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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
3848 November 21, 2009 Phyllis Pleasants Richmond, VA
3847 November 21, 2009 lonnie thomas houston, TX
3846 November 21, 2009 lawrence turner glendora, CA
3845 November 21, 2009 H. Berrien Zettler Columbus, GA
3844 November 21, 2009 patricia m lasek barneveld, NY
3843 November 21, 2009 C Million Dade, FL
3842 November 21, 2009 C Million Dade, FL
3841 November 21, 2009 neokuji . Tucson, AZ
3840 November 21, 2009 neokuji . Tucson, AZ
3839 November 21, 2009 Patricia Diliberto Alton, NH
3838 November 20, 2009 Kekuhoumana Ka'ahea San Luis Obispo, CA
3837 November 20, 2009 Diane Messer Liberty, ME
3836 November 20, 2009 Dalia E. Hettfield South Gate, CA
3835 November 20, 2009 Dalia E. Hettfield South Gate, CA
3834 November 20, 2009 Pamylle Greinke Peconic, NY
3833 November 20, 2009 Jill Pearson Cairo, GA
3832 November 20, 2009 Glenda Jasper Colfax, CA
3831 November 20, 2009 Laurie Wudtke RC, SD
3830 November 20, 2009 Stephen Phillips Gaithersburg, MD
3829 November 20, 2009 Tierney Grinavic Huntingtown, MD
3828 November 20, 2009 Tierney Grinavic Huntingtown, MD
3827 November 20, 2009 Sheryl Goodwin Old Orchard Beach, ME
3826 November 20, 2009 Lara Michaels Auburn, WA
3825 November 20, 2009 Terry Thomas Rusk, TX
3824 November 20, 2009 Todd Ryder Helena, MT
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