"Indeed, some politicians may prefer to have an independent central bank, which can be used as a public whipping boy' to take some of the heat off their shoulders." A. Posen, "Central Bank Independence and Disinflationary Credibility: A Missing Link", Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report No.1, May 1995. The above statement between quotation marks is, in fact, an answer. What should be the proper question for that answer?