[WoCTrt0X]

Why does the fed need/get its own special police force?

[enlinnyGoob]

You're not in Rochester, New York, are you?

[intorkercet]

Some comments:

1. The security here is ridiculously tight. I'm afraid if I go on Poly during work hours I'll be arrested by one of the numerous Federal Reserve Police officers wielding UMP submachine guns. I had to get fingerprinted and get a background check done. I had to present two different forms of picture ID, one of which had to be state, the other federal (I used my driver's license and my passport). Some jobs require security clearances (Seriously? It's a BANK, not the CIA!).

2. This security applies to computers as well, though the security policy for computers isn't so much about criminal activity as they don't want someone tarnishing the Fed's image by putting a moustache on Ben Bernanke's picture on the website.

3. Because of several bomb threats by what I suppose are Ron Paul supporters, the Fed buildings have had numerous evacuations. I get the feeling that, in terms of Bayesian probability, the knowledge of there being a bomb threat does not change the prior probability of there actually being a bomb; after all, if you want to bomb folks, why warn them?

4. Due to these numerous evacuations, all Fed employees are issued blue fanny packs to be kept at our desks which contain a space blanket, a poncho, an emergency whistle, and some first-aid kit which I presume consists of nothing more than some rubbing alcohol and a band-aid judging by its size. It is our "emergency evacuation kit" for use in "disaster scenarios," although I have been told that the real "disaster scenario" is someone issued a phony bomb threat and you might be standing out in the rain and/or cold for forever with no ride because your money and car are still inside the building.

5. Jesus Christ, nothing is more annoying than hearing the economist interns yap about their PhD theses during lunch. "Oh I'm studying a new model of Keynesian interpretation of monetary policy." I'M PAYING YOU *******S MY TAX MONEY, IT'S JUST A THUMB IN THE EYE TO BRAG ABOUT HOW YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO SPEND IT BETTER THAN I DO. Also, there is a totally not shocking lack of support for the idea that there should be less banking regulation among the people in the BS&R (Banking Supervision and Regulation) department.

It's like a young Wiglaf.

[crestorinfo]

Some comments:
2. This security applies to computers as well, though the security policy for computers isn't so much about criminal activity as they don't want someone tarnishing the Fed's image by putting a moustache on Ben Bernanke's picture on the website.

Doesn't Ben Bernanke already have a beard?

[ResuNezily]

...and that, friends, is government security in a nutshell. So secure it's unsecure.

[xochex]

Why does the fed need/get its own special police force?

Dude, you've been to DC. Everybody gets their own police. Hell, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has a different police force than the US Mint for some dumb reason.

[PWRichard]

Dude, you've been to DC. Everybody gets their own police. Hell, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has a different police force than the US Mint for some dumb reason.

Fair enough.

The Capitol Police are the biggest *******s. I saw them ticket someone for jaywalking

[Loolasant]

So how soon is the fed going to start NGDPLT?

[Daleman1984]

You only have "End the Fed" whackos to blame for this one.

I love Ron Paul for his stances on guns and dope, but the Federal Reserve business never made sense to me. If we lose the Fed and go to the gold standard, it would be gold mining firms like Barrick Gold that cause inflation. Would anybody prefer a foreign corporation to have control over our money supply?

[Aniplinipsync]

Have the public tours resumed yet?

[flanna.kersting]

I had to get fingerprinted and get a background check done. I had to present two different forms of picture ID, one of which had to be state, the other federal (I used my driver's license and my passport).

This is typical for banking, if not most jobs.

[vNGiDaFX]

In the past my driver's license and birth certificate were enough.

Welcome to the adult world.

And birth certificate? You mean Social Security card?

[joeyCanada]

i can honestly say i've never been fingerprinted or had to show ID for any job i've ever had.

You haven't worked in America.

No ID? What kind of bizarro-world is Britain/Brazil?

[PyncGyncliacy]

Welcome to the adult world.

And birth certificate? You mean Social Security card?

A birth certificate is fine for an I-9, for trying to prove employment eligibility.