On December 23, 1913, Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act. The result? The greatest theft in the history of the world! A U.S. Federal debt of over $5,000,000,000,000, the loss of America's gold and silver reserves. and the devastation of our economy!
Few know that the Federal Reserve is not a U.S. government agency but a privately owned banking system. Perhaps you don't believe that? Mr. Lewis was injured by a Federal Reserve vehicle and sued the U.S. government. On April 17, 1982, the court ruled: "...that since the Federal Reserve System and its twelve branch banks are private corporations, the federal government could not be held responsible." Lewis vs U.S., 608F 2d 1239 (1982) |
Previous Federal Banking History
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" If the American People ever allow the
banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and
then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around
them will deprive the people of all property, until their children will
wake up homeless on the continent their fathers occupied. The issuing of
money should be taken from the banks and restored to Congress and the people
to whom it belongs." -Thomas Jefferson |
Alexander Hamilton lobbied for the first privately-owned Federal Bank, and in 1789 Congress chartered the bank for 20 years. In 1811 President Jefferson refused to renew the charter for the bank stating, "I sincerely believe the banking institutions having the issuing power of money are more dangerous to liberty than standing armies."
| In 1816 Congress established the second Federal Bank. But, President Jackson , overiding Congress, closed it in 1836 commenting," The bold effort the present bank had made to control the government ... are but premonitions of the fate that await the American people should they be deluded into a perpetuation of this institution or the establishment of another like it." |  |
Prior to Federal Reserve Act, Congress held hearings on the "Money Trusts". They found outstanding control over credit resources of the country by J.P. Morgan and allied investment firms. -Congressional Report 1593, 62nd Congress, 3rd Session
"Since it would be fatal to Senator Aldrich's plan to have it known that he was calling on anybody from Wall Street to help him in preparing his report and bill, precautions were taken... asked to go were Henry Davidson, Paul Wauberg, Ben Strong and myself. From Washington came A. Piatt Andrew Jr. .. We were told to leave our names behind us...We were instructed to come one at a time and as unobrusively as possible to the railroad terminal.. Where Senator Aldrich's private car would be in readiness... Discovery, we knew . simply must not happen...If it were exposed publicly that our particualr group had written a banking bill, that bill would have no chance whatever of passage by Congress... although the Aldrich Federal Reserve plan was defeated, its essential points were contained in the plan that was finally adapted... "- Paul Vanderlip- "From Farm Boy to Financer", Saturday Evening Post, Feb 5, 1935. ( They represented : Rothshild, J.P. Morgan, Kuuhn Loeb, or Rockefeller, who together controlled over one-fourth of the world's wealth.)
"The new (Federal Reserve) law will create inflation whenever the trusts want a period of inflation... Now, if the trusts can get another period of inflation, they figure they can unload the stocks on the people at high prices during the excitement and then bring on a panic and buy them back at low prices... The people may not know it immediately, but the day of reckoning is only a few years removed."- Congressman Lindbergh, ( the aviator's father) Congressional Record, Dec, 22, 1913
In 1913 Congress established the Fed to end periods of U.S. inflation and recession. Sixteen years later, as predicted by Lindbergh, came the worst financial depression in U.S. history.
Although many economists state that the depression was the result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, which increased duties on imports, it should be noted that the bill was not signed into law until April 1930, eight months after the crash.
Others thought differently. " When business in the United States underwent a mild contraction in 1927,the Federal Reserve created more paper reserves in the hope of forestalling any possible bank reserve shortage. ... More disastrous, however, was the Federal Reserve's attempt to assist Great Britain... The excess credit spilled over into the stock market - triggering a fantastic speculative boom... As a result, the American economy collapsed." - Alen Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman - "Gold and Economic Freedom,"
Incidently the "Money Trust" bankers made fortunes in the crash. They had, amazingly, removed their funds from the market just before the crash. "It was not an accident, it was a carefully contrived occurance. The international bankers sought to bring about a condition of despair here so that they might emerge as rulers of us all." - Louis B. McFadden, Chairman, House Banking Committee.
Another bill co-sponsored by Senator Aldrich was the 16th Amendment
creating the Income Tax. As a consequence, the IRS was established
to collect taxes to compensate for tariff losses resulting from the Underwood
Trade Bill, which cancelled most tariffs. Instead the IRS has been used
to support the Fed.
Doubting the 16th Amendment was actually ratified, Bill Benson and
Red Beckman traveled the 48 states, gathering certified documents. According
to the two volume work, " The Law That Never Was,"
the amendment was not properly ratified by even one state!
Can you imagine a Congress which has permitted the IRS to acquire such
powers that even they are intimidated by the agency. Talk about negligence.
