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God, Honest Abe must be rolling in his grave.
Woodrow Wilson gave us the Federal Reserve....in essence giving control of the entire monetary system to private bankers. There was no such thing as income tax until 1919. After the first world war was settled and the debt piled up was called in Germany riled up by Hitler revolted and we know what transpired from there. From all the unbridled "Free market" economics during the same period we lived through the dirty 30s depression FDR brought in the "New Deal" and many trade unions organized to bring about a bigger slice for ordinary workers in the form of minimum wages, shorter work hours...in those days it was common to work six 12 hour days a week. Child labor laws, better working conditions, holidays, pensions and health care benefits were added to the list.
FDR also enacted regulations to the banking system to prevent unbridled greed from ruining it again....Republican presidents Nixon (who took out the gold standard in 1972) Reagan, and both Bushs' further deregulated the economic system to bring us to this point in time.
The last time before modern times a monetary system was ever rejected by a more powerful entity was when the Pope declared the Knights Templar as unholy agents of Satan centuries ago. The shake out from that decision was indeed bloody, and it was the Templars who did the bleeding.
There are many points in this thread that illuminate truth in this subject.
Until we rid ourselves as a species of rich, powerful greedy pricks who enslave the masses of humanity of their ideal control and wealth concentration, we will go through the rest of history repeating man's inhumanity to men.
The simple fact is the "Massa's" aint whippin black folks from horseback.........they are doing it from lobby seats in pinstriped suits in Washington these days. Truth is if you are in debt, yer massa's the banker from the "Praise the Lord an pass the ammo" crowd who get fed before you or your family is.
Interestingly enough a mortgage on a home implies in debt till death..."Morte" being Latin for death. Most mortgages last 20-30 years....for those students of the Bible, read Deuteronomy in the Old Testament.....a few lines in it are dedicated to the notion of debt, from what I recall 7 years time to repay a creditor is the upper limit, and if not repaid must be forgiven.
Where is Dubya's pals the haves and have mores on this? In fact Jesus preached helping the poor and the only incidence of his violence was when he turned tables on moneychangers in the temple. (Moneychangers were like bankers in those days) for a fee, you could buy your sacrifice.
Truth is what it is.
*My use of the word "Massa's" is not intended to offend in a racist dialog....in context my intent is to highlight the role of slave owners and the fact people who are indebted a lifetime are in essence slaves to banks, whether on a personal basis or by virtue of governments worldwide who en-debt their people to them.
And if I piss off bankers and their ilk.....
