But there is also distrust of the Fed on more specific grounds – distrust that extends well beyond the ranks of the Tea Party. The Fed, its critics complain, has used its expansive powers to engage in a range of unprecedented interventions that have propped up large financial institutions.
共和党人对这个审计理念的采纳其实源自于自由论者对政府总体上的不信任。但对美联储的不信任还基于某些更具体的原因——这种不信任远远超越茶党的层次。美联储的批评者抱怨它利用其巨大的权力实施一系列史无前例的经济干预来支持大型金融机构。因此他们认定金融当局必定是银行界权贵的囊中之物。