Brady Hawk 09 - Seek and Destroy by R. J. Patterson

Author:R. J. Patterson [Patterson, R. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, Espionage, Military, Terrorism, thriller
ISBN: 9780999052839
Publisher: Green E-Books
Published: 2017-09-04T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Washington, D.C.

MOMENTS AFTER JANET HUBBARD’S INTERVIEW with Katarina Petrov hit the airwaves, snippets of their conversation were condensed and posted on social media. Less than an hour later, every live talk show on radio and television, was discussing the fallout of Petrov’s one world currency plan and her dire forecast about the U.S. economy should it maintain its isolationist economic policy. Hosts whipped their audiences up into a frenzy over the issue, leading to angry rants by callers who demanded wholesale changes in Washington. The internet was ablaze with opinions about the government leaders who were willfully walking Americans down a metaphoric plank.

The furor across the country was just the kind of fuel President Michaels needed to get his way. And he didn’t have to wait long to get it either.

By 1:00 p.m. on the East Coast, the Supreme Court made an unprecedented announcement that it would hear a case about the constitutionality of the Federal Reserve Act. And talk shows turned a raging fire into a wildfire powered by crosswinds. Anything else that happened that day would be forgotten in the annals of history.

At 3:00 p.m., President Michaels climbed onto the podium and stepped behind the lectern. He remained stoic, trying to hide his pleasure regarding the Supreme Court’s announcement.

“For years, this great country has relied upon trusted harbingers of the Federal Reserve to keep our financial institutions secure and trustworthy. But that time might be coming to an end.”

Michaels straightened his tie and cleared his throat before continuing.

“No country’s economic market can exist in a bubble, no matter how much we might wish it did. The truth is many of the jobs so many hardworking Americans rely upon to feed their families are the direct result of consumer purchases and businesses thriving beyond our borders. We cannot ignore those people, those same people who might be our neighbors across the street. And even if we did, we’d be fools to think we wouldn’t be negatively impacted in one way or another.”

He paused to drink a glass of water and quickly survey the press corps eyeing him carefully. Assessing a crowd’s mood was a vital tool in delivering a successful speech, and Michaels excelled at it. From the looks on the faces of the reporters scattered in front of him, he could tell they were eating up his rhetoric and itching to share their thoughts with viewers.

Just keep it simple.

“As a country, we owe a great debt to those Americans who’ve served admirably on the Federal Reserve’s board. For over a century, the Federal Reserve has provided the stability necessary to help this country get through several trying economic periods and usher us into prosperous times again. But times have changed and it’s time for the Federal Reserve to change with it. A private body that is unwilling to change puts us all at risk and we can’t afford this type of leadership anymore. At some point, leadership that was once helpful often grows stale, fixated more on its power than its ability to guide others through unprecedented challenges.

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