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In a letter to the House Financial Services Committee earlier this month, all eight wrote that they support the type of amendment now being introduced by Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.). Watt’s approach purports to increase Fed transparency while it actually would tighten restrictions on any audits that could go forward.

The letter was sent around Wednesday by Watt’s staff to members of the committee in advance of a vote scheduled for Thursday.

Watt’s measure is in competition with an amendment cosponsored by Reps. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), which would repeal the restrictions that Watt leaves in place.

But far from a broad cross-section, the “prominent economists” lobbying on behalf of the Watt bill are in fact deeply involved with the Federal Reserve. Seven of the eight are either currently on the Fed’s payroll or have been in the past.

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While California’s economic struggles, such as issuing IOUs to state employees and business contractors, have been well documented, many more states are facing a combination of economic, money-management and political pressures that are driving them to the brink of collapse. The Pew report cites high home foreclosure rates, increasing joblessness, declining state revenues, poor money management, legal and political obstacles to balanced budgets and the size of budget gaps as the six factors that contribute to most of the problems.

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In fact, of $609,072 given to Watt, $217,109 – or 35.6 percent – came from the money sector, including over $187,000 – or nearly 31 percent of his total contributions – from political action committees within the finance , insurance and real estate industry. The next highest industry supporting Watt was labor, which contributed only 14 percent of his total war chest.

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The recently elected Wisconsin Delegates to THE “NEW” Continental Congress 2009 have arranged for a listening session at the Olympia Resort. This listening session will take place during the Wisconsin Patriot Group Conference also at the Olympia Resort. You may attend the listening session without registering for the conference. Here are the basics:

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It’s time you and I put a stop to a renegade Federal Reserve by exposing the Fed’s out of control actions to the American people. And Congressman Ron Paul and Senator Jim DeMint have a bill before Congress to do just that, known as the “Audit the Fed” Bill (HR 1207 and S 604).

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The final (as of October 26th) Wisconsin delegation for Continental Congress 2009 is, in order of number of votes:

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Following is a three part video on a hearing on the H1N1 Vaccine, other vaccines and the cost of prescription drugs in general which was conducted just a few days ago. You better call your friends on this or forward them a link to this post.

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Would any Republican be willing to force compliance with Constitutional Law in full force and effect? I don’t think that these liars would. And this comment is coming from a registered Republican and supporter of 32 years.

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Published by the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Oct. 4, the d’Aquino interview verifies that the creation of the SPP was not a “conspiracy theory” but a well-thought-out North American integration plan launched by his organization, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, along with the Council on Foreign Relations in the United States.

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Whether you are democrat or republican doesn’t matter. What matters is who really is our president and who are the key people he is surrounding himself with????

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