“Antiquity presents everywhere – the spectacle of a few men molding mankind according to their whims, thanks to the prestige of force and fraud.” – Frederic Bastiat
The idea behind government is simple: Citizens grant special power to certain individuals so that those individuals can serve and protect society. Citizens DO NOT grant special power to certain individuals so those individuals can serve (and protect) themselves at the expense of society. And yet we see this happen over and over again. (Criminals infiltrate government, pervert its purpose and use its power against the people.)
Those who founded the United States Federal Government knew that all government trends toward corruption and tyranny. This is why they repeatedly stressed the need for LIMITED government power.
Our Constitution was meant to LIMIT government power. Our Bill of Rights was meant to LIMIT government power. The Founders' opposition to “standing armies,” their stance against “fiat paper money,” their aversion to taxation; these all served as limits on government power. What happened?
“Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.” –Mayer Amschel Rothschild
The significance of Rothschild’s arrogant admission cannot be overstated. ALL governments must have money to survive. Those who control the flow of money to government are the ones who ultimately determine the limits of its power.
If a government must rely on its citizens to voluntarily fund its operations, then that government is "owned and controlled" by its citizens. However, if men in power can simply confiscate whatever amount of money they want (via taxes or inflation), then the people are "owned and controlled" by the government. Under these circumstances, the people cannot hope to limit government growth or power in any meaningful way, nor can they hope to prevent its abuses.
In short, to restore legitimate government, the people must destroy the illegitimate / destructive mechanisms that confiscate monetary power from the people and transfer it to the political and financial elite. Dishonest Money focuses on the most dangerous and destructive mechanism of all: Our so-called “Federal Reserve System.”
You don't have to be an economist to understand how the Federal Reserve System works or how it’s being used to destroy our country. Nor do you have to be a "conspiracy theorist" to know that extraordinarily wealthy and powerful people always seek to expand their wealth and power. (Our “monetary system” just so happens to be the greatest tool ever created to help them do that.)
In his book Tragedy and Hope, elite CFR insider Carroll Quigley wrote:
“The powers of financial capitalism had (a) far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole." (Emphasis added.)
Quigley's quote describes exactly what we're facing today. It also points us in the right direction. Assuming we want to remain free - assuming we don't want to be ruled by an unelected financial elite - we must undo their “system of financial control.” We must expose and abolish their dishonest money. (You can read a free chapter from the book Dishonest Money here)
Joe Plummer
December, 2008
