There aren't many Congressmen/women who can really talk economics, let alone asking the right questions. We at bhc investment love Ron Paul, and had posted some of his videos [3] here several times. Besides Ron Paul, we also like this Congresswomen, whose video can be seen in [2]. Recently, there's another pretty nice piece by a Republican Congressman, namely Alan Grayson [1].
During his questioning of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Shalom Bernanke before the House Financial Services Committee, U.S. congressman Alan Grayson (D), representing Florida's 8th congressional district (Orlando, Ocala, Eustis), burst out laughing at Bernanke's hubris.
Grayson's questioning focused on the Fed's handouts to FOREIGN central banks in Europe and other countries. These "Central Bank Liquidity Swaps" rose from a total of $24 billion at the end of 2007, to over $553 billion by the end of 2008.
Grayson: "So who got the money?"
Bernanke: "Financial institutions in Europe and other countries."
Grayson: "Which ones?"
Bernanke: "I don't know."
Gryson: "Half a trillion dollars and you don't know who got the money?"
It gets even better. 3:02:
Grayson: "Well, look at the next page [in Bernanke's written report], the very next page has the U.S. dollar nominal exchange rate, which shows a 20 percent increase in the U.S. dollar nominal exchange rate at exactly the same time that you were handing out half a trillion dollars. You think that's a coincidence?"
Bernanke: "Yes."
Grayson: "hah-hah-hah-hah!"
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