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END THE FED - HR 3996, the Automatic Bailout Bill of 2009
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: November 21, 2009
My comments as those masters of disaster, the U.S. Congress, create a horrible bill, the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, and on the fate of Ron Paul's Audit the FED bill, HR 1207.


Bernanke is between an Overheated Printing Press and a Hard Place
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: October 17, 2009
Recent actions of the world’s central banks have sent a warning shot across the bow of the ship known as the Federal Reserve.


How to get HR 1207 to the House Floor
by Cliff Adams (libertarian)
Published: October 5, 2009
Congressman Dr. Ron Paul's HR 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act, with 300 co-sponsors still sits in committee. Here is a radical proposal for getting it out onto the house floor for a vote.


Jake Towne's Plank on the Federal Reserve
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: September 2, 2009
"Our nation's monetary policy over the past century is the most despicable hoax ever committed against the American people in our history. If I can help the people of our district understand the utter immorality, the sheer evil, of this system and how it restrains the prosperity of our society, we will and can succeed." - Jake Towne


The FED Dances as Rome Burns
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: August 27, 2009
A short update on the Bloomberg FOIA case against the FED to disclose over $2 Trillion in loans, likely to the investment banking industry


Yes, Virginia, There Are No Reserve Requirements (PART 2/2)
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: August 12, 2009
Since the 1990s, the FED has change accounting rules so even the loose ~10% fractional reserve requirement could be thwarted. We live in an era of paper tickets.


End of Slavery, Equal Rights, and Abolishing the Fed, Not Radical Ideas
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: August 9, 2009
The Federal Reserve system needs to be abolished – placed on the scrapheap of financial/economic history. I realize this is a radical, you might even say a fringe idea. But, it you think about it, it is no more an extreme idea today than the abolition of slavery was in the 1840s and equal rights were for black Americans in the 1950s.


Fractional Reserve Banking in Pictures (PART 1/2)
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: August 6, 2009
"The few who understand the system, will either be so interested in its profits, or so dependent on its favors, that there will be no opposition from that class. The great body of people, mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantages, will bear its burden without complaint." - Lord Rothschild, European central banker


The Money Matrix - Who Owns the FED (UPDATED PART 7/15)
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: June 21, 2009
...and why it both does and does not matter.


HR 1207 Must Become Law!
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: June 14, 2009
Contacting your congressperson to ask them to cosponsor legislation you believe in does work. Oh, we are always told that members of Congress care about the views of the folks back home.


STATUS REPORT: Ron Paul's Audit the FED Act, HR 1207 and S 604
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: June 10, 2009
HR 1207, Ron Paul's Federal Reserve Transparency Act is up to 207 co-sponsors, close to a majority. So... what to do next?


Bernanke Speak: Translated
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: June 6, 2009
Why does anyone believe this guy?


Could Fed Style Banking Save California?
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: May 30, 2009
As was mentioned in this column last week, given the defeat of tax hike propositions in California, the state is in a real quandary to find $24 billion dollars by July to close its budget gap.


Stress Tests Severely Understate The Danger
by Walt Thiessen (libertarian)
Published: May 21, 2009
The Federal Reserve's "stress tests" completely ignore the expected mortgage meltdown in 2011 and possibly beyond.


Rothbard as Prophet Part 2
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: May 16, 2009
As documented in Rothbard’s classic piece America’s Great Depression, the similarities of the 1920s and 2000s did not end with the beginnings of each crisis in 1929 and 2008 respectively. It gets much scarier than that.


Rothbard as Prophet Part 1
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: May 10, 2009
Federal Reserve Bank chairman Ben Bernanke is touted as an expert on the Great Depression. Many would say we are fortunate to have him heading our central bank at this time when our economy is suffering through its worst crisis since that dreadful epoch 80 years ago.


STATUS REPORT: Ron Paul's Audit the FED Act, HR 1207
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: May 7, 2009
HR 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act is referred to Committee as Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty focuses its efforts in generating a groundswell of support. So... uh... what happens next?


