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Originally Posted by Still Growing  What if you knew that only two US presidents ever issued money against the Fed and they were both killed (Lincoln & JFK). |
Umm.. Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, which is 48 years before the Fed was created. How could he be killed for going against something that didn't exist? The JFK assassination will unfortunately be forever shrouded in mystery so I can't say much about it.
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Originally Posted by Still Growing Abraham Lincoln was quoted as saying that it was unfair that the American taxpayer has to pay 36% just to print its own money and so he issued 400 million in bonds. He was killed within 5 months. |
Did he say this about the Fed, which didn't exist yet? He must've been able to see the future.
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Originally Posted by Still Growing Our government is going into debt at a rate of 1.2 billion per day and all of the interest is being paid to these 12. Even when we print money with our own presses they are in turn paid interest on it!!!! This is an outrage! |
Our government is in debt because our government is stupid. There's no need for a conspiracy; there's plenty of stupidity to go around. A huge amount of money is being (and has been over the years)
pointlessly spent on the military and all kinds of pointless military engagements (Iraq being the latest). This is arguably the biggest reason for the enormous national debt. Check out
costofwar.com for the current figures on how much the Iraq war has cost so far.