Ron Paul's "*Questment" of Fed Chair Bernanke - July 13, 2011

Economists wrestling.
Ron Paul:

•  Unemployed 40 weeks. New CPI - under old method 9%/yr last 3 yrs.
• For Spending $5.1Tr hasn't done much as it bailed out big banks.
• $17,000 gift to everyone may have been better for consumer?

Ben Bernake

• Fed never spent anything - in fact they are "profit center"??
• Avoid Financial Panic.

Ron Paul

• But you created money out of thin air.
• Priceless at 5:00 "Is gold money?"

[* Questment is the often used method of political inquiry. It is a long Statement preceding a "gotcha" type question. (Or at least an attempt at a "gotcha" type question.  Often it is part of a "cross-examination" setup where a "sound-bite" trap is being laid.  This is the reason for having carefully constructed stock reply's so that free-lance errors are not made.)]