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The Creature from Jekyll Island - The Federal Reserve
Google ^ | 1990's? | G. Edwards Griffin

Posted on 03/22/2009 5:23:22 AM PDT by trtdenver

Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magician's secrets are unveiled. Here is a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, the pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. A boring subject? Just wait. You'll be hooked in five minutes. It sounds like a detective story, which it really is, but it's all true. Based on Mr. Griffin's book of the same title, this address will shatter your old ideas about money and change the way you view the world.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: fed; federalreserve; gedwardgriffin; jekyllisland
A good audio of a lecture by G. Edwards Griffin explaining how the Federal Reserve was created and why. This lecture was in the mid 1990's and I thought in times like these that anyone who isn't aware of the Federal Reserve...should be.
1 posted on 03/22/2009 5:23:22 AM PDT by trtdenver
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To: trtdenver

one of the best about the federal reserve


2 posted on 03/22/2009 5:26:13 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: trtdenver
It should be on everyone’s shelf of critical books.

It should be reviewed once a year.

“None Dare Call it Conspiracy” is another.

3 posted on 03/22/2009 5:31:16 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (The Stimulus Package: Preamble to the Democrat's new Declaration of In Dependence)
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To: trtdenver

This is the same old kookery that’s been posted a million times.


4 posted on 03/22/2009 5:41:38 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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Okay, Moonman62, how does the Federal Reserve work and why was it created? I am willing to listen to all theories.


5 posted on 03/22/2009 5:51:23 AM PDT by trtdenver
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About 10 years ago, when I was realizing that I didn't understand anything about economics, "The Creature From Jekyll Island" was the first book I bought to begin my self-education.

You could do worse. Follow it up with Thomas Sowell's "Basic Economics" and you'll know more about what's going on than 90% of the population -- and 100% of Congress.

6 posted on 03/22/2009 5:57:18 AM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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If you really want to have some fun, when in NYC, take the free tour of the NY Fed and the Gold Vault. I did so last week. I was the only American, the rest were Asians. There was a brief video clip before going into the vault. It explained that gold was a relic of the past, not a barbarous on as Keynes said, and that now a days money rested on the full faith and credit of the US Government. By this point we were all smirking and holding back laughs. It was the day the Fed created $1.25 trillion out of thin air. But the gold vault is an architectural masterpiece, holding 7,000 of European gold that was deposited during the run-up to WWII and is well worth the trip.


7 posted on 03/22/2009 6:47:12 AM PDT by appeal2 (Brilliance is the act of an individual, but great stupidity is reserved for the Government)
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To: trtdenver
how does the Federal Reserve work

In what way? Be specific.

why was it created?

The Panic of 1907 showed we needed a lender of last resort, besides J.P. Morgan.

8 posted on 03/22/2009 6:48:06 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Havoc has been back since September. Or was it April?)
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okay...so what has happened since then? Are you saying the Fed is the lender of last resort?


9 posted on 03/22/2009 6:54:34 AM PDT by trtdenver
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okay...so what has happened since then?

Ask open ended questions much?

Are you saying the Fed is the lender of last resort?

Of course they are.

10 posted on 03/22/2009 7:18:49 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Havoc has been back since September. Or was it April?)
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To: trtdenver

“Where does money come from?”

I get mine from the bank.


11 posted on 03/22/2009 7:31:42 AM PDT by bilhosty (Welcome to Eat the Press)
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To: trtdenver

Thanks for posting. Was it the Fed that said, “I just saved a bunch of money on my con-game by switching to Geithner”, or am I confusing them with something else? /commercial sarcasm

Fed up.


12 posted on 03/22/2009 7:37:21 AM PDT by PGalt
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“Where does money come from?”

I get mine from the bank.

I didn't know Willie Sutton was a Freeper : )

13 posted on 03/22/2009 7:37:33 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: trtdenver

Here is the youtube link to part one of of the speech series with video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7auQEXTWomA


14 posted on 03/22/2009 7:47:34 AM PDT by Boiling point (If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.)
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To: bilhosty
[ I get mine(money) from the bank. ]

Currency is NOT money..

15 posted on 03/22/2009 9:02:13 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: hosepipe

Only gold and silver are money, that’s why no country uses them anymore.


16 posted on 03/22/2009 10:17:16 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Havoc has been back since September. Or was it April?)
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To: trtdenver

Great Book!


17 posted on 03/22/2009 11:43:23 AM PDT by JSDude1 (R(epublicans) In Name Only SUCK; D(emocrats) In Name Only are worth their weight..)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Looks to me like the Fed is the lender of first resort.


18 posted on 03/23/2009 12:59:38 PM PDT by trtdenver
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