Ben Bernanke actually said...

I do think that an important priority for us as a country and for the Congress from a fiscal point of view is to think about what we can do ...

monetary policy independence is very important for the stability of our economy and our financial markets.

It would be the better part of valor to take action now to make sure that we do not get too close to that point.

We've only gotten about a million of them back so far. And that doesn't even account for the new people coming into the labor force.