A Visual Guide to the Federal Reserve

These comments are hilarious.

What I’d like to know is why does the Ron Paul fan club use the internet as their playground? Obviously in a world without the Fed or the IRS, the internet would not exist for them to annoy the rest of us.

Please Ron Paulers, write a book-of-a-comment about why the government is secretly manipulating me so that they can fund a secret project at Area 51 to de-thaw the cryogentically frozen head of FDR (of course, frozen by aliens). Please spend a lot of time on it. The more time you spend on here spewing nonsense, the less time you’re spending elsewhere trying to ruin someone else’s attempts at enjoying their evening.

I like how this graphic is filled with hard, verifiable facts, and all of the vitrolic comments are filled with emotionally charged weasel words. Linking to a book on Amazon does not suffice as a counterpoint.

Hey Matt!

Show me the law that requires you to pay Federal Income tax on wages and I’ll send $100 to your PayPal account. I’ll give you a head start: be sure to check the legal definitions of words like “income” and “US Citizen” as used in the IRS Code. Don’t just assume that you already know what they mean because you don’t.

Russo’s video on Google, “America: Freedom to Fascism – Director’s Authorized Version” has a great part about a Failure to file tax case.

I’m waiting to pay you…

@James, exactly!

Ron Paul supporters are perhaps the most hypocritical/delusional people I have ever met.

They’re huge advocates for “free markets” yet they claim that David Rockefeller (whose grandfather became rich because of free markets) is involved with this “New World Order.” So basically, they’re saying that, “Rich people are planning a New World Order but I want to have free markets so they can become richer.” There’s a reason why big businesses hire lobbyists. It’s because they don’t have complete control over Washington politics. So they bribe those who are weak and the strong ones are socialists (according to Ron Paul supporters). The idea of Ron Paul’s “no government involved with markets” theory will resurrect the robber barons and it will further the gap between the rich and poor. Less government means more potential corruption in markets. It’s already corrupted enough. Why do we need less regulation? If there are free markets, big businesses won’t have to hire lobbyists anymore because they can pretty much do anything they won’t have to worry about the government preventing them from paying their employees $2 a week.

They complain about the “growing police state” and that border patrol officers are using “unnecessary force” to achieve fascism.

Ron Paul is against vaccination for swine flu. Supporters know that he’s a doctor so they think that he must be credible. Wrong. He’s an obstetrician which means he knows more about vagina than viruses. 25 People Died?! And somehow that had to do with the vaccine? MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TOOK THE SAME VACCINE TOO AND DIDN’T DIE EITHER. And the swine flu right now seems to be growing problem and this guy is still advocating ignorance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5-Y08qbjo

Ron Paul was against “bailing out” the victims of Huricane Katrina yet he was all for “bailing out” his district. I’m pretty sure the representative of New Orleans would disagree. Judging from the comments on that video, Ron Paulers are loons. Their argument is that “Ron Paul is just doing his job”…yeah…so was the representative from New Orleans and Tim Russert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmhkbIDwK50

They complain about the government “spying” on their citizens and that the constitution is sacred. Well, sorry to bust you Ron Paulers, but 20 years from now, our grandchildren will be laughing at us. Because 20 years from now, EVERYTHING will be monitored, tagged, and recorded because 20 years from now, technology will be so readily available that an ordinary guy from Ohio could probably make a nuclear bomb in his backyard.

Overall, I think they’re just a bunch of hipsters who think it’s alternatively cool to vote for third party (because no one else is going to) and they think V for Vendetta is a true story.

Wow, the comments here are just ridiculous. You want to end the Federal Reserve Bank because some other guy from another part of the Internet told you that it was a good idea. In reality, you have no freaking clue what the FED even does. And calling this propaganda is just another one of your “conspiracy theories.”

There’s really one idea that we can really all agree upon. It’s the fact that people on the board of directors at the Federal Reserve Bank are just as capable of being succumbed to greed and power similar to politicians in Washington. So while you’re calling Obama a socialist, you’re becoming a socialist yourself because you’re against the greedy capitalist pigs that work at the Federal Reserve Bank.

And stop it with your NWO bullshit. If you want your “so-called” NWO to fail, then say no to corporations and say no to powerful individuals with billions of dollars that attend . But then again…that will make y’all hypocrites because you’re all for capitalism and you’re all for the good old fashion free market system. Am i rite?

@James That’s preposterous! Just take the head out of the freezer and it’ll thaw.

I, too, hate it when people comment on topics they’re passionate about. They should learn to keep their mouths shut, especially when it comes to criticism of the government. Comment sections are reserved for trolling.

The other day I read a blog supporting gun control. To my surprise, most of the comments were negative! It really annoyed me that these people disagreed with me. They completely ruined five out of my six attempts to enjoy the evening. What gives them the right to voice their opinions, anyway?

@James:
I don’t think people here are using the internet as their playground. Free discussion is the only way to test the merits of opposing ideas. For whatever reason, no one has really presenting any arguments to the many people pointing out the problems with the Fed, so it appears there aren’t any. I wish there would be a real discussion instead of labeling or pigeon holing by defenders of central banking.
@Lee Sherman:
It wouldn’t seem like possible truth if it were argued against with facts and or logical points.

@ James
@ Joe
@Simple-minded people

Ok. So let me get this straight. You’re tired of people passionately writing about a topic on a blog?

Whoa, ok, good thing that I’m a 1st grade elementary teacher, because I actually specialize in explaining complex ideas to simple minds.

