Efforts to Audit the Fed Gain Grassroots Support in Missouri
The St. Charles County Council in Missouri has approved a measure supporting an audit of the Federal Reserve. St. Charles is about half an hour away from the St. Louis Fed. The St. Louis Fed, like all other branches, is responsible for keeping a close eye on commercial banks in their districts and step in when those banks are unable to accommodate the needs of their customers.
Credit:r0b0r0b / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SAPaul Curtman, a Republican from
the 150th district in Pacific, Mo., has reintroduced
HCR 9, a resolution to encourage Missouri’s Congressional
Delegation to back the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. Curtman
first introduced the legislation back in 2009 and since then has
spoken at End The Fed
rallies and sought support from the Audit the Fed Coalition.
Curtman has also found support among St. Charles County Council members who point to their local governments as an example. Reporter Michael R. Smith wrote that Council member Joe Brazil sponsored the resolution. He said that the county government undergoes financial audits and he believes the national bank should, also. He told Newsmagazine Network: "We audit every department...We do our due diligence. It’s our obligation to the taxpayer. This makes complete sense of me."
An audit of the Fed seems unlikely given Congress’ current preoccupation and continued unwillingness recognize the risks associated with centralized currency. However, the Coalition offers a long list of Congressmen whom have co-sponsored bills in both the House and Senate.
The focus of the Coalition is two-fold: The first is to gather support for HR 459 (formerly HR 1207) & S 202, bills that require the comptroller general to conduct the audit and submit a detailed description of findings, conclusions and policy recommendations to Congress within 90 days of completing the audit. The second is to provide support to people, like Curtman, who are looking for help pushing the cause at local level.
HCR 9 has been assigned to the Committee on Financial Institutions and has yet to be scheduled for a hearing.
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You know who else was a reason intern?
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Dumbasses.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/.....audits.pdf
Current financial audit of the Fed by Deloitte.
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WorldCom and Enron also were audited by
big eight six fiveprominent, respected accounting firms.How'd that work out, dumbass?
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Well, who should perform the audit then?
Don't just say "Congress" - whose assholes can't do it. They have to hire an audit firm to do it.
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The purpose of the act is to reform and expand auditing of the Fed. Not sure what you think this is supposed to prove
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Expand = sell the Fed on Ron Paul goldbuggery.
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WTF is that even supposed to mean?
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Ron Paul's "audit" was only about putting the foolish gold standard back into place.
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Funny, I always thought it was about abolishing the Fed.
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Add this to the long list of evidence that PB has no fucking clue what the people he criticizes are even arguing for
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It's times like this I wish we had a forum, so we could compile all of his santorum in one place.
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Ron Paul's "audit" was only about putting the foolish gold standard back into place.
So you're saying that the fed couldn't go on if the public knew the details of their corrupt backroom deals?
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Efforts to Audit the Fed Gain Grassroots Support in Missouri
So - "Missouri First State to
SufferEnjoy Drone Attacks in Continental US!" -
We have always been at war with Missouri. We must preserve our fiat credit monopoly at any cost, how else will the lamestream intellectuals control physical reality?