-- Posted Tuesday, 23 September 2008 | Digg This Article | Source: GoldSeek.com
There is nothing more dangerous than when those responsible for a nation’s troubles are believed to be its savior.
The Wall Street Journal had one fact correct regarding Wall Street’s accelerating collapse when on September 20th they wrote: When government officials surveyed the failing American financial system this week, they didn't see only a collapsed investment bank or the surrender of a giant insurance firm. They saw the circulatory system of the U.S. economy—credit markets—starting to fail.
The Wall Street Journal was correct in that the circulatory system of the US economy was failing. Because the Wall Street Journal is the house organ of Wall Street investment banks and their co-conspirators in government, the Wall Street Journal blamed deteriorating credit markets for America’s troubles, not those responsible—to wit, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and their cohorts at the Federal Reserve Banks.
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