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OPINION: Woodrow Wilson’s Christmas Grift of 1913

March 24, 2026December 25, 2025 George Ford Smith

We think of thieves as conducting their work when no one is looking, such as breaking into a house while the owners are away. But the most successful thieves have done their stealing in plain sight, on a grand scale, while the owners were home and often with their tacit approval, though with sleights of … Read more

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RON PAUL: Can’t Afford a Vacation? Blame the Fed

November 6, 2025 Ron Paul

According to data collected by the research firm Statista, 29 percent of Americans cannot afford to take a vacation this year. A vacation is not the only thing Americans are struggling to afford. The failure of wages to keep up with price inflation is why household debt hit a record level of 18.4 trillion dollars … Read more

50 Point Gift From The Fed Or Waving The Red Flag

September 24, 2024 Ray Cardello

The Federal Reserve is not supposed to be a political arm of the government. Like the Justice Department, the Fed needs to be apolitical because its only concern is the health of the economy and never to make decisions to impact either party. So, how do you explain the gift the Fed gave Kamala Harris … Read more

Will The Fed End Trump?

August 10, 2023 Op-Ed

Early in 2017, Senator Chuck Schumer stated that then-newly elected President Donald Trump was dumb to be antagonizing the intelligence community because “they have six ways from Sunday to get back at you.”

Central Bank Digital Currency: Paper Money isn’t the Solution

October 17, 2023May 12, 2023 Op-Ed

Physical paper money solves some of the privacy and security issues inherent in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). But a lot of people seem to have forgotten that government-issued paper fiat is the parent of a CBDC, and it won’t solve the more fundamental problem – whether physical or digital, fiat currency isn’t real money. What Is … Read more

PAYNE: Generational Theft Machine

December 6, 2025October 1, 2022 Russ Payne

Deficit spending and inflation are a tool by the government to freely spend while simultaneously eroding our wealth. Did you know the Constitution protects us from this tactic initiated through the Federal Reserve (FED) in 1913? Sole power over money is given to Congress in Article I, section 8: “To coin money, regulate the value … Read more

Is a stealth financial “lock up” starting to happen?

October 27, 2019 Skip

I do look at CNN, mostly for the business side as their presentation of the markets is better than some of the others. There, I saw this post and started scratching my head as I haven’t seen this anywhere else in the “general issues” sites that I visit. I’m not a financial geek and I’m … Read more

In the Beginning J.P Morgan Created the Fed

March 1, 2026September 15, 2019 Russ Payne

In the beginning J.P Morgan created the Fed … well kind of. In November 1910, at the behest of financier J. P. Morgan, a hand-picked group met. They were bankers and politicians. At a hunting camp on Jekyll Island, Georgia they met. There were six men: Nelson Aldrich, A. Piatt Andrew, Henry Davison, Arthur Shelton, … Read more

The American Jubilee

March 18, 2019

What follows is distilled from the beginning of Porter Stansberry’s book, The American Jubilee. The book starts with an assessment of the financial situation of America. If it gets your attention; it is inexpensive, readable as economic assessments go and thought provoking. Whether you come away thinking this is all wrong or convinced it is … Read more

The Fed is Destroying Your Savings

July 15, 2024September 23, 2015 Steve MacDonald

Steve Lonegan, Director of Monetary Policy for American Principles in Action and head of the Fix The Dollar Project, gives us a monetary history of the US and explains how the Fed is destroying your savings and why you need to do something about it.

Ralph Benko – When is The Fed Ever Right?

July 15, 2024September 10, 2015 Steve MacDonald

Forbes Columnist and former Reagan special Counsel Ralph Benko joins us to discuss the Fed, a group of “experts” that can’t seem to get anything right, ever.

The Centennial Monetary Commission Act

July 15, 2024September 10, 2015 Steve MacDonald

We continue with Forbes Columnist and former Reagan special Counsel Ralph Benko on Alan Greenspan, the Fed, and the need for candidates to discuss, explain, and for politicians and voters to support the Centennial Monetary Commission Act currently in Congress.