K, lets start with this:

What is a blog? A blog is short for “weblog”. A weblog is a collaborative space on the internet where people, if passionate or motivated enough, can share and express ideas, thoughts, and information. Once again, this requires passion and/or concern, for the sake of motivational writing.

A common feature in a vast majority of blogs is the “comments” section, usually located below the blog article itself. The comments section was designed for the blog’s readers to show their appreciation, dismay, agreement, or disagreement to the related article. Once again, a motivated act, which accompanies passion and/or concern.

So, there…now you know what a blog is, why it has a comments section, and why both of these components often include passionate remarks.

And by the way, for all the readers and posters on this blog, I’d like to point out the peaceful collaboration, intellect, and respect being shown by those who have made comments critical of the federal reserve, and compare that to the rudeness, ignorance, and blatantly immature and disrespectful attitude of those who defend and support the Fed.

Coincidence? I think not. Intellectualism, collective wisdom, and respect has always, and will always, win in the long-term.

Jess
first and foremost you are in the same problem that we are in, unless you work for them, the bank cartel. It is clear that you are new to this because there is an insurmountable amount of quotes against central bank by the the founding fathers and good portion of presidents since the beginning of this country. As you quoted three people, but failed to quote 1)benjamin franklin; 2) Andrew jackson 3) thomas Jefferson 4) woodrow wilson eventual comment on the fed 5) Congressman Lindberg 6) Congressman McFadden 7) nobel prize winner milton friendman, etc.
The board of governors is selected from a group and by the advise of the federal advisory committee. There has never been a board of governor selected outside this federal advisory committee. In the flaherty article as well as the article on this page there is never a mention of FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING , and how that affect inflation. Neither flaherty nor this article explain how a car in 1970 cost $5000 and today it cost $50,000 despite inprovements in robotics which should have made the manufacture of the car cheaper. jess my friend, as you go to the grocery store and notice that yesterdays milk has increase in price, remember, you as a wage earner, is the last to adjust to the prize. Neither the Flaherty article nor the can bring to logic why on earth…does money…have to come into circulation by debt!!! why why why. Money is suppose to aid commerce, that is all. Why are you so convince that money has to be borrowed into circulation? PLEASE PLEASE SHOW ME THE LOGIC.
To prove that there is a far reaching conspiracy, pick up a college textbook on tax law. In the college text book they will teach you that: 1) the 16th amendment created the income tax 2) that the income tax is a direct tax 3) that the 16th amendment overturned the pollock decision. But if you read the supreme court archives you will plainly read that the supreme court stated unanimously that 1) the 16th amendment did not give congress any new taxing power 2)that the income tax is in its nature is an indirect tax 3) that the 16th amendment did not affect the pollock decision. There is no where in title 26 a law that makes you tax liable for the particular activity that produces your income.
All i have to say is that…if we continue to argue about ending the fed… we are going to loose this country.

Jess? I like how you pinpointed certain certain critics that you could easily criticize (though your criticisms had little to do with any evidence reflecting the validity or accuracy of their opinions). So what that Aaron Russo directed “Trading Places” ? I’m sure there’s several economists who may have had prior jobs unrelating to their particular field, but does it make their job or opinion disqualifying? Perhaps the economist Alan Greenspan once had a job as a jazz musician (see wikipedia: Alan Greenspan), but I don’t necessarily see you looking that up and using it against him as a criticism of his reputation. So what if Ron Paul or Aaron Russo had prior jobs, hobbies, and interests? What exactly is your point, if valid?

Secondly, you hand-picked the particularly easy critics to abuse. Why don’t you perhaps try debunking the more important and key players of America’s fight against cnetral bank, as opposed to the little guys who are easier to pick on.

Here’s a list of people for you to debunk, criticize, and prove wrong. All of these men were our nations most hardcore critics of centralised banking, and I would like for you to back up your circumstantial opinions by showing all of us here at this forum how, and why these men were wrong, and if not wrong, how their opinions differ from modern day critics such as Paul and Russo.

List of critics:

George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson (upon later regret)
John F. Kennedy

I encourage you to educate yourself further by reading the memoirs and quotations all of these men individually gave concerning their strong stances against a system of centralized banking run by private corporations.

@Jess

Here ya’ go:

Griffin responds to Flaherty, point by point.

http://www.freedomforceinternational.org/freedomcontent.cfm?fuseaction=meetflaherty

One thing which I fear most is that the Bank Cartel has acquired controlling interest in many corporations such that if we attempt to take away their monopoly on money, they will conspire to do something drastic (like they did in 1907)for a political effect. Remember, a century of boom and burst have given them control of commerce, maybe more so than we realize.

Looks Like the Tinfoil hat brigade is out in full force on this thread. Keep up the entertainment folks!

-Bill

…and yes, I am a member of the secret International Banking committee who controls economic cycles and the weather.

Well I think we can now see that mint is not giving a “fresh” take on finance.

The most frustrating thing about Ron Paul supporters is that they say they oppose the Fed, but they don’t do anything about it outside of the rigged game of politricks.

I just picked up the book 5 STEPS TO FREEDOM: How to Cut Your Dependence on Institutions and Escape Financial Slavery. If Ron Paul supporters are as smart as they say they are, they follow that book… then we’ll see how many of them there really are.

just watched “Zeitgeist” and was amazed by the central bank history shown. And if even the 50% of the so called facts shown about the central reserve bank are true then its really admirable how a small bunch of people are cntrolling the life of whole US and world.

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson

Does any one need to say more!!!!!

James Madison was quoted saying “History records that the”money changers” have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it’s issuance.”

One ongoing circle 8(