This is a 7 1/2 minute video of Ron Paul questioning Ben Bernanke during the Joint Economic Committee hearings on April 2nd 2008. Ron Paul slams Ben Bernanke with direct questions about government intervening and imposing on our civil liberties! Sorry I'm late reporting this... I've just been having to digest all of this craziness!
Ben Bernanke has the NERVE to claim that he was NOT informed of the imminent trouble at Bear Stearns until 24 hours prior! Any monkey could have seen Bear Stearns FAILURE a mile away, meaning you do not have to be a PHd to see the END result of their bad investment choices! The 'KEY' issue here in the Banking and Investment firm crisis is LIQUIDITY and CAPITAL! If the Federal Reserve finds themselves bailing out the Banks as they have been for the past YEAR then wouldn't that be the largest RED FLAG!
Ben Bernanke also said that he does NOT expect a repeat of the Bear Stearns type of problem! My gosh Ben I know you are a highly intelligent man or at least I'd like to think so. How can you sit there and confidently make such a statement? Ben I know that you know as does Sec. Treasury Henry Paulson that we are expecting at least 2 million foreclosures within a year. Won't the foreclosures continue to adversely affect the SIV's, CDO's, MBS's that the Investment firms and Banks carry? Won't this cause more severe LOSSES for the Investment firms and Banks?
Wall Street Banks have been hemorrhaging and YOU Ben keep siphoning BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of our tax payer dollars to keep them alive! Do we no longer believe in FREE markets? How about the Banks taking responsibility for mis-managing their capital or investing in or even CREATING HIGH risk investment vehicles, not to mention creating and pimping loan programs that your dog FIDO could quality for. By the way Ben, these OBSCENE loan programs (negative amortization loans) are STILL being peddled by the Banks you are determined to save!!! So basically, this financial economic nightmare is being perpetuated! Haven't the Banks learned anything or YOU Ben for that matter!?!?
Ben Bernanke continued to say that recent market actions SUGGEST adequate capital is available. Whatever happend to financial reporting, looking at corporate balance sheets? Ben, how on earth can you use this schizophrenic market as the basis for your confidence?
Ben Bernanke went on to say that lending to Investment Banks is being done with increased scrutiny. Puhleeeeese spare us the RHETORIC! Then Ben said that the Federal Reserve did NOT bail out Bear Stearns. Really? What would you call taking on $30 BILLION dollars of Bear Stearns BAD DEBT!!! Do you understand that this whole financial MESS was created and is NOW become a economic disaster because YOU Ben and Sec. Treasury Henry Paulson were NOT regulating, basically doing YOUR jobs in the FIRST PLACE! What kind of example are you REALLY trying to set here? Your message to the Banking Institutions and Investment Firms is that they do NOT have to take responsibility for their actions! What you have done is completely un-ETHICAL!
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