The Federal Reserve is the largest player in the world’s largest economy.
It’s a behemoth that affects us all.
According to Ron Paul, “The Federal Reserve is more powerful than Congress.”
And it’s on a runaway train
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The Dangers of an All-powerful Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve is the largest player in the world’s largest economy. It’s a behemoth that affects us all.
– “The Federal Reserve is more powerful than Congress.” Ron Paul[3]
– And it’s on a runaway train
– Things cost 2230% more than at the Fed’s inception.
– While there was a 48% DECREASE in prices in the hundred years before.
Filled with Fiat Money
– Rapid expansion of the monetary base was used to purchase the toxic assets of the financial crisis. This enabled the reserve ratio to remain intact, in case there was a run on the banks. [6][7][8][9]
– With $1.2 trillion lent to the top 30 banks in the world. [10]
– A money supply that is too quickly increased risks hyperinflation. A risk to all of us, and particularly the elderly, who are often on fixed incomes.
The Engineer could be drunk
– Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” or Federal Reserve Transparency Act has passed resoundingly in the house 327 to 98.
– But has been held up in the Senate for over a year.
Only no one knows
– Using the Freedom of Information Act:
– Bloomberg LP requested information on toxic asset purchases by the FED
– The Federal Reserve Bank of NY responded that it is not “an agency” and thus the request is invalid.[11]
He’s rich enough to do whatever he wants
– The Fed is actually a private bank
– with 12 regional banks in
– Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, San Francisco
– Owned by 38% of the 8000 largest private banks
– Each required to keep 3% of their reserve as stock in the Fed.[12]
– Owned by other large private banks.
How money is created.
– The federal government goes into debt
– –>asks the Fed for a loan to cover this money
– –>Fed trades money for federal bonds
– –>Sells bonds to private investors, banks
– –>Taxpayer money pays off interest on loan
Who makes money?[13]
– Loan of $30 billion:
– Government: +$30 billion (from above)
– Taxpayers: -$50 billion (to pay off loan with interest over time)
– Investors: +$20 billion (from the interest)
He wrote a book on train wrecks.
– Responsibilities of the Fed:
– To Prevent
– Bubbles,
– which are high volume of trades where prices vary considerably with intrinsic value.
– By definition: When there is a prolonged mismatch between supply and demand. Too much money is chasing too few shares.
– But he was drunk then too.
– 1.) There is no economic theory on how to identify bubbles before they happen.
– 2.) Quantitative easing causes more bubbles, inflation, and market stability in the long run.
– Hold on…
– The Fed is subject to cronyism, political pressure, and lobbying. Let’s hope all of our bank accounts don’t start looking like our Nation’s.
SOURCES
– http://www.investopedia.com/university/thefed/fed2.asp
– http://www.pollingreport.com/institut.htm
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dZSZwKrI4Ss
– http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/calc/hist1800.cfm
– http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/AMBSL/downloaddata?cid=124
– http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobmcteer/2013/03/21/the-fed-has-not-been-printing-boatloads-of-money/
– http://www.lewrockwell.com/2007/04/ron-paul/the-most-dangerous-monopolist/
– http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/05/22/no-end-to-the-feds-asset-purchasing-til-2014-maybe/
– http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-us-fiat-dollar-ponzi-scheme-digital-money-used-to-purchase-toxic-assets-from-the-too-big-to-fail-global-banks/5336990
– http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-21/wall-street-aristocracy-got-1-2-trillion-in-fed-s-secret-loans.html
– http://www.wlf.org/Upload/legalstudies/legalopinionletter/102309Fleschert_LOL.pdf
– http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/federal-reserve-bank-ownership/
– http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/11-reasons-why-the-federal-reserve-is-bad
– http://www.jparsons.net/housingbubble/
– http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-survey_n_3826165.html
– http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/11-reasons-why-the-federal-reserve-is-bad
– http://thetruthwins.com/archives/ron-paul-and-the-federal-reserve
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_requirement
– http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323906804579036571835323800.html
– http://www.investopedia.com/university/thefed/fed4.asp
– http://www2.fdic.gov/sdi/main.asp
– http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763206.html
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard
– http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/about-the-fed/history/