Mainstream Republicans learn of the dangers of corporatism & the Federal Reserve
by Constitutional Activist, Phil Pepin (libertarian)
Published: April 23, 2009
Huge audience in front of the Alamo cheers for the demise of the Federal Reserve.


A Conversation on the Latest FEDspeak on Inflation and Deflation
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: April 10, 2009
Feel free to join in!


Getting Something For Nothing!
by Gene DeNardo (libertarian)
Published: March 24, 2009
The Federal Reserve loves to make big purchases but they always get by the check out counter without spending a dime!


Ron Paul's Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: March 1, 2009
Representative Ron Paul introduces HR 1207, a bill to audit the Federal Reserve.


The Federal Reserve Replies on its Stock Ownership and Treasury Purchases
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: February 28, 2009
As a follow-up investigation to a previous article "Who Owns the FED" on the share ownership of the FED yields results.


"Downsize DC" Backs Ron Paul's Anti-Fed Bill
by creator (libertarian)
Published: February 23, 2009
Earlier this month, Ron Paul introduced H.R. 833, a bill intended to end the privately owned Federal Reserve bank's stranglehold on the American economy. Downsize DC, an anti-partisan advocacy group, has launched a campaign to promote this key legislation.


HR 833 Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act Introduced
by Gary Wood (conservative libertarian)
Published: February 5, 2009
Did you hear about HR 833's introduction before the House of Representatives on February 3rd? Many did not and yet it is important for everyone committed to liberty and personal responsibility to take notice and action to help push this legislation forward.


A Little More on Preferences and Plunder
by Gene DeNardo (centrist liberal libertarian)
Published: February 3, 2009
Extrapolating on three excellent recent articles, a "World" side effect of this "preferential plunder".


My Mantra Is Just Fine Thank You
by Tim Gandee (libertarian)
Published: January 19, 2009
To Reach Different People, We Have To Travel All Available Paths.


What Will You Do To Help End The Federal Reserve?
by Tim Gandee (libertarian)
Published: January 16, 2009
Has anyone hear read President Ronald Reagan's Grace Commission? If so, you will see in great detail exactly where your IRS Tax dollars go and it is not for government functions we have come to assume


Root of Financial Blunder
by Gene DeNardo (centrist liberal libertarian)
Published: January 2, 2009
A Letter to the Editor of the Oregonian Newspaper expressing dismay at an article blaming average folks for the financial meltdown.


State legislative approach to End the Fed
by Bill Greene (libertarian)
Published: December 3, 2008
What if we come up with a model bill, to be introduced by our friends in state legislatures, which uses this constitutional provision to criminalize the use of Federal Reserve Notes as payment to the state?


Fed Cuts Interest Rates; Here We Go Again
by Gary Wood (conservative libertarian)
Published: October 30, 2008
Are you excited to hear the news that our Federal Reserve Bank has once again cut interest rates and is open to more cuts in the future?


The Fed is Destroying Your Money RIGHT NOW
by creator (libertarian)
Published: October 16, 2008
The Federal Reserve, an unelected body of international banksters, is pumping out almost 500 Billion Dollars of funny money to their own benefit and our loss.


How Government Money Works
by The Original Jason (libertarian)
Published: October 9, 2008
Using childish humor, vast oversimplification, and a little algebra to put some sense to the "Crisis"


New Legislation HR2755
by Larry Warrick (libertarian)
Published: September 29, 2008
Congressman Ron Paul introduces HR2755 - Abolition of the Federal Reserve Board and repeal of Federal Reserve Act of 1913


Bad Assets and Band Aids
by Sarah Joy Albrecht (libertarian)
Published: September 19, 2008
McCain and Obama are either really naive, or they're going to get very rich off of this bail-out deal. Here's a hint: Follow the money.


Federal Reserve Bailout in Layman's Terms
by Stephen Wood (libertarian)
Published: September 18, 2008
Most people fail to truly comprehend the current bailout of BIG business by the Federal Reserve. Read and Learn the truth!


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