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7. What steps should the Fed take within their powers to increase wages? NT

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:40 AM

Sep 2015

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The Fed is by, for, and of the 1%-no others need apply. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #1

bernie got the fed audited questionseverything Sep 2015 #26

It's becoming frustrating... Chan790 Sep 2015 #2

If you burn it down, what are you going to replace it with? A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #8

How does a publicly sulphurdunn Sep 2015 #12

Fine, but it still has to perform the functions the Fed does now. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #16

The Fed is an autonous entity. sulphurdunn Sep 2015 #18

Do YOU? WinkyDink Sep 2015 #19

Uh huh. Yup Sure. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #20

Damn you FDR! VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #3

? questionseverything Sep 2015 #22

FDR bailed out the Federal Reserve.... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #23

yea fdr propped it, was just going back to the 1913creation questionseverything Sep 2015 #25

"propped it up" VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #28

Ha ha. It is to laugh. Octafish Sep 2015 #6

Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility Octafish Sep 2015 #11

Agreed. sulphurdunn Sep 2015 #13

Somebody somewhere was hoping We the People wouldn't notice. Octafish Sep 2015 #15

Sorry, but Ms. Brown doesn't know what the fuck she is talking about. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #24

She makes sense to me. Why do you say that? Octafish Sep 2015 #27

First of all, it isn't a private bank. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #30

Of course it is. lark Sep 2015 #9

B-u-u-t-t, sulphurdunn Sep 2015 #14

And whats really classic................................. turbinetree Sep 2015 #32

Monetary policy is ineffective in this economy. Keeping interest bbgrunt Sep 2015 #17

Precisely my point 1939 Sep 2015 #29

Greenspan thinks skilled U.S. workers are paid too much. DirkGently Sep 2015 #21

Maybe they are counting all the outsourced wages.... Marrah_G Sep 2015 #31