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anonypony · 10-19-2008, 11:39 AM

Last week a friend send me the 'Commons committee invites 'viewers' to send in questions' news item (see below). She wrote: "I reckon you might have some good questions for them"

I wrote back saying:

I will ask a succession of questions seeking short factual answers:

Q: Who does the British gov borrow the money from?

Q: Who owns the bank of England, the federal reserve, all other central and world banks including the IMF?

Q: Who issue the money the British gov borrows?

Q: Since most of world governments, their services and the assets of most people of this earth, are based on borrowed funds, who really owns the world?

Should be interesting.... If at all allowed...

Commons committee invites 'viewers' to send in questions

One of the privileges of being a member of a Commons select committee is that you get to interrogate ministers and other powerful figures. But now it seems that the Treasury select committee is contracting part of that job out to members of the public.

It's just sent out a press release saying that it's inviting members
of the public to submit questions to be put to Alistair Darling,
Mervyn King and Adair Turner at a subsequent hearing. I'm sure it
won't be quite the same as a radio phone-in – "Clive from Maidenhead
wants to know what you're doing about the inter-bank lending rate" –
but that seems to be the direction in which they're heading.

As far as I know, this is a first for a select committee. John McFall,
the chairman, explains why he's doing it in the press notice (which
should be on the committee's website soon).

Taxpayers are naturally very concerned about the scale of this
investment. The committee hopes that by providing people with the
chance to have us put their questions to those in charge, we can
provide a constructive way of engaging the public on a matter of such
deep concern to the whole country.

10-19-2008, 11:39 AM	#161
anonypony Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 42	Re: Zeitgeist Addendummust see Last week a friend send me the 'Commons committee invites 'viewers' to send in questions' news item (see below). She wrote: "I reckon you might have some good questions for them" I wrote back saying: I will ask a succession of questions seeking short factual answers: Q: Who does the British gov borrow the money from? Q: Who owns the bank of England, the federal reserve, all other central and world banks including the IMF? Q: Who issue the money the British gov borrows? Q: Since most of world governments, their services and the assets of most people of this earth, are based on borrowed funds, who really owns the world? Should be interesting.... If at all allowed... Commons committee invites 'viewers' to send in questions One of the privileges of being a member of a Commons select committee is that you get to interrogate ministers and other powerful figures. But now it seems that the Treasury select committee is contracting part of that job out to members of the public. It's just sent out a press release saying that it's inviting members of the public to submit questions to be put to Alistair Darling, Mervyn King and Adair Turner at a subsequent hearing. I'm sure it won't be quite the same as a radio phone-in – "Clive from Maidenhead wants to know what you're doing about the inter-bank lending rate" – but that seems to be the direction in which they're heading. As far as I know, this is a first for a select committee. John McFall, the chairman, explains why he's doing it in the press notice (which should be on the committee's website soon). Taxpayers are naturally very concerned about the scale of this investment. The committee hopes that by providing people with the chance to have us put their questions to those in charge, we can provide a constructive way of engaging the public on a matter of such deep concern to the whole country.