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09-24-2008, 09:47 AM
From JBS blog....
http://jbs.org/index.php/inflation-taxes-economy-blog/3024
End The FED - VISIT Your Congressman's Office this Thursday
Written by Jim Capo
As we write the Federal Reserve System and its agents are telling our representatives in our US Congress how it is going to be if they don't do the FED's bidding. This means passing a bailout bill for Wall Street that transfers $700 billion (with a B) of bad debt on to the backs of US taxpayers. On Thursday evening, FED Chair Ben Bernanke and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson stunned our Congress <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/20/washington/19cnd-cong.html?scp=1&sq=bernake%20stunned%20congress&st=cse> with the message that if they don't pass this bill the result will be a "great depression."
So, those are the proposed stakes. We don't argue that something major is in the house of cards we've been dealt. With bad debt and counter party risk reaching into the 10 of trillions (with a T) dollars however, $700 billion dollar really just represents the down payment for this weekend. Next weekend expect the next emergency action. These emergency actions are not designed to help the average American. They are designed to buy the culprits time to get out of town and avoid the imprisonment they deserve.
Are we really getting anywhere? The ABC News interview with Henry Paulson <http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Vote2008/story?id=4460517&page=1> back in the spring during the Bear Stearns bailout is worth watching. Particularly watch Paulson's head language at the -5.30 mark. Clearly, Paulson doesn't trust himself, or what FED officials have instructed him to say.
As previously noted <http://www.jbs.org/index.php/inflation-taxes-economy-blog/2979> in this blog, the problem is the FED. While the FED is telling our Congressmen how it's going to be, we need to fight back...with more than just letters and phone calls. The FED is calling for their financial emergency measure bill to be passed by the end of next week. We have to act fast.
Time to toss the crooks from their templeHere is a suggestion for the most effective action you can take: Show up at 9:00 am this coming Thursday morning the 25th in your nearest local Congressional office <http://capwiz.com/jbs/directory/congdir.tt?action=myreps_form> . Communicate to your congressman's staff that you expect your duly elected representative to vote NO on the FED's plan to stick us and our children, and our children's children, with an insurmountable mountain of debt.
Tell your Congressman's nervous staffers that the American public has a better plan: End the FED.
The FED is the problem. The FED needs to be removed from the field of play. Repeal the Federal Reserve Act! (Note: Rather than the expansion of their powers the FED is seeking. Senator Jim Bunning is arleady pitching to cut FED powers <http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsCenter.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=71c9be55-a66e-4da8-4b2f-89a25e4ea0a7> . Let's throw the FED a real curve ball by demanding their powers be cut to zero.)
Bring your friends. There are 435 US Congressman and 100 US Senators. At 30 concerned constituents each, that's only 16,050 dedicated people to make an impact. There were almost that many Americans in Minneapolis for the Rally for the Republic. And, in this case, people only have to drive across town.
I can tell you from firsthand experience <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCJ1nV7HhGg> that 30 citizens gathered politely <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXo8DjR73jI> in a local congressional office makes a definite impact. It's all quite legit - two or three dozen citizens exercising their constitutionally protected right to call for representation from their representative. What a novel concept, eh? We don't need thousands of protesters in the streets.
Most local congressional offices can handle a few dozen people. More than that, yes, you will likely invite a police presence to match. If your particular Congressional district has overwhelming support for this day of action, why not take shifts through the day to keep 30 people in your Congressman's office from 9am till closing. As the situation on the vote for the fianacial emergency bill develops maybe start the process all over again for Friday.
Congress will get the message. Citizens need to supply the backbones our representatives require to stand up and End the FED. September is Constitution month. Do your part this Thursday to help bring it back into effect.
http://jbs.org/index.php/inflation-taxes-economy-blog/3024
End The FED - VISIT Your Congressman's Office this Thursday
Written by Jim Capo
As we write the Federal Reserve System and its agents are telling our representatives in our US Congress how it is going to be if they don't do the FED's bidding. This means passing a bailout bill for Wall Street that transfers $700 billion (with a B) of bad debt on to the backs of US taxpayers. On Thursday evening, FED Chair Ben Bernanke and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson stunned our Congress <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/20/washington/19cnd-cong.html?scp=1&sq=bernake%20stunned%20congress&st=cse> with the message that if they don't pass this bill the result will be a "great depression."
So, those are the proposed stakes. We don't argue that something major is in the house of cards we've been dealt. With bad debt and counter party risk reaching into the 10 of trillions (with a T) dollars however, $700 billion dollar really just represents the down payment for this weekend. Next weekend expect the next emergency action. These emergency actions are not designed to help the average American. They are designed to buy the culprits time to get out of town and avoid the imprisonment they deserve.
Are we really getting anywhere? The ABC News interview with Henry Paulson <http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Vote2008/story?id=4460517&page=1> back in the spring during the Bear Stearns bailout is worth watching. Particularly watch Paulson's head language at the -5.30 mark. Clearly, Paulson doesn't trust himself, or what FED officials have instructed him to say.
As previously noted <http://www.jbs.org/index.php/inflation-taxes-economy-blog/2979> in this blog, the problem is the FED. While the FED is telling our Congressmen how it's going to be, we need to fight back...with more than just letters and phone calls. The FED is calling for their financial emergency measure bill to be passed by the end of next week. We have to act fast.
Time to toss the crooks from their templeHere is a suggestion for the most effective action you can take: Show up at 9:00 am this coming Thursday morning the 25th in your nearest local Congressional office <http://capwiz.com/jbs/directory/congdir.tt?action=myreps_form> . Communicate to your congressman's staff that you expect your duly elected representative to vote NO on the FED's plan to stick us and our children, and our children's children, with an insurmountable mountain of debt.
Tell your Congressman's nervous staffers that the American public has a better plan: End the FED.
The FED is the problem. The FED needs to be removed from the field of play. Repeal the Federal Reserve Act! (Note: Rather than the expansion of their powers the FED is seeking. Senator Jim Bunning is arleady pitching to cut FED powers <http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsCenter.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=71c9be55-a66e-4da8-4b2f-89a25e4ea0a7> . Let's throw the FED a real curve ball by demanding their powers be cut to zero.)
Bring your friends. There are 435 US Congressman and 100 US Senators. At 30 concerned constituents each, that's only 16,050 dedicated people to make an impact. There were almost that many Americans in Minneapolis for the Rally for the Republic. And, in this case, people only have to drive across town.
I can tell you from firsthand experience <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCJ1nV7HhGg> that 30 citizens gathered politely <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXo8DjR73jI> in a local congressional office makes a definite impact. It's all quite legit - two or three dozen citizens exercising their constitutionally protected right to call for representation from their representative. What a novel concept, eh? We don't need thousands of protesters in the streets.
Most local congressional offices can handle a few dozen people. More than that, yes, you will likely invite a police presence to match. If your particular Congressional district has overwhelming support for this day of action, why not take shifts through the day to keep 30 people in your Congressman's office from 9am till closing. As the situation on the vote for the fianacial emergency bill develops maybe start the process all over again for Friday.
Congress will get the message. Citizens need to supply the backbones our representatives require to stand up and End the FED. September is Constitution month. Do your part this Thursday to help bring it back into effect.