Some asked Fed Chair Bernanke questions using a bull horn from across the street from the Kansas City Federal Reserve
This afternoon a group met across the street from the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to “welcome” Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to Kansas City.
The protest event was promoted to be an “angry mob parody” but the small group of about 35 everyday people were all friendly. They were concerned with how the Federal Reserve is affecting the economy and how little transparency it has. Two battery-operated “torches” were home-made but no fake or real pitch forks were seen.
Earlier I asked KCPT’s Nick Haines to describe on the video how the 40 people were selected to ask questions of Mr. Bernanke. Mr. Haines said many were picked because they were suffering from the current economy, but several small business people were also invited. About 200 were in the audience.
On Friday the Meadowlark videotaped ten questions for Mr. Bernacke from a protest rally nearby at Congressman Dennis Moore’s (D-KS) office in Overland Park.
A young man can be seen in the video passing out flyers to those entering the KC Fed. He was later asked to leave. I caught up with him and he describes why on the video.
Several in the protest crowd offered their questions for Ben Bernancke:
Here is a picture of the forum from the Kansas City Federal Reserve:
Ben Bernanke and Jim Lehrer at Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank forum
Questions and answers from this forum are to appear on segments of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer the next three days.
Related:
- Bernanke Reflects on Fed’s Actions in Public Forum, The Online NewsHour, July 26, 2009.
- Questions for Ben Bernanke (video), Kansas Meadowlark, July 25, 2009. (See novel “digital drive by” of signs at the beginning).
- 1100 Sign Petition for Congressman Dennis Moore to support “Audit the Fed” Bill (video), Kansas Meadowlark, July 24, 2009.
- Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
- ConsenusKC assists NewsHour with Bernanke event
- Campaign for Liberty
Tags: Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, Kansas City, KCPT, News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Nick Haines, PBS
