My brother knows how to push my buttons. He is at a conference and emailed me that the lunch speaker is Ben Bernanke. He has been invited to a private meeting with Ben and wanted to know if there was anything I wanted to tell him. Here was my response:
Tell him to go fuck himself.
Ask him whether it bothers him that 80 year old widows who had a life savings of $100,000 spinning off $5,000 of interest in 2007 to help her survive have been getting $150 per year since he instituted his policies to save Wall Street bankers.
I understand he gets $250,000 for one hour speaking engagements now. More than he made in an entire year as Fed Chairman.
Fuck him.
I doubt he will pass along my greeting, but you never know.
Do you have any messages for Ben you want me to pass along to my brother?