U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on lawmakers Tuesday to consider new rules to expand the central bank’s authority over the financial markets, saying financial markets need to be more stable and resilient.
Following the hard lessons of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer’s failed attempt to give licenses to illegal aliens and John McCain’s close call with political destruction for supporting Comprehensive Immigration Reform Amnesty in 2007, Barrack Obama has stepped on a political land mine by stating Americans should be forced to learn to speak Spanish.