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Scott_Lafrance
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Not really because Wall street demands capitalism and unfairness for everybody except themselves. For themselves they demand socialist government bailouts of a trillion dollars and at the same time they demand the luxury of million dollar bonuses which are given in recognition of their efforts to make money by flipping trades, buying and selling debt and derivatives, all of which help to bring down the American economy.
The predictions of Thomas Jefferson have come to pass.
“I believe that 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. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.”
“The (currency) issuing power should be removed from banks and restored to the People, where it rightfully belongs.”
And people here call Ron Paul “the nutty professor”. Most of his economic policy is developed after Thomas Jefferson. Apparently, one of the founders of our nation, the man who defined liberty for us, and our third President was as much of a nutcase as his is.
Even John Adams, back in his day, wrote about the #1 cause of societal turmoil,
“All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects of the Constitution or Confederation; not from any want of honor or virtue, as much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.”
And lastly, I like this quote from William Pitt, it reminds me of this “list of demands” of the OWS crowd,
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.”