Bernie and Bernanke
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:19 am
So Bernie Sanders is blocking the Senate from re-upping Ben Bernanke as chair of the Fed Reserve.
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010 ... ke11th.txt
and the next thing you know, Vermont gets about ten percent of what it was supposed to be allotted in Federal Home Heating Fuel Assistance.
http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_14240853
Am I wrong to take this personally? As a citizen of very cold, very cash-short state, I can't help but feel the two items are related and Obama's fucking us because our junior senator is being stubborn - with good reason, IMO, given Bernanke's track record at the job so far. Discuss.
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010 ... ke11th.txt
and the next thing you know, Vermont gets about ten percent of what it was supposed to be allotted in Federal Home Heating Fuel Assistance.
http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_14240853
Am I wrong to take this personally? As a citizen of very cold, very cash-short state, I can't help but feel the two items are related and Obama's fucking us because our junior senator is being stubborn - with good reason, IMO, given Bernanke's track record at the job so far. Discuss.