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	<title>The Swamp Report &#187; audit the FED</title>
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	<description>Political, Economic, and Finance related commentary. J.D. Swampfox Associates report on battles for prosperity against the &#34;Tarleton&#34; of big government.</description>
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		<title>Why we must audit the FED regularly</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/why-we-must-audit-the-fed-regularly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where there is smoke- there&#8217;s fire. Where there is obfuscation &#8211; there is something to hide.  Bloomberg&#8217;s effort to make the FED disclose firms benefiting from the bailouts is being dragged out by the guilty FED and its chief, Ben Bernanke.   This is why we need to pass Paul&#8217;s Audit the FED bill post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankster captive Mel Watts guts &#8220;Audit the FED&#8221; bill</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/economy/bankster-captive-mel-watts-guts-audit-the-fed-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.swampreport.com/economy/bankster-captive-mel-watts-guts-audit-the-fed-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ht Zerohedge) Congressman Ron Paul reports that Congressman Mel Watts, a Democrat from North Carolina, has eliminated “just about everything” while preparing Ron Paul&#8217;s legislation for formal consideration. Watt is chairman of the panel’s domestic monetary policy and technology subcommittee.  What will be the bankster&#8217;s quid pro quo for Watt&#8217;s selling the American people down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audit the FED &#8211; cure the corruption</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/economy/audit-the-fed-cure-the-corruption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.swampreport.com/economy/audit-the-fed-cure-the-corruption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has Capitalism really failed?</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/did-capitalism-fail-or-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/did-capitalism-fail-or-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a review of Richard A. Posner’s book, A Failure of Capitalism, the following “facts and causes” of the current financial crisis and recession/depression are cited: … excess savings flowing in from Asia and the reckless lowering of interest rates by the Federal Reserve Board; the relation between executive compensation, short-term profit goals, and risky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Alan Grayson&#8217;s take on FED is stunning</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/congressman-alan-graysons-take-on-fed-is-stunning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/congressman-alan-graysons-take-on-fed-is-stunning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ht Zero Hedge and Washington&#8217;s Blog) In an interview with Wall St. Cheat Sheet&#8216;s Damien Hoffman, Congressman Alan Grayson offers such stunning information as: Just a few weeks ago, while Chairman Bernanke was testifying to Congress, we examined the Fed balance sheet and P&#38;L statement only to find what looked like the Fed handing over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barney targets Fed Audit for October</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/barney-targets-fed-audit-for-october/</link>
		<comments>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/barney-targets-fed-audit-for-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minute Man</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Reuters, Rep. Barney Frank said he plans legislation to restrict the Federal Reserve&#8217;s emergency lending powers and subject the central bank to a &#8220;complete audit&#8221; in October 2009. Frank said he has been working with Paul on compromise language. &#8220;He agrees that we don&#8217;t want to have the audit appear as if it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed Audit Supported By 75% Of Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/fed-audit-supported-by-75-of-americans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minute Man</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.swampreport.com/?p=2148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Rassmussen Reports, 75% of Americans support auditing the Federal Reserve. In contrast, only 9% of adults surveyed were against the idea of a FED audit. In the face of all this support, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is continuing to push back against the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, that would give the Comptroller General [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eliminate the FED &#8211; Whatever it Takes</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/eliminate-the-fed-whatever-it-takes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/eliminate-the-fed-whatever-it-takes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make the United States Senate PROVE they are not in the pocket of the banks. The FED has threatened to destroy the economy if we tamper with their private monopoly.]]></description>
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		<title>DeMint on why we need to Audit the Federal Reserve</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/demint-on-why-we-need-to-audit-the-federal-reserve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minute Man</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) was on Fox News yesterday urging Democrat leaders in Congress to stop blocking a vote on legislation to audit the Federal Reserve, authored by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) in the House, H.R. 1207, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Senate, S. 604.]]></description>
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		<title>DeMint Amendment to Audit the Federal Reserve blocked by Senate &#8220;Leadership&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/senate-amendment-to-audit-the-federal-reserve-blocked-by-senate-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minute Man</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is blocked by Senate Democrat Leadership from having a vote on his amendment to audit the Federal Reserve by Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska who raised a &#8220;point of order&#8221; to prevent the vote. After being blocked, DeMint directly challenges Senate leadership by pointing out the other GAO audits contained in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auditing the FED means exposing government corruption</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/auditing-the-fed-means-exposing-government-corruption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/auditing-the-fed-means-exposing-government-corruption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting piece by George F. Smith points out that: The Fed is a racket at heart, a con game writ large — what else can you call an organization with the exclusive privilege of printing money in the trillions and handing it over to friends? But if this is true, what does that say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the FED accountable as an arm of the executive branch</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/making-the-fed-accountable-as-an-arm-of-the-executive-branch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/making-the-fed-accountable-as-an-arm-of-the-executive-branch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Alan Grayson asked House Dems to co-sponsor the Federal Reserve Transparency Act (HR1207). The bill calls for the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve. Ron Paul was the original author.   Zero Hedge has the link where readers can lend their support to this bill. Yves Smith has a more complete post about this [...]]]></description>
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