ok, so like many of you, i recently watched zeitgeist the movie ( http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com ) and was shocked and surprised... until i found out that a lot of it is questionable at best.
i did some reading on the federal income tax issues they brought up, and it seemed to be mostly wrong on that end, but i wasn't able to get any quick answers as to the federal reserve bank conspiracy.
when i asked a couple of friends who are investment bankers, they were surprisingly ignorant of any facts relating to the federal reserve bank, but seemed to think that what the zeitgeist film claimed could not be the truth.
my questions:
1) is the federal reserve bank actually autonomous? as far as i know the head is appointed by the president and they are restricted in what they can do by US law. this doesn't sound like the morgan family has a stranglehold on it as is implied in zeitgeist.
2) doesn't the treasury actually print all the US currency? if so, how does the federal reserve loan us our own currency at interest as is claimed in zeitgeist?
interested to hear what people have to say, but i am also interested in hearing of sources of further reading. for instance i want to read this book on the topic - The Creature from Jekyll Island:
http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyl.../dp/0912986212
i did some reading on the federal income tax issues they brought up, and it seemed to be mostly wrong on that end, but i wasn't able to get any quick answers as to the federal reserve bank conspiracy.
when i asked a couple of friends who are investment bankers, they were surprisingly ignorant of any facts relating to the federal reserve bank, but seemed to think that what the zeitgeist film claimed could not be the truth.
my questions:
1) is the federal reserve bank actually autonomous? as far as i know the head is appointed by the president and they are restricted in what they can do by US law. this doesn't sound like the morgan family has a stranglehold on it as is implied in zeitgeist.
2) doesn't the treasury actually print all the US currency? if so, how does the federal reserve loan us our own currency at interest as is claimed in zeitgeist?
interested to hear what people have to say, but i am also interested in hearing of sources of further reading. for instance i want to read this book on the topic - The Creature from Jekyll Island:
http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyl.../dp/0912986212
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