“Give me control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes its
laws.”
Supposedly this is a quote from Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschild. Ignore the
distinct possibility that he did not make this statement, but let’s
assume the concept, if not the quote, is accurate.
The Federal Reserve and other central banks exercise considerable control
over our economies via interest rates, debt creation, QE and more. They
create massive profits for the financial industry that in turn purchases many
politicians and Presidents.
Now expand the concept into other areas and see if the results ring true.
- Give me control of a nation’s financial systems
and I shall own the politicians who make the laws.
Print currencies and buy politicians. Same idea – it is easy!
- Give me control of the FBI investigators and I
can avoid prosecution and indictments.
Hmmmm. There was something in the news about this recently…
- Give me control of the voting machines and I
care not who the voters in the popular election actually wanted.
In Philadelphia in 2012, 59 districts cast 100.0% of their votes for Obama
and the voting machines show that not one person cast their vote for Romney.
Strange. Amazing. Unusual. It might happen once in the age of the universe,
or again this November in Philadelphia. Still, a vote of 19,605 to zero in 59
districts is difficult to believe, even in strongly democratic districts in
urban America.
- Give me control of the DNC and I care not who
the primary voters chose.
Hmmmm. Ask Bernie Sanders if he agrees.
- Give me control of the media and I will tell the
people of the world what I want them to know, but not necessarily the
facts.
- There is ample evidence that the media has an agenda
and promotes certain ideas, regardless of facts. Examples include, “the
economy is fine,” “that Presidential candidate is … fill in your
favorite accusation,” “unemployment is less than 5% in the US,” “Social
Security benefits are guaranteed and the system is solid,” “weapons of
mass destruction,” and so many more.
- Further, the media can control what is NOT reported as
news.
- Give me control of the statistics and I can
assure the public that unemployment is either high or low, GDP is weak
or strong, violent crime is getting better or worse, drug abuse is mild
or extreme, illegal aliens are sneaking into the country or leaving,
gang violence is becoming worse or better, or whatever is needed …
Lies, damned lies and statistics!
- Give me control of the Fort Knox gold and
Americans can rest assured that no gold will be reported missing and
there is no need for an audit.
This is self-explanatory and consistent with observations over the past
six decades.
Readers will have other suggestions for this list. I encourage you to add
them as comments.
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GE Christenson is the owner and writer for the
popular and contrarian investment site Deviant Investor and the author of the book, “Gold
Value and Gold Prices 1971 - 2021.” He is a retired accountant and business
manager with 30 years of experience studying markets, investing, and
trading. He writes about investing, gold, silver, the economy, and central
banking. His articles are published on Deviant Investor as well as other
popular sites.
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