Hell No on Bernanke! - Cenk @ Huffington Post (Top Rated Diary @ DailyKos)

[ihavenobias]

By Cenk Uygur

I had large misgivings about Ben Bernanke before his hearings began. He's given credit for steering our economy to safe shores after we hit an enormous economic iceberg. First, I would argue we are nowhere near safe shores. Second, why are we rehiring the guy who steered the Titanic into the iceberg in the first place?

But despite all of that, I wasn't dead set against him. He does have Republicans and Democrats who believe in him. He obviously has the confidence of President Obama (though, so does Geithner and Summers, so that might not tell you much). He is an expert on the Great Depression. The problem is he was at least partly responsible for creating the situation that called for his expertise. His knowledge in handling depressions might not be so handy if he hadn't gotten us into one.

So, I was not predisposed to support him but I was not dead set against him, either. Until now.

He just said in his hearings that he would get more money by going after Social Security and Medicare. When Sen. Reed suggested that we could also get the money by taxing some of the richest people in America (some of whom got rich causing the economic crash in the first place), all of sudden he demurred. He says that's not his place to say if we should ever raise taxes. But apparently it is his place to encourage going after your retirement money. So, taxing the rich is never under consideration, going after the retirement money of the middle class is his first option. Sorry to be blunt, but fuck that.

He even has the nerve to quote famous bank robber Willie Sutton by saying that he would go after Social Security and Medicare because Well, give him points for honesty. He plans on robbing more of your money to give to his Wall Street friends - because that's where the money is. As if they haven't taken enough of our money...

PS---In case you missed it w/ Keith Olbermann and a snippet of his appearance (see 7:24 minutes in).

[FiveGoodMen]

1. "Sorry to be blunt, but fuck that"

We need more of that kind of bluntness in our national discussion.

(Where it actually fits, as in this case)

[jgraz]

4. Yep, gotta love it.

[ihavenobias]

6. That's why I put it in bold.

Sometimes a verbal punch in the mouth is necessary.

[jgraz]

7. It's step 1

:D

[ihavenobias]

16. One of my favorite samples. I wonder if I can get that on my cell phone? n/t

[pleah]

2. K&R!

[OhioChick]

3. K&R n/t

[Wetzelbill]

5. K and R

[Rhiannon12866]

8. K&R. And this isn't the Titanic...

"They are re-arranging the deck chairs -- on the Hindenburg." Stephen Colbert. :evilgrin:

[midnight]

9. It has always been about the s.s. money..... K&R

[Enthusiast]

10. There should be

universal condemnation of Bernanke. Even by idiotic Republicans and blue dog Democrats.

[lonestarnot]

11. Hell fucking no!

[Kajsa]

12. Fuck that, Bernanke!!

"That's where the money is" ?!?

People's retirement, their( or part of) medical insurance, that
they paid into their whole lives for retirement
is where the money's at?!?

Not to mention the disabled, many of whom work, who supplement
their income with SSI/SSDI to pay the rent, buy food, you know--
survive!

That's who you're going to take the money from?
Not from the wealthiest, who could afford to pay more?

What fucking rock did you crawl out from under?

There is a special place in hell for those who prey on
the most vulnerable in our society.

Cenk, I'm with you 110% here.

K&R. :kick:

[ihavenobias]

17. Why so calm? So some passion!

;)

[Kajsa]

19. LOL!

:) :hi:

[democracy1st]

13. K & R

[libodem]

14. Yep

The inmates have been running the asylum.

[20score]

15. K&R

[Faryn Balyncd]

18. K&R - & if we are serious we need to flood the telephone lines of Sen Banking Comm Chrm Dodd:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7154066

[CherylK]

20. Bump!

:kick:

[OhioChick]

21. Kick. n/t