By Matt Hawes<\/p>\n
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In “Fed Bashers: Washington’s odd couple,” Fortune’s <\/em>Nina Easton takes a look at the unusual pairing of Congressman Paul and Senator Bernie Sanders, who, despite drastically different philosphical beliefs, are united in pushing Audit the Fed.<\/p>\n On the role government should play in society, the two men are miles apart: Sanders wants more regulation and tighter supervision; Paul wants bankruptcy to serve as the great regulator. Sanders can’t understand Paul’s faith in free markets; Paul doesn’t understand why leftists like Sanders have such trouble with business-created wealth.<\/p>\n But the two men have found common ground in the Fed’s handling of the financial crisis: The events of the past 18 months have reinforced their long-held views that the Federal Reserve, as Paul puts it, “serves the wealthy, not the middle class, not the unemployed.”…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n