Claim: Drunk Chairman of the Federal Reserve lets loose in a bar about how bad the U.S. economy truly is.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, August 2011]
Drunken Ben Bernanke Tells Everyone At Neighborhood Bar How Screwed U.S. Economy Really Is
SEWARD, NE — Claiming he wasn't afraid to let everyone in attendance know about "the real mess we're in," Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke reportedly got drunk Tuesday and told everyone at Elwood's Corner Tavern about how absolutely fucked the U.S. economy actually is.
Bernanke, who sources confirmed was "totally sloshed," arrived at the drinking establishment at approximately
"Look, they don't want anyone except for the Washington, D.C. bigwigs to know how bad shit really is," said Bernanke, slurring his words as he spoke. "Mounting debt exacerbated — and not relieved — by unchecked consumption, spiraling interest rates, and the grim realities of an inevitable worldwide energy crisis are projected to leave our entire economy in the shitter for, like, a generation, man, I'm telling you."
[Remainder of the article here]
Origins: If anyone were truly in the know about the state of the U.S. economy, it would be the Chairman of the Federal Reserve,
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Barbara "onion peals" Mikkelson
Last updated: 4 August 2011
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The Onion. 3 August 2011. "Drunken Ben Bernanke Tells Everyone at Neighborhood Bar How Screwed U.S. Economy Really Is."
