Ben Bernanke: Life is "Absolutely" Better Now Than He's No Longer at Fed; Doesn't Want to Talk About Auditing the Fed
I'm on my way up to New York from Washington and ran into former Fed head Ben Bernanke waiting for the train.
Here's a 15 second interview with him. Is his life better now that he's no longer running the nation's central bank? "Absolutely." Does he think the Fed should be audited? Er, he doesn't want to do an interview.
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Up yours Ben
"Does he think the Fed should be audited? Er, he doesn't want to do an interview."
Odd.. I wonder what that was all about..
IN other news White Star lines Captain Edward J. Smith said to find life absolutely better now that he is no longer a Captain.
he should be followed everywhere he goes and questioned...just like the impact of his policies are going to follow all of us for quite a while.
Yes. Both he and Greenspan should be publicly shamed such they can't step out of their front door without someone asking them why they destroyed the economy.
he resisted the lure of The Jacket. Truly his mind is strong
Nick will have to waterboard Ben next time..
"This is not the interview you are looking for."
Do we have confirmation that Nick was actually wearing said "Jacket"?
Oh, fuck this stupid meme that won't die. The Fed is fully audited by Deloitte annually.
Fuck Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders for perpetuating this lie.
They only see 8% of the records..
Ha, nice.
No they are not.
Enron was audited too
But what does he think of Beyonce and Jay-Z divorcing? Nick, ask the right questions, you dope!
Maybe she shouldn't have put a ring on it afterall
You know who else liked to ask the rulers the hard questions and post those videos online?
No.
Doge?