Who Rules America Today?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jan 15 12:17:14 PST 2001


Vikash Yadav wrote:


>A reasonable possibility for adding democratic accountability to the Fed
>might entail democratizing the FOMC (financial open market committee).
>While the Federal Reserve chair would still be appointed by the President,
>perhaps it would be possible to elect some or all of the other members of
>the FOMC.

Congress is elected, and its deliberations are televised in narcotic detail, but it still produces barbaric legislation.

Doug



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