DeSantis Takes Aim at the Fed

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DeSantis Takes Aim at the Fed

April 12, 2023 at 6:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 41 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/04/12/desantis-takes-aim-at-the-fed/

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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “has begun to criticize Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, in speeches and news conferences,” Politico reports.

“He has alleged without evidence that the Biden administration is about to introduce a central bank digital currency — which neither the White House nor the politically independent Fed has decided to do — in a bid to surveil Americans and control their spending on gas. He has quoted the Fed’s Twitter posts disparagingly. His critiques echo a familiar playbook from the Trump administration.”

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Aplegrove:

Harder to be corrupt and specifically corrupt politically if the currency is digital for big amounts.

[Mad_Machine76]

1. Hopefully

Conspiracy theories aren’t “good politics”

[Johonny]

2. Trump appointed

And the FED has no plans to do this. Although since other countries are discussing it and we will have to do transaction with these countries . . .

Meanwhile Powell's inflation numbers coming in cooler than expected, so DeSantis is barking up the wrong tree.

[emulatorloo]

3. There is no US 'digital currency', just like there are no 'open borders.'

[lapfog_1]

4. Harder to be corrupt politically if the currency is digital for big amounts

The days of showing up in a hotel room with a bag of cash for your local pol is, for the most part, long gone.

The deals now are all in offshore banks and done with money laundering techniques.

[peggysue2]

5. DeSantis has dived right down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole

I doubt the man believes this, but he'll willingly do anything, say anything to out-trump Trump.

He should have never been trusted in any public office, let alone planning to raid the WH!

[JanLip]

7. He's a dicktoter wanna be

He needs to be stopped. Come on Florida

Jan

[Wounded Bear]

6. The Fed is a long time whipping boy for the libertarian types...

and the Luddites who want to put us back on the "gold standard."

Not a new playbook at all.