Jerome Powell just did something very scary: He criticized Congress.
All through the $6 trillion Covid spending orgy Powell was desperate to never, ever criticize the boss. Now suddenly he's got a spine 🤔
A cynic might say he's afraid something's about to break and needs some personal cover.
Peter St Onge, Ph.D.
npub136…qz5dq
2023-10-27 12:21:40 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1368qrwkpvjjttuy6vpzeu8grszv5vx52qsn0p73hg5dr0xeya2rs0qz5dqPublished at
2023-10-27 12:21:40 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "3137de516b1dad6d491eb7fe46827095443c9434934a33b4d30707fd5ac5d323",
"pubkey": "8e8e01bac164a4b5f09a60459e1d038099461a8a0426f0fa37451a379b24ea87",
"created_at": 1698409300,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://bird.makeup/users/profstonge/statuses/1717879233882837059",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "Jerome Powell just did something very scary: He criticized Congress.\n\nAll through the $6 trillion Covid spending orgy Powell was desperate to never, ever criticize the boss. Now suddenly he's got a spine 🤔\n\nA cynic might say he's afraid something's about to break and needs some personal cover.\n\nhttps://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1717878616695218176/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/zHUYbcEjYmYSDOyo.mp4?tag=12",
"sig": "bf9649c5899086296f4a497d52e177ffa2c1c6ad891c8393b5502045357881e8dfc89f9b067537d9a31efcedbcdde8eac5a115f8450a0d219b21c8550cfb0fc5"
}