The Federal Reserve: Jekyll Island Monster »
Posted By populist 1 year, 10 months ago in Business & FinanceThere is nothing in the Constitution that allows the give-away or delegation of any expressed duty/power to any other branch or institution. The Federal Reserve act was unconstitutional, felonious, and treasonous from its first moment of existence -- and remains exactly that today.
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NewsWarrior1 year, 10 months ago
Wow. This blew me away. It puts pieces of an historical puzzle in place for me, explaining many seemingly inexplicable manipulations I've long noticed about many things, including money, government, politics, wars, the media, etc.
An example is the seemingly inexplicable and continued deregulation of radio and television stations, which allowed more stations to fall into the hands of a few - RICH - people. It's one of the worst examples of the U.S. government abandoning its citizens I've seen in my lifetime.
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2003/05/31
Another is the TIGHT grasp of the two-party system.
The substance of this article NEEDS to be put in a form that MORE PEOPLE can comprehend. Sadly, MOST citizens will NOT care to hear, or understand, what it is about. One thing I KNOW is... those in power RELY ON (and ENCOURAGE!) people's natural resistance to CHANGE. The status quo is comforting, but history teaches us it is to be watched carefully.
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KingOfTruth1 year, 10 months ago
This article would have been way more effective if the author had stuck to the point, the FED SCAM, instead of randomly attacking Bush and Cheney on extraneous topics(and incorrectly too, I might add) ..... quite obviously neither of them were alive in 1910 or 1913 when the author says this scam began .... I also wish that he had tied it into the 100% illegal Income Tax amendment that was never really ratified properly .... these two abominations go hand in hand .... or maybe I should say hand in pocket?
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r2me21 year, 10 months ago
I care too but we are still outnumbered by the ones who don't care because as 1stMarDiv says "Most people alive today don't know...". Worse than that most people don't know what the ones who are in the government are doing now, needless to say they know what was happening 100 years ago. Same corruption, same families, new people because the old folks are gone. In 100 years from now it'll be the same thing. I hope not.
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LeftTurn1 year, 10 months ago
I have said it before, these crooks need to go. I have posted this movie before...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3388799387 Men
The movie is called "The Monopoly Men", it is a mirror of this article and more in depth, and it has faces to the names. It's 47 mins long, and one of the best movies on the subject.
I suggest this movie should be standard learning material in every school, as well as watched by every American adult.
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airglide1 year, 10 months ago
Don't steal. The IRS hates competition.
In the book, The Creature From Jekyll Island, Senator Aldrich said the sole purpose of the income tax was to control the disposable income of the individual. Part two of the Federal Reserve.
How thoughtless of me. Bill Clinton as president said we were contributors instead of tax payers.
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KingOfTruth1 year, 10 months ago
airglide: Bill Clinton as president said we were contributors instead of tax payers.
Didn't he also say....
When asked what's wrong with letting local school districts decide how best to spend federal education dollars, he replied, 'because it's not their money.'
To realize the full possibilities of this economy, we must reach beyond our own borders, to shape the revolution that is tearing down barriers and building new networks among nations and individuals, and economies and cultures: globalization.
The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow.
I can spend your money better than you can.
It depends on how you define "alone", there were a lot of times when we were alone, but I never really thought we were.
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truthiness1 year, 10 months ago
treasonous insanity
there out to be a law, oh wait...
what we need is reform, what we need is to retake control of our government
in fact theres a forum going on right now about organizing a constitutional convention to put end to abuses like this
http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2007/03/10/time-
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1stMarDiv1 year, 10 months ago
Very good start - think extreme term limits and severe penalties for corporate and political corruption. How about three Presidents! Why ONE! Each serve 4 years but not all elected in the same year. Political parties outlawed. Any two politicians caught making deals should be imprisoned! Want to be a politician - you work for free. Want to go to war - your kids first!, all war industries get paid the same as the field soldier, all political families must join front line fighting forces, all ceo families must likewise join front line fighting forces - the last to go should be the one with the least to gain.
