Paper money costs its creator almost nothing. Because our money in America is paper, our government could produce this country’s currency virtually free to the American people, with no debt attached and no interest due—ever.

However, due to questionable laws passed in 1913, our government actually buys its paper money from a group of private bankers and, worse yet, our government agrees to owe ever-mounting interest on the debt it’s gone into—debt on money it could have printed virtually free for itself. Sound preposterous? The scam of a “privately owned central bank” is one of the oldest in history. American icons such as Franklin, Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln fought desperately to keep this country from being afflicted with such a money system, but early in the 20th century powerful American businessmen, working closely with European banking interests, managed to get the “Federal Reserve System”—which is not federal and has no reserves—passed into law.

The dying dollar and the hemorrhaging American economy that we see today is not a result of capitalism or natural market forces—it is the result of a few private bankers artificially manipulating our economy by flooding it with free paper dollars—and by adjusting interest rates at their whim: first lowering them, causing citizens to hurl themselves into debt, and then raising them, quite often making those debts un-payable.

The myth about the Federal Reserve is that it regulates our economy. In fact, shortly after its gaining control of our economy it presided over the worst depression in modern history—a depression that could not have taken place if, among other things, the paper dollars in circulation had not been drastically reduced. Additionally it has, over the last century, steadily devalued the dollar to less than 4% of its original buying power and, by artificially manipulating interest rates, it has transformed our society from a mentality of frugality to a mentality of reckless, often utterly insane, debt incursion. The phenomenal national debt and ruined currency that we face today exist because the Federal Reserve controls your money and your “free market” for their gain.

Please understand: The system is criminal. This is the value of your labor, your savings and your home being toyed with. This is the question of whether or not your children or grandchildren will be able to buy homes—that staple of the American Dream—for their families. Already, as you read this, most young adults cannot hope to buy a house, and those who can must take out tremendous loans from Federal Reserve banks.

Not surprisingly, the absolute control over money has allowed the Federal Reserve to purchase almost complete silence from modern politicians. Certainly none of the “top tier” presidential candidates from either party will discuss the actual cause of the dangerous economic ground America now treads on.

In this instance, as in so many others, Ron Paul stands alone against the entire political machine. Dr. Paul is a self-taught economist who has written numerous books on the subject, and he has fought for many years for a debt-free, scientifically-regulated U.S. currency and an end to the present system of wealthy elites kindly robbing the masses of working Americans.

This information is presented in the hopes that you will begin to understand that the America we love has quite literally been stolen from us. A dishonest money system undermines every function of a free society and opens the door wide for every other species of corruption.

Circumstances in this country are far worse than you may realize. Our economy was hijacked and destroyed by increments over the 20th century and, if we choose to look, we can now witness the destruction of many other aspects of our life that we take for granted.

We ignore Ron Paul’s message, and his unique presidential candidacy, at our own peril—and more importantly, at the peril of our children’s and grandchildren’s well-being.

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