An American Awakening 2013: 11/17/11

11.17.2011

Ron Paul Joins Call for Congressional Insider Trading to be Punished; Lieberman to Hold Senate Hearings

60 Minutes Story Sparks Examination

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced Wednesday they would hold a hearing to examine how insider trading laws apply to Congress.

Ron Paul Joins Call for Congressional Insider Trading to be Punished; Lieberman to Hold Senate Hearings

Fed Now Largest Owner of U.S. Gov’t Debt—Surpassing China | CNSnews.com

(CNSNews.com) - At the close of business on Tuesday, the debt of the federal government exceeded $15 trillion for the first time--with the largest single owner of the publicly held portion of that debt being the Federal Reserve.

Over the past year, as the Federal Reserve massively increased its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities and entities in China marginally decreased theirs, the Fed surpassed the Chinese as the top owner of publicly held U.S. government debt.

Fed Now Largest Owner of U.S. Gov’t Debt—Surpassing China | CNSnews.com

Economist Believes Paul Blacked Out of Media Because of the Fed

Evidence shows that CNBC manipulated its online poll following a debate and that its action is part of CBS policy to ignore certain candidates and prop up others. This has placed CBS and CNBC under harsh scrutiny. However, according to Murray Sabrin— professor of finance in the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College in New Jersey, 2008 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, and regular writer for LewRockwell.com — the main motivation behind the media’s bias against Ron Paul has been Paul’s harsh criticismof the Federal Reserve.

READ MORE