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KingOfTruth1 year, 10 months ago
I have posted my list of the first seven things I want changed in a Constitutional Convention.....I would definitely add the fed and the IRS/income tax scam to that.....as well as anything else where the government takes peoples money to give to other people.....
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NelsonR1 year, 10 months ago
truthiness - I appreciate the article but it is wrong and it will put Americans in a bad situation. I am referring to the idea of yours about claiming exempt on your taxes and pay at the end of the Year instead and getting interest. Bad idea!! You will be assessed penalties and interest charges for underestimating. So please take that out of the post, its wrong.
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RedDwarf1 year, 10 months ago
the real horror thing is that if anyone is interested enough to do their own research, they will find the same names appearing for the conception of the league of nations, the United Nations and the funding for the establishment of Israel.
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1stMarDiv1 year, 10 months ago
I know where your going RedDwarf. You know they are all in the same boat. All we have to do is expose the history of the Bush Family and people should be very pi**ed! This is what I meant by this being a good tool for exposing. So what if they cry out - its about time! I would bet they some how are involved in this monetary scam!
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RedDwarf1 year, 10 months ago
Lol. i've given up trying 1st. Try saying that Prescott Bush was Hitlers personal financial advisor before WW2 and that he actually had 3 companies confiscated for trading with the enemy, then went on to become senator, no-one cares. A few years ago if i posted that, indignant people demanded proof. Now they aint interested. They will just carry on like everything is fine.
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AnvilHead1 year, 10 months ago
Actually Henry Ford was in this Jeckyl Island group. And he got an iron cross from you know who.
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johnb300m1 year, 10 months ago
I'll admit that I don't fully understand what the article is about.
But I did always feel it was a little weird as to how the value of my 1.00 dollar bill is only worth 1.00 because I "believe" it is worth that.
Once my trust in that piece of linnen is gone, the money is worthless.
If all Americans think like that one day, our economy is GONE.
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mivan41 year, 10 months ago
And how much did she make per hour? You have to put every thing in perspective. And our money is backed by something, The good faith of the US Government. Money today is valued by the world market, If you print more the value will go down and cause inflation. Therefore there is controls. Not that tying
our currency to gold is bad, but there comes a time when the volume of a metal like gold relies on exploritory finds. Salt
once was used as currency, Maybe we should go back to the salt standard; do you think that would work? Of course not its to plentiful now. Likewise a metal that is too rare is a problem also especially with the numbeer of people in the world today. Actually Fiat currency need not be a bad thing if done fairly, Money value should be based on several things. ie. The value of the Goods and SERVICES to the world
If we make a better mouse trap the value of our money goes
up. Service are harder to value but include Humanitartian aid and Millitary aid to the world.
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1stMarDiv1 year, 10 months ago
The Federal Reserve is a private BANK! not a government agency!!!! In case you were unaware.
We don't need to borrow money, we can make it! The constitution says so, Congress is solely responsible for this job!!!. When it is backed by gold or some other precious metal it then becomes worth something. All the federal reserve does is make more when its needed, so we can borrow it - thus we pay them interest on money they make up! Think about that. The best counterfieting operation on the planet!
Every single American works for them - even the umemployed ones!
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ZenAgain1 year, 10 months ago
And politicians have it in abundance. Tends to be a little hot though....
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r2me21 year, 10 months ago
I think that's called inflation. Please correct me if I am mistaken. The FR just prints money with nothing that backs it.
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fretslinger581 year, 10 months ago
I wonder how many people think slavery was abolished?
It's still with us, but the slaves have more creature comforts than they used to. It makes them less attentive to the problems. How many can live without a home loan, or a car loan, or credit card? Yet each time we use these, it empowers the ultra rich.
CEOs get richer, and the middle class gets poorer.
Inflated property values, escalated taxes,unauthorized wars, and some guy in charge of the Fed. reserve deciding how much interest I pay.
And, how little I'll make on my savings.
Great post!
