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697 (Seven) - Is it a Magical Number?
by dlarson
Seven is so ingrained in our traditions, theology, and time keeping system that it seems "magical" in nature. published 8 months ago
69Nelson Aldrich: the Rockefeller's Middle Man who crafted the Income Tax and the Central Federal Reserve System
by thecounterpunch
"There are two distinct classes of men...those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes." -- Thomas Paine (1737–1809), pamphleteer and revolutionary "You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe... published 2 years ago
70Jesus, the Astrological Zodiac and the Ancient Egyptian Religion
by thecounterpunch
Part One: The Greatest Story Ever Told This is the sun. As far back as 10 thousand B.C.E., history is abundant with carvings [M] and writings reflecting... published 12 months ago
65First Bank of the United States: the first US Central Bank
by thecounterpunch
The First Bank of the United States was needed because the government had a debt from the Revolutionary War, and each state had a different form of currency. It was built while Philadelphia was still the... published 2 years ago
58Ron Paul on Federal Reserve: the power to transfer wealth from the middle class to the rich class
by thecounterpunch
The Federal Reserve Monopoly over Money April 9, 2007 Recently I had the opportunity to question Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke when he appeared before the congressional Joint Economic... published 18 months ago
73Milton Friedman on the Central Federal Reserve Bank
by thecounterpunch
“The Federal Reserve definitely caused the Great Depression by contracting the amount of money in circulation by one-third from 1929 to 1933.” -- Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize winning economist,... published 2 years ago
71Federal Reserve Act: the most Influential Act in US/World History since the Constitution
by thecounterpunch
"In his final Senate years, Aldrich chaired the National Monetary Commission. His Aldrich Plan, providing for flexible cash reserves, was the forerunner of the Federal Reserve System." -- Senate.gov "This... published 2 years ago
64Did the $4.8 billion loan from the IMF to Russia finance the Chelsea football club and the Runicom trading group
by thecounterpunch
From the Times: For the first time, the Swiss have revealed why they were forced to abandon their investigation: Russia and the United States, it has emerged, refused to divulge what they knew about the... published 2 years ago
45ECB must today go up tax of interest for 4,25 percent
by loansandmortgage
The generality of the analysts believes that the advice of governors of today goes, to the end of 11 months, to move in the price of the money. The European Central banking (ECB) must today increase the tax of... published 5 months ago
64John Kenneth Galbraith on the Central Federal Reserve Bank
by thecounterpunch
-- John Kenneth Galbraith From his last book The Economics of Innocent Fraud : The Fed, for all its power and prestige, effectively does nothing, says Galbraith. In his view, America's Federal... published 2 years ago
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