addison of NC 12:08PM December 01, 2009

As a concerned citizen, it is apparent the the U.S. Gov. is not going to disclose to the Public information on its Banking Systems and Its Practices.
I believe that in the near future, there will be an uprising of tremendous proportions, because the American Public is being kept from the backdoor dealings of OUR GOVERNMENT.
I sincerely hope that this does not come about. Time will tell!

jfc of MI 10:48AM November 23, 2009

"The "conservatives" are loving to blame Obama for the bailouts. But all of the need for them was caused on "conservatives" watch and most of the questionable bailouts themselves occurred then too--courtesy of Paulson and Bernanke."
Please spare us the Republican vs, Democrat spiel. There is only one party in power and it has been in power since at least 1989. It is the Socialist Party! Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43 and now Obama were all elected to do the same thing. Destroy the sovereignty of the USA. They have dona a masterful job!

Steve of NV 1:37AM August 26, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3zo7zjYk2E
I strongly believe we need a federal reserve audit. The recent stock market action suggests to me the federal reserve is intervening in a free and open market. I believe the biggest beneficiary of this TRILLION DOLLAR stock market move in a couple of weeks was Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs sells derivatives in our equity markets its apparent that Goldman Sachs Has Total Control Over our stock market using the unlimited capital available from the federal reserve. I believe Goldman Sachs doesn't have the best interest of our markets. They are misusing the federal reserve to manipulate the stock market and making huge 100 BILLION DOLLAR profits THIS IS ILLEGAL people expect our government to obey the laws just like citizen. Also this manipulation without regards for cost continues to put our government and the people more and more in debt
JUST THE FACT GOLDMAN SACHS HAS HAD SUCH IMPOSSIBLE SUCCESS AT TRADING IS ALL THE PROOF OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO KNOW TO PROVE MANIPULATION!!!!!!
AUDIT THE FEDERAL RESERVE
http://www.auditthefed.com/

mike of OH 9:32PM August 25, 2009

The "conservatives" are loving to blame Obama for the bailouts. But all of the need for them was caused on "conservatives" watch and most of the questionable bailouts themselves occurred then too--courtesy of Paulson and Bernanke.
As for asking Bernanke himself to describe his biggest flub, we sadly never get any reasonable answers to questions like that.
Probably you'd hear "I wish I had seen it coming sooner" or something equally useless.
I would wish to ask exactly what happened to "mark-to-market"? Did we panic over the prospect of blowing up the world on that standard and then abandon it? Who decided?

Muser of NM 4:47PM August 25, 2009