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1stMarDiv1 year, 10 months ago
You, my friend have nailed it. I have done my best to strip myself of loans and credit cards, but it is hard to do. Katrina was a blessing for these people!
What do you call something that survives off of misery and pain, and knows that the host can not get rid of it without killing itself. The Federal Reserve!
By the way Greenspan would be the Field Boss for the Masta!
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r2me21 year, 10 months ago
Because you have to pay the interest and the bank has to make a lot of money out of it from your sweat. Nothing is free for the working class truthiness, NOTHING.
Not only our government by the private banks also. are ripping you off
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RedDwarf1 year, 10 months ago
Why shouldn't he complain?. You seem to be getting your jollies off by b1tching at him and he hasn't ripped you off in any way, unlike the banks. Do you think you're going to get an interest rate cut by having your bank managers poo stuck on the end of your nose?
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r2me21 year, 10 months ago
Simonsez, you show the philosophy of accepting everything and anything that's put on your plate.
It's OK to complain. Old Ben and his contemporaries complained because they didn't like the way king George was treating the English colonies and the Revolution started. If they hadn't complained, the British would have stayed.
There are big possibilities of getting big results when people complain.
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1-2-Oscar1 year, 10 months ago
James Weaver would roll over in his grave if he understood how these people had misappropriated and were misusing the name "Populist." In fact, the original Populist Party was founded on demands to increase and control the money supply, and the Federal Reserve System has accomplished that very well.
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1-2-Oscar1 year, 10 months ago
The source of the article is a website which calls itself "populistamerica.com." It is evident that it is you, and not I, who didn't read what was presented. But, then, you are typically a jerk here anyway.
If you would like to discuss the origins of the Populist Party, and the Ocala Platforms which advocated "free silver" (a way to increase the money supply), establishment of a mechanism to control interest rates (the Federal Reserve?), direct election of Senators, an income tax (which the current pretenders appear not to have noticed), and other issues, we can do that. After all, I have written a well-received book on the Populist Party.
But, in the meantime, I have every reason to expect that you will continue to be immature on line. It seems to be an ingrained habit of yours.
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mossback1 year, 10 months ago
You know, this is an example of paranioa in print. If the Federal Reserve is so bad, why are we the largest economy on the face of the earth? Why have we be been consistently in the top 5 countries for average personal income? Why do people want to come here for jobs and leave places that have gold-based monetary systems? Whomever wrote this article is delusional. It has no basis in reality.
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1stMarDiv1 year, 10 months ago
Name the countries with Gold based systems. I am curious, but I will research that. However, it is historical fact that President Wilson made a deal with these guys for monetary backing of his election bid. In return he was to PUSH through into law the Federal Reserve (a prvate bank). After doing this he made statements reflecting how he would be remembered as the one who sold the United States!
Oh yeah - Find the countries not in the World Banking system! You may be suprisingly shocked and disgusted at the same time!
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r2me21 year, 10 months ago
Yeah! The largest economy with the largest deficit and the largest internal debt. How on earth are we going to pay for that? It's true that the government is not an institution for profit but that doesn't mean it has to neglect the people they swore to serve. 40 M people have no health insurance, there is poverty everywhere, homeless around your neighbourhood, etc. The list could go on. The fact that the economy looks good for the DOW doesn't necessrily mean that the economy of the working class is in good condition, because it isn't. That is the reality for people who have children that go to bed with an empty estomach. Many families can only afford 1 or 2 meals a day for their children. I've been there, done that. So please don't tell me that the economy is blooming and we're just fine because we aren't. Try to go to bed with an empty stomach and let's see how you feel. That is the economy right now. Maybe the economy is good for the ones who handle it. Big executives.
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1stMarDiv1 year, 10 months ago
As I continue to say, The Great Illusion! Penetrating it takes a desire to do so, the haves desire not to because they have no need. Some haves do and they are called do gooders as an insult by jealous and envious other haves.
Think of Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution.
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Sandmn1 year, 10 months ago
Because of our ability to live on credit, or debt. This is why we always seems ranked so high for income and debt ratios.
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