Every so often I come across a book that for one reason or another I can't bring myself to finish. Though this book was one of them, I felt that I owed it to myself, as well as my Goodreads friends, to finish. It is a story that needs to be told. That being the case, I am breaking this what may be a rather long review into two parts. The first paragraph is a concise review that I hope you read, and if you are stimulated to read more, then read my review in its entirety.



Basically, this story is a

Every so often I come across a book that for one reason or another I can't bring myself to finish. Though this book was one of them, I felt that I owed it to myself, as well as my Goodreads friends, to finish. It is a story that needs to be told. That being the case, I am breaking this what may be a rather long review into two parts. The first paragraph is a concise review that I hope you read, and if you are stimulated to read more, then read my review in its entirety.



Basically, this story is about the Federal Reserve, which in spite of the name is not part of the government but rather a cartel of bankers. They had met in great secrecy on Jekyll Island to formulate plans for yet another attempt to create a central bank, even though earlier attempts failed miserable. Through their shenanigans and subterfuge they got the laws passed to allow them to take over the American banking industry. Since then these bankers have manipulated the markets through their control of the dollar generating printing presses, in spite of the Constitution stating that only gold and silver can be used as money. And they do it for their own good, and in doing so have created wars, recession, depressions, revolutions and even genocide. If you read no further than this paragraph, just remember that no bank is too big to fail and the laws allowing the Federal Reserve must be rescinded least we all are someday reduced to nothing more than modern day serfs. And if you are so naïve to think it can't happen, go visit the poor in their tents or the rich in their doomsday bunkers (read castles).



This book taught me a lot about history. The great banking family of Rothschild were well established in Germany and England. They more or less ran the bank of England. It didn't matter that the English hated Jews, the Rothschilds learned to hid in the limelight and run the banks from the shadows. Both Wellington and Napoleon built up their armies with Rothschild gold. In time they expanded their operations to America were great fortunes were to be made.



Did you know that Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, was what we would call a racist today? I checked out his speech as mentioned in this book. Sure enough, he believed that slaves should be free, but that they were below the white man. They shouldn't vote, hold public office, and certainly not intermarry with whites! He probably rolled over in his grave when Obama was elected. He thought slavery was wrong but that was no reason to take up arms against the South. What did matter was that the South wanted to leave the union for economic reasons, mainly for what the banks were doing to them. Once the shooting started Lincoln violated the Constitution over and over, yet they still couldn't beat the South. The foreign bankers saw an opportunity. British troops moved into Canada and French troops were stationed in Mexico. They might have moved in to pick up the pieces had not the Russians sent two fleets, one to the Atlantic and the other to the Pacific coasts of the North. It was then that Lincoln in a moment of brilliance emancipated the slaves and made the war of succession a crusade. Neither the English nor French people would stand for their governments hindering this crusade. And from that point the South was doomed.



According to the author the bankers care nothing for any country. They only care about making money. They control the IMF/World Bank and freely give out loans knowing they will never be repaid. They are only interested in collecting the interest and if the loans go bad the US taxpayer, not the banks, will cover them. And it matters not the these loans are often used to enrich dictators rather than help the poor.



One of the great evils of the Fed is inflation. Politicians want money but are afraid to raise taxes (too much) so the Fed creates money out of thin air for them and these fiat dollars dilute your buying power. Let's see, a Chevy Suburban listed for $4707 in 1975. What do they go for now, $67,900? The Fed creates fiat dollars, that are worthless, so they push legal tender laws to force you to use them. I could go on and on and still not give away too many spoilers.



At this point I will stop. I have never felt so passionate about a book or cause in quite a long time. Ignore those reviewers who blow it off by using such connotations as conspiracy theories and such. Look around you and see if things get better every time the head of the Fed opens their mouth!

