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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


25-50 of 4020 signatures
Number Date Name Location
3995 May 05, 2010 stephanie phillabaum Syracuse, IN
3994 May 05, 2010 Frank Heller Duluth, MN
3993 May 04, 2010 Rachel Buddeberg San Francisco, CA
3992 May 02, 2010 Elizabeth Patten Van Nuys, CA
3991 April 30, 2010 Susan Lozier North Fork, CA
3990 April 28, 2010 Robert Curzon Buena Park, CA
3989 April 28, 2010 Dr. Vince and Dianne Foster Bellingham, WA
3988 April 26, 2010 andre Demian San Anselmo, CA
3987 April 23, 2010 ,
3986 April 22, 2010 Jeanette Ambrose Albany, NY
3985 April 22, 2010 ,
3984 April 22, 2010 Robert Belsher Berkeley, CA
3983 April 21, 2010 Steven Smith Brownfield, ME
3982 April 21, 2010 Lonnie maxfield Olympia, WA
3981 April 21, 2010 Lonnie maxfield Olympia, WA
3980 April 21, 2010 ,
3979 April 21, 2010 Gary Wattles Meridian, ID
3978 April 21, 2010 Nancy Smith Knoxville, MD
3977 April 21, 2010 William Spier Brooklyn, NY
3976 April 21, 2010 arthur mitchell Atlanta, GA
3975 April 21, 2010 arthur mitchell Atlanta, GA
3974 April 21, 2010 Ryan Engberg DETROIT LAKES, MN
3973 April 21, 2010 Gregory Severson Lynnwood, WA
3972 April 21, 2010 Cathleen Rose Saint Albans, VT
3971 April 21, 2010 Robert Bright West Hollywood, CA
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