Frequently resorting to outright confiscation, the IRS refuses to permit
a jury trial unless the assessed taxes are paid first. You are guilty until
proven innocent!
THE FINAL TOUCHES
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In 1933 President Roosevelt confiscated our gold. In 1965,
under President Johnson, silver was removed from coins. And in 1978, during
President Carter's administration, Congress took us off the gold standard.
The American people were robbed, and did nothing!
Even if you have cash, it isn't true money, Read it, it's a Federal Reserve
Note. Worse yet, it's an unsecured , an indebtedness for which no security
has been pledged. It is known as fiat money.
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Because it is not backed by anything of true value, our currency can
be devalued at any time. In Peru their fiat money was devalued 1,000,000
to 1 overnight!
Compared to a dollar in 1900, today's U.S. dollar is worth about five cents.
It has been the devaluation of the dollar, not inflation, which has reduced
its buying power.!
The Federal Reserve Way
If
the Fed issues $100 billion at 10% to the banks, the banks will have to
repay $110 billion at year's end. But, only $100 billion was put into circulation
so there isn't $110 billion available, and the $10 billion shortage becomes
debt.
All money is borrowed from banks, and is known as debt money. If someone
borrows $100,000 at 10% to open a company, they put money into circulation
and the economy improves. But when they repay the loan plus the interest,
($110,000) to the bank, more is removed from circulation than was added,
and the economy suffers. With debt money, if all debts were repaid, there
would be no money in circulation!
Fractional Reserve Banking
Equally as bad is Fractional Reserve Banking.
Banks, and the Fed, loan additional money above their cash assets at a
percentage set by the Fed. For example, if the fractional reserve is set
at 10% and a bank has $1 million on deposit (10% of $10 million), they
can loan an additional $9 million- money they do not have! But they charge
interest on this imaginary money that they loan! Thus banks are printing
money in the form of checks. It is fraudulent and unconstitutional , but
as long as other banks, businesses, and people honor the checks it functions
as money. This illegal act by banks has been one of the primary causes
of panics and depressions throughout history.
" When the Federal Reserve Act was passed, the people of the United States did not perceive that a world banking system was being set up here. A superstate controlled by international bankers and industrialists acting together to enslave the world for their own pleasure. Every effort has been made to conceal its powers but the truth is - the Fed has usurped the government."- Louis B. McFadden, Chairman, House Banking Committee, 1933
How can the Fed actually control the United States? By decreasing interest rates the Fed can create an economic upswing causing stock values to rise. Conversly, increasing interest rates causes the economy to falter. Who is blamed for recessions? Not the Fed! Pity the president who disagrees with the agenda of the Fed. And the taxpayers pay them to have such control!
| "Let me issue and control a nation's money, and I care not who writes its laws" - Meyer Rothschild (1743-1812) |
This may sound impossible, but the Fed writes a check on an account in which there is no money. The check is accepted as money by the creditor's bank, and it is eventually returned to the Fed.
Consider how the public debt is increased. When more money is needed, the Fed sells Treasury Bonds (pieces of paper) for the amount required. These bonds are sold at an interest rate set by the Fed. Treasury then sends the printed currency to the Fed which pays a few pennies for each printed bill. The money is then sent to banks for issue as debt money.
However, unlike government agencies, the Fed must pay for postage on mail and the real estate taxes on their properties.
They Don't Even Work For Us
Although the president appoints members of the Federal Reserve Board of governors, their 14 year terms mean they can outlast presidential influences. Federal Reserve workers are not civil service employees.
In "Secrets of the Federal Reserve", Eustace Mullins states that the principal shareholders of the Fed are: the Rothschilds, Lazard Feres, Israel Schiff, Kuhn-Loeb Co., Warburg Co., Lehman Brothers, Goldman-Sachs, the Rockefeller family, and the J.P. Morgan interests. To whom does the Fed owe its allegiance?
The Constitutional Way
Constitutional money is gold or silver. Originally these precious metals were sent by owners to the mint and transformed into coins. This money was then spent into the economy and remained in circulation. Every dollar improved the economy of the country , and , in an exchange of goods for money, the seller received true value in gold or silver, or in gold or silver certificates.
Even if Congress were to issue debt money the interest would be returned to the U.S. Treasury, not to a private bank.
Why Congress Loves the Fed
Why would members of Congress continue to support such an evil entity as the Fed? Because, since our currency is not backed by gold or silver, Congress can spend all it wants knowing full well that the Fed will provide them with the money, They will not have to raise taxes- they just put us deeper in debt!
In its entire history the Fed has never been
Audited!
Hypertexted from the Original Publication
by:
Citizens for Better Government, Gainesville, Fla.
Last Modified: June 2, 1998
