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"In 1913, the Fed was chartered to supervise the banks to act in the public's interest."

PETITION TO OBAMA AND CONGRESS: "The Fed is secretive and a failure - it needs to be reformed, not given new powers. We want a regulator independent of the banks." Geithner's plan can be stopped, sign now.

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In just 10 months, the Federal Reserve has lent trillions of taxpayer dollars to the banks. They refuse to tell us who they gave the money to and if we'll ever get it back. The Fed failed to stop bubbles from inflating, setting up, along with the banks, the conditions for the biggest crash since the Great Depression. They have been funding billion dollar CEO bonuses for the banks that sit on their boards of directors.

While they operate in a secret bureaucracy and oppose legislation that would audit them, Treasury's Geithner is proposing legislation to expand the powers of the Fed by making them the "supercop" for system-wide risk in the economy. In order to serve and be accountable to the entire public and our economy, the Fed must be reformed, not given new powers.

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ENDORSERS

Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy Research
James Kwak, co-founder Baseline Scenario
Zephyr Teachout, asst Professor Fordham University


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Number Date Name Location
3946 February 09, 2010 Brenda Simon Reno, NV
3945 February 05, 2010 Matt Van Slyke Grayslake, IL
3944 February 05, 2010 Matt Van Slyke Grayslake, IL
3943 February 01, 2010 LAWRENCE HIGGINS GLEN COVE, NY
3942 January 29, 2010 Rosalind McDermott Huntsville, AL
3941 January 28, 2010 Jorge Granda Fort Lauderdale, FL
3940 January 28, 2010 Thomas Austin Las Vegas, NV
3939 January 26, 2010 Thomas DeCanio Morgan Hill, CA
3938 January 26, 2010 Tricia Bhatia Medway, MA
3937 January 26, 2010 Lennie Cloud San Antonio, TX
3936 January 25, 2010 Christine Casner Lynn, MA
3935 January 25, 2010 timothy brown providence, RI
3934 January 25, 2010 elizabeth a walker vacaville, CA
3933 January 25, 2010 Cena Ewert Great Falls, MT
3932 January 25, 2010 neil Young Turners Falls, MA
3931 January 25, 2010 Adrienne Burke sunland, CA
3930 January 24, 2010 Sharon Seabrook Kingman, CA
3929 January 24, 2010 Joy Bunton Oak Park, IL
3928 January 23, 2010 James Markovics Rochester, NY
3927 January 22, 2010 Monica Neuberger Stevens Point, WI
3926 January 22, 2010 Glen Sandberg Gulfport, MS
3925 January 22, 2010 Jeff Barnum Sebastopol, CA
3924 January 11, 2010 Chuck Dowe Boston, MA
3923 January 11, 2010 Stijn Bruers Boston, MA
3922 January 09, 2010 janice bucknavage arcata, CA
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