The Current #199 – Paid to Protest

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The Current #199 – Paid to Protest
Thursday October 27, 2011
Host: Jacob Bodnar

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Who should really be Secretary of the Treasury?

We’re being told we are in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And I won’t argue that.

But since we’re in almost unheard of times, why not appoint the man who predicted it to be Secretary of the Treasury.

His name is Peter Schiff. I’ve seen him on TV many times before, I’ve always liked him. But I never knew he straight up predicted the credit meltdown back in 2006.

Notice how every other commentator laughed at him. They didn’t take him seriously. My favorite part of that clip is when Ben Stein and the two other analysts on Fox News recommend everyone buy stock in the financials, and then Schiff says stay away from them they’re toxic.

This would be the perfect appointment to Secretary of the Treasury. We are in a very rare financial meltdown, we might as well appoint the guy who’s been thinking of a fix for over two years.

–jb