Trashing the Federal Reserve’s Dishonest Q3 Program

I thrashed the Federal Reserve’s “profoundly dishonest” Quantitative Easing program on Press TV this morning. I also bashed the Senate for blocking the “Audit the Fed” bill: “It is as if politicians don’t want Americans to know how the government is yanking the chains on the currency and probably driving the entire economy over the [fiscal] cliff.” I am a bit mystified by the “[fiscal]” addition to the quote, but I think it still qualifies as a mixed metaphor. I think my sentiment came through.

Here’s the rambling, unedited, early morning, pre-coffee monologue on this subject
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