– When Asked if the U.S. is a Capitalist Democracy or Oligarchy, Janet Yellen Can’t Answer… (Liberty Blitzkrieg, May 8, 2014):
During yesterday’s Senate hearings, Janet Yellen was asked by Senator Bernie Sanders if the U.S. was a capitalist democracy or has morphed into an oligarchy. While readers of this site already know the answer to this question, which was recently proved empirically by a Princeton and Northwestern academic study, it was still stunning to note her unwillingness to answer the question.
I will give her some credit for not flat out lying about it. She inherently understands that the U.S. is a corrupt, shameful oligarchy, but as head of the institution most responsible for this transformation she simply cannot tell the truth. It is incredible that things have fallen so far that a U.S. Senator felt compelled to ask such a question, and even worse that such a powerful official couldn’t vehemently and decisively deny the claim.
Where I take exception with Sanders, is that he appears to live under some strange sort of hypnosis that makes him think only Republican oligarchs are problematic. Of course no sane person should draw any serious distinction between establishment Democrats or Republicans. Furthermore, he also makes the mistake of focusing on the 1%, when the real problem resides in a far smaller 0.01%, which I described in my post: Where Does the Real Problem Reside? Two Charts Showing the 0.01% vs. the 1%.
See for yourself:
She doesn’t dare. The US economy is on life support, and she knows it.
The printing press party is over, as less than half the world now uses the dollar, regardless of the lies on TV. They cannot print their way out because they are already sitting on piles of paper money with nothing behind it but ink.
She cannot admit life support, and that is what is it on.