<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Today in Iowa, Rick Perry was asked about the Federal Reserve and, in a halting 45-second answer, went off on chairman Ben Bernanke: “If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what<wm> kind of chaos he can cause.

“The very real possibility exists that if you print more money and people panic to the banking system, it could disrupt the whole financial system, and that could lead to financial downturns, and that could lead to a lot of chaos.

“We can’t let this happen,” he continued.

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