|
|
We appreciate your help
in keeping this site going.
|
|
03-23-2012, 02:39 PM
|
|
Possibly admin. Maybe ;)
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Land of the burning river
Posts: 21,098
|
|
That's interesting, thanks!
"their combined assets equate to half of our nation’s GDP"
And that's scary
Pete
__________________
“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.”
|
03-23-2012, 04:37 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,252
|
|
Thats what I thought as well. Very scary.
|
03-24-2012, 07:49 AM
|
|
Resident octogenarian
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
|
|
Remember your history and what happened when Jackson killed the central bank.
__________________
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
|
03-24-2012, 08:48 AM
|
|
Area Man
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Swamp
Posts: 27,407
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylander
Remember your history and what happened when Jackson killed the central bank.
|
Why don't you post the story in the "History" forum? Refresh our memories.
Dave
__________________
"When the lie is so big and the fog so thick, the Republican trick can play out again....."-------Frank Zappa
|
03-24-2012, 09:46 AM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 10,348
|
|
“Capital must protect itself in every possible way, both by combination and legislation. Debts must be collected, mortgages foreclosed as rapidly as possible. When, through the process of law, the common people lose their homes, they will become more docile and more easily governed through the strong arm of government applied by a central power of wealth under leading financiers. These truths are well known among our principal men who are now engaged in forming an imperialism to govern the world. By dividing the voter through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting for questions of no importance. It is thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves that which has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished.”
— Montagu Norman, Governor of The Bank Of England
addressing the United States Bankers' Association, NYC 1924
Guess that's one way to skin the cat.
Chas
|
03-24-2012, 11:04 AM
|
|
Area Man
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Swamp
Posts: 27,407
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles
“Capital must protect itself in every possible way, both by combination and legislation. Debts must be collected, mortgages foreclosed as rapidly as possible. When, through the process of law, the common people lose their homes, they will become more docile and more easily governed through the strong arm of government applied by a central power of wealth under leading financiers. These truths are well known among our principal men who are now engaged in forming an imperialism to govern the world. By dividing the voter through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting for questions of no importance. It is thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves that which has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished.”
— Montagu Norman, Governor of The Bank Of England
addressing the United States Bankers' Association, NYC 1924
Guess that's one way to skin the cat.
Chas
|
Really? So allowing financial decline to occur places the well-heeled in a position to exploit the plight of the masses? (LET IT FAIL! ) Couple this with the constant barrage of silly diversionary tactics, such as "Rescuing American Families" or "Preserving Marriage" for instance, and you have the recipe for establishing unhindered top down rule?
I wholeheartedly agree.
The Corporatocracy never did like having to answer to anyone. Still doesn't.
Dave
__________________
"When the lie is so big and the fog so thick, the Republican trick can play out again....."-------Frank Zappa
|
03-24-2012, 03:27 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,252
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylander
Remember your history and what happened when Jackson killed the central bank.
|
Yes I know what happened. Inflation skyrocketed, Federal debt had to be paid with actual gold or silver, and this country was plunged into a very long depression. If I am not mistaken Madison and Gallitin created the 2nd central bank to make it easier to pay for the war of 1812.
Jackson vetoed the five year charter Congress voted for claiming the bank was corrupt and was influencing elections.
We need a central banking system. The Fed is a loose cannon right now. The little bits of information Bernie Sanders and others was able to get out of the Fed showed that in addition to the nearly 1 trillion TARP bailout the Fed gave banks an additional, and the numbers are all over the place, 2 to 14 trillion dollars. I tend to believe the former and not Ron Paul's wild assertions of 14 trillion with 5 trillion going to bail out foreign banks. The point is we don't know what the Fed does with our money.
One of the original followers of Ayn Rand was none other than Allen Greenspan. How many years did he head up the Fed...nineteen? Don't take my word for it read his words.
http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/bio/turbulence.html
The damage Greenspan did to this country in that nearly twenty years may never be undone. He even admitted it when testifying before Congress, but our traditional media is to stupid to pick up on it and run with it.
It is time for complete oversight of the Fed by Congress. The only problem is the Capitol building is a permanent circus tent with clowns dressed in their $110,000 Alexander Amosu suits doing their act,"lets fuck the poor, the middle class, and the elderly". Read the Ryan budget plan if you don't believe me. /rant
|
03-25-2012, 08:37 AM
|
|
Resident octogenarian
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by wgrr
Yes I know what happened. Inflation skyrocketed, Federal debt had to be paid with actual gold or silver, and this country was plunged into a very long depression. If I am not mistaken Madison and Gallitin created the 2nd central bank to make it easier to pay for the war of 1812.
Jackson vetoed the five year charter Congress voted for claiming the bank was corrupt and was influencing elections.
We need a central banking system. The Fed is a loose cannon right now. The little bits of information Bernie Sanders and others was able to get out of the Fed showed that in addition to the nearly 1 trillion TARP bailout the Fed gave banks an additional, and the numbers are all over the place, 2 to 14 trillion dollars. I tend to believe the former and not Ron Paul's wild assertions of 14 trillion with 5 trillion going to bail out foreign banks. The point is we don't know what the Fed does with our money.
The newest economic wonderkind Paul Ryan is also a follower of Rand.
One of the original followers of Ayn Rand was none other than Allen Greenspan. How many years did he head up the Fed...nineteen? Don't take my word for it read his words.
http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/bio/turbulence.html
The damage Greenspan did to this country in that nearly twenty years may never be undone. He even admitted it when testifying before Congress, but our traditional media is to stupid to pick up on it and run with it.
It is time for complete oversight of the Fed by Congress. The only problem is the Capitol building is a permanent circus tent with clowns dressed in their $110,000 Alexander Amosu suits doing their act,"lets fuck the poor, the middle class, and the elderly". Read the Ryan budget plan if you don't believe me. /rant
|
It was Greenspan, Rubin and Geithner who sabotaged Brooksley Born when she tried to have derivatives regulated. Had they listened to her we might have averted the crash.
__________________
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
|
03-27-2012, 08:20 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,252
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylander
It was Greenspan, Rubin and Geithner who sabotaged Brooksley Born when she tried to have derivatives regulated. Had they listened to her we might have averted the crash.
|
I can't disagree.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:32 PM.
|