Ron Paul Grills Bernanke
In typically sardonic fashion, Ron Paul took Ben Bernake to task during today's Financial Services Hearing.
He lambasted the Fed's performance over the last 99 years, and compared the Federal Reserve system to a builder who uses a yard stick that changes its value every single day.
"Just think of what kind of building we would have?" he quipped.
Check out the whole exchange, and behold as Paul whips out a Silver Eagle coin and explains inflation to the Fed chairman:
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