More Stupid Government Tricks
Mike Shedlock hits it on the head - again. The latest call from FDIC chair Sheila Bair to prevent more foreclosures from occuring is just more of the same government intervention that got us into this mess.
If the Fed and Alan Greenspan hadn't lowered interest rates to rock-bottom lows, juiced the money supply, and encouraged everyone with a job and a pulse to get a mortgage and buy a house, we wouldn't have this gross misallocation of resources, and this mess in the first place.
Ron Paul took Bernanke to school (again) about the dangers of government intervention in the financial markets, and loss of civil liberties during the Fed Chair's latest testimony to Congress. This unholy association of business and government isn't just the wrong prescription for America's economic woes, but is an increase of the Fed's power - which is virtually unchecked by our Constitution.
The Declaration of Independence says Americans have the right to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' not a guarantee for 'price stability and maximum employment,' which is what the Federal Reserve is supposed to do. But that's not the role of government as defined by our Founders. Government can't (and shouldn't) try to promote an 'Ownership Society' or any other guarantee of financial or other security. Whatever the government can give, the government can also take away - too many Americans have forgotten this important point.
When you listen to what Congressman Paul says about our economy, monetary policy and the role of government today, he makes more sense than any other politician in Washington today. It's an absolute travesty that the so-called 'conservative' Republican party tried to ignore, mock and railroad his candidacy for President. The GOP is like a headless chicken running around in circles, and the Democratic party isn't much better.
As John Loeffler from Steel on Steel says, it's Socialist Party (D) and Socialist Party (R), with very little difference between them. Ronald Reagan said it best: "Government is the problem, not the solution." Americans need to remember that the government that caused our financial and economic mess isn't the best entity to try and solve it.
Only time, the free market, and getting government out of the mix are the best solutions for our economic and financial woes.
If the Fed and Alan Greenspan hadn't lowered interest rates to rock-bottom lows, juiced the money supply, and encouraged everyone with a job and a pulse to get a mortgage and buy a house, we wouldn't have this gross misallocation of resources, and this mess in the first place.
Ron Paul took Bernanke to school (again) about the dangers of government intervention in the financial markets, and loss of civil liberties during the Fed Chair's latest testimony to Congress. This unholy association of business and government isn't just the wrong prescription for America's economic woes, but is an increase of the Fed's power - which is virtually unchecked by our Constitution.
The Declaration of Independence says Americans have the right to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' not a guarantee for 'price stability and maximum employment,' which is what the Federal Reserve is supposed to do. But that's not the role of government as defined by our Founders. Government can't (and shouldn't) try to promote an 'Ownership Society' or any other guarantee of financial or other security. Whatever the government can give, the government can also take away - too many Americans have forgotten this important point.
When you listen to what Congressman Paul says about our economy, monetary policy and the role of government today, he makes more sense than any other politician in Washington today. It's an absolute travesty that the so-called 'conservative' Republican party tried to ignore, mock and railroad his candidacy for President. The GOP is like a headless chicken running around in circles, and the Democratic party isn't much better.
As John Loeffler from Steel on Steel says, it's Socialist Party (D) and Socialist Party (R), with very little difference between them. Ronald Reagan said it best: "Government is the problem, not the solution." Americans need to remember that the government that caused our financial and economic mess isn't the best entity to try and solve it.
Only time, the free market, and getting government out of the mix are the best solutions for our economic and financial woes.
Labels: Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul, sub-prime mortgage
posted by Brian Ochsner | 10:10 PM
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