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Originally Posted by Allen Farlow
In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
"Banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
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I don't know if you've ever watched the "zeitgeist" movie , but it talks about the power of banks over us government and economy and it's quite interesting ( even if you should not take everything that is said for the absolute truth)