DALLAS END THE FED RALLY PROCLAIMS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
By
Mark Anderson
DALLAS, Texas – The End the Fed rally in
Dallas on Nov. 22 attended by more than 100 people was the perfect follow-up to
the JFK memorial held earlier on the same sunny day, to remember a toppled
president who some say was no fan of the Federal Reserve System himself.
This was just one of the 38 End-the-Fed rallies
held that day at the 12 main Federal Reserve Banks and at the Fed’s smaller
branches, including the one in San
Antonio. The rally at the Cleveland, Ohio
Fed bank included a speech by former Congressman Jim Traficant – who recently
wrote in AFP that ending the Fed beats auditing it.
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With the U.S. economy in tatters in
several respects, more than a few passing motorists honked their horns in
approval as Dallas demonstrators loudly chanted “End the Fed!” while showing
dozens of signs along a curb at 2200 North Pearl Street, the home of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. That regional bank of the Fed, according
to its own emblem, was founded on May 18, 1914 – six months after the
passage in Congress of the infamous Federal Reserve Act on Dec. 23, 1913.
Every dollar in circulation is “attached
to a dollar of debt that we need to pay interest on,” proclaimed a rally leader
named Louis, using a bullhorn. “Do we want that?”
“NO!” the crowd thundered in return.
“Every dollar is a dollar of debt on
which interest needs to be paid,” Louis later stated, when talking with
AMERICAN FREE PRESS to share his take on the Fed’s operations. “The
Federal Reserve is the supplier of money … and the government, by taxing,
supplies the base for the demand.”
Louis added: “We need to start issuing a
currency … which we will use to pay taxes [legitimate and fair] but a currency
that will not be attached to debt and on which interest won’t be paid.” He also
stated, “The Communist Manifesto was written by bankers … because they
understood that as soon as they had power over the issuance of currency, they
had power over the government.”
The Communist Manifesto, notably, has 10
planks that include an income tax plank and another for a central bank with an
exclusive monopoly. It also calls for public schools, and abolition of all
rights of inheritance.
“Every plank of the Communist Manifesto
is in place in the U.S.
to some degree,” Louis added, while other demonstrators continually waved
to motorists. Some demonstrators were children, and others of all ages did
their part. Area AFP reader David Bell attended and helped AFP gather video
footage.
An interesting development came along
when a participant at the Dallas rally handed out enlarged copies of what
appeared to be exact replicas of ornate Federal Reserve Notes printed in Texas
as “Series 1918,” four years after the Fed’s Dallas branch was founded. The
revealing wording on the notes themselves is: “Secured by United States
Certificates of Indebtedness or United States One-Year Gold Notes, Deposited
with the Treasurer of the United
States of America.”
Such candid wording is missing from
today’s bland Federal Reserve Notes, thereby masking what used to be a clear
acknowledgement that the U.S. government must go into debt with “Certificates
of Indebtedness,” evidently bonds, in order to get Fed notes with which to
operate.
This AFP writer also offered brief
remarks to the Dallas
crowd, noting that the newspaper seeks more retail newsstands to connect with
the greater American populace about economic problems and other important
topics -- while sharing insights that point to real solutions.
“We need to get rid of their paper,” this
writer said, pointing at the Fed building, “and get more of my paper,”
referring to his representation of AFP. “We’re confident enough to think beyond
the Fed – let’s hear it for that!”
“YEAH!” the crowd replied, while being
asked to contemplate the Fed’s eventual abolition and consider ideas on how to
operate without it.
“Let’s get an alternative media – let’s
put the dominant corporate media right where the Fed [should go]. Let’s …
replace them with a much better news media,” this writer also said to the
pumped-up crowd.
Looking back, the legislation to
establish the seemingly perpetual Federal Reserve System – which carved the
nation into 12 regions, including the Dallas one – did not bother to amend the
Constitution to authorize the creation of this privately-owned, privately-operated banking
system at a time when most major new government schemes – such as the federal
income tax also passed in 1913 – at least went through the motion of
constitutional permission; however, a growing number of American citizens
and activists, such as Louisiana attorney Tommy Cryer of
TruthAttack.org, say the income tax was never properly ratified and that
it does not apply to wages and salaries anyway.
MARK ANDERSON is a longtime
newsman now working as a corresponding
editor for American Free Press. Together he and his
wife Angie provide
many photographs of the events they cover for AFP. Mark welcomes your
comments
and inputs as well as story leads. Email him at at
[email protected].
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