Bill Black, Andy Stern, James Galbraith, Dean Baker Sign Letter of Support for Audit the Fed

Bill Black, Andy Stern, James Galbraith, Dean Baker Sign Letter of Support for Audit the Fed
By Jane Hamsher | FireDogLake

The Obama administration and Fed officials have said they “would fight to stop it at all costs” an amendment to the financial reform bill sponsored by Bernie Sanders that would require an audit of the Federal Reserve. However, economists, labor organizers, bloggers and other progressive leaders have signed on to a letter of support for the Sanders amendment, which is cosponsored by Russ Feingold, Jim DeMint, Ron Wyden, Chuck Grassley, and other Senators from both sides of the aisle (PDF).

The letter begins: Since the start of the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve has dramatically changed its operating procedures. Instead of simply setting interest rates to influence macroeconomic conditions, it rapidly acquired a wide variety of private assets and extended massive secret bailouts to major financial institutions....Read the rest of the letter.

Take Action! Sign on in support of the Bernie Sanders Audit the Fed Amendment here.