When someone in the
mainstream media goes out on a limb to tell the truth, then the rest of us
should go out of our way to applaud that effort. Reporter Ben Swann of
Fox 19 in
The
video of Ben Swann's recent Reality Check is posted below. If you have
not seen it yet, it is definitely worth the 4 minutes that it takes to watch
it....
What in
the world would this country look like if we had hundreds of other real
journalists such as Ben Swann that were willing to tackle these kinds of issues
head on?
Certainly
nobody is perfect, but when a reporter like Swann is willing to go out on a
limb and attack the Fed we need to applaud his efforts.
The
mainstream media is supposed to hold those in positions of power accountable.
But
most in the mainstream media treat the Federal Reserve with kid gloves.
It is incredibly rare to hear any real criticism of the Fed by mainstream
reporters.
If
the mainstream media was actually doing their job, then perhaps we could get
some answers to some questions that have gone unanswered for a very long time.
For
example, Zero Hedge has published a "smoking gun" that proves that the Federal Reserve
was heavily involved in manipulating the price of gold long after the gold
standard was abandoned. If you have not read that piece yet, you can find
it right here.
I
would love to know to what extent this is still going on today, and why nobody
ever asks Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about this.
Another
mystery that I would like to see addressed is the trillions of dollars of
"off balance sheet transactions" that are unaccounted for at the
Federal Reserve. This was brought up once during a Congressional
hearing, but nobody seemed to have any answers. Video from this
hearing is posted below....
As you
can see from the video, nobody in the federal government seems to have any idea
what is really going on over at the Fed.
But
the Fed has more power over our economy and over our financial system than
anyone else does.
Isn't
it about time that the American people got some answers?
The
Federal Reserve is at the very heart of our debt-based financial system that
was created by the big Wall Street banks and for the benefit of the big Wall
Street banks.
The
Federal Reserve (and virtually every other central bank in the world) is not
accountable to the people. The Federal Reserve has created a perpetual
debt bubble that is designed to systematically transfer the wealth of the
American people to the banks. In this system, the total amount of money
and the total amount of debt is designed to continually expand.
Since
the Federal Reserve was created, the value of the U.S. dollar has declined by
well over 95 percent and the
But
nobody seems to want to hold the Federal Reserve accountable for any of this.
Just
what in the world is going on here?
In a previous article about
auditing the Fed, I listed some more questions that I would like to see
someone ask the Federal Reserve....
If
the Federal Reserve is supposed to prevent shocks to our economy, then why have
there been 10 different economic
recessions since 1950 and why are we about to enter another one?
Was
the Federal Reserve involved in the manipulation of Libor?
What
role did the Federal Reserve play in creating the housing bubble that resulted
in our unprecedented housing crash?
Why
has the value of the U.S. dollar fallen by 83 percent since 1970?
Why
is the Federal Reserve paying U.S. banks not to lend money?
Why
did Barack Obama nominate Ben Bernanke for a second term as head of the Federal
Reserve when Bernanke has a track record of failure that makes the
Why
is the
Why
were the Federal Reserve and the personal income tax both pushed through
Congress in the same year in 1913?
Why
does the Federal Reserve argue that it is "not an agency"
of the federal government in court?
Why
do all 187 nations that belong to the
IMF have a central bank?
Most
Americans are pinning their hopes for an "economic turnaround" on the
upcoming election in November.
But
the truth is that until something is done about the Federal Reserve it isn't
going to matter very much who is in the White House.
As I
wrote about yesterday, the total amount of all debt in
Yes,
we should blame the American people for being really stupid about debt, but we
also need to keep in mind that this is exactly what the debt-based Federal
Reserve system was designed to do.
We
have been enslaved by design and most Americans do not even realize what has
happened.
Let us
encourage reporters like Ben Swann to keep speaking out about the Federal
Reserve, and the rest of us need to keep speaking out about the Fed too.