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[Chilidawgz]

Senator Ron Paul asked if the Plunge Protection Team has met and acted in the last three months. Bernanke casually answered they might have had some discussion but no action regarding the stock market.

Senator Ron Paul asked if Congress could have access to minutes of the meetings, and the chairman said he is unaware of any minutes and his voice trailed away.

Why did the committee start to question the the FED banking system now? Who is putting pressure on the lapdog of the bankers? I thought all these people were bribed and are supposed to just nod and wink.

Seems like I heard the sound of naugehyde being sucked up from Ben's chair

Let's see if the Senator has an "accident" or some type of criminal activity is revealed about his past.

[Jnavin]

Ron Paul's in the Senate now? I thought he was a Representative in the House.

[ty250]

Senator Paul has been a lone voice for a long time. Nobody gives him serious airtime.

[Chilidawgz]

Ron Paul's in the Senate now? I thought he was a Representative in the House.

Correct, my bad, he is still a rep.

[spielchekr]

"I would make a point, there seems to be a sense that expansions die of old age. ... I don't think the evidence supports that," Bernanke said in testimony to Congress' Joint Economic Committee. Old expansions don't die, they just contract and shrivel up.

Edited by spielchekr, 28 March 2007 - 04:27 PM.