{"id":36777,"date":"2020-07-15T14:28:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=36777"},"modified":"2020-07-15T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T20:17:08","slug":"federal-reserve-bank-of-new-york-goldman-sachs-blackrock-rothschild-banking-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=36777","title":{"rendered":"Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock &#038; Rothschild Banking System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><b>THE <\/b><b>FEDERAL RESERVE <\/b><b>FOR DUMMIES<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><!--more-->Submitted by Olde Reb <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">\u201c<\/span>What difference does an increase in the National Debt make? We owe it to ourselves.\u201d virtually every congress-critter has declared. Such a paraphrased program gives the federal government\/ congress purchasing power not previously available&#8212;to buy votes from home. Unfortunately, the inflation created dilutes the purchasing power and value of assets owned by individuals. The system also conceals the immense transfer of value to bankers, which has justified the intense subterfuge and arm-twisting necessary for the Fed\u2019s creation&#8212;that this paper exposes. The inherent destructive forces, evidenced by historic Rothschild banking<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote1anc\"><\/a><sup>1<\/sup> and mathematical analysis, are also identified.<\/p>\n<p>The 19th century Rothschild banks established a line of credit for the King provided he pledged collateral with a written promise to pay gold with interest to the bearer at a time in the future. The book-entry Rothschild credit was used to satisfy obligations incurred by the king. The credit continued to be circulated in the kingdom between merchants. The bankers sold the king\u2019s promise to investors for hoarded gold. The promise (security) was renewed by the bank on its maturing date and became perpetually rolled-over. <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote2anc\"><\/a><sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><b>VOILA !!! <\/b>The king made the suppliers of services happy with Rothschild credit; the bankers had the gold from investors; the investors gained interest on their assets and a promise the king would eventually return their gold\u2014which would never happen.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote3anc\"><\/a><sup>3<\/sup> Everything went smoothly as long as the bankers could sell the promise and the investors, or merchants, did not demand the gold.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote4anc\"><\/a><sup>4<\/sup> The king would pay the interest with more credit from the bank so the credit cost nothing. The schemes stole the wealth from the people with its book-entry fiat money<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote5anc\"><\/a><sup>5<\/sup> until the people brought a catastrophic climax.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote6anc\"><\/a><sup>6<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The Federal Reserve system does the same thing <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">with<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> the U.S. government\u2019s deficit spending. The <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">banking<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> wizard is hiding behind Frank Baum\u2019s curtain <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">of the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">government image<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> Federal Reserve marquee<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote7anc\"><\/a><sup>7<\/sup><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> as obscurant to any public inquiry.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote8anc\"><\/a><sup>8<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will grant credit (not \u201ccreate money\u201d) in an account of the U.S. government <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> an amount that the government will pledge. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote9anc\"><\/a>9<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> The government will expend the book-entry-credit account (deficit spending) to pay for goods and services consumed by the government. The suppliers are content. Evidence that the supplier has received a credit voucher is obvious. The heading of the currency given to the supplier by a local commercial bank is Federal Reserve Note; i.e., a debt obligation of the Federal Reserve. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Historically, it was identified to be redeemable for gold, silver, or lawful money. It is now <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">identified as a \u201ctender\u201d (substitute) required by law to be accepted for an imprinted number of dollars. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">What you have is what you get.<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> [It is touted to the public as a loan.] <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote10anc\"><\/a><sup>10<\/sup> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">To sell the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">promise<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> from the government at the highest price, the Federal Reserve <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">(as fiscal agent for the government)<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> will hold an auction but will <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">imply<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> it <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">i<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">s an auction by the government.<\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote11anc\"><\/a>11<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> Acceptance of bids, determining the interest rate, and the amount of deficit spending permitted is controlled by the BOG.<\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote12anc\"><\/a>12<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> Government regulations establish the funds from the auctions are controlled exclusively by the FRBNY; i.e., a franchisee of the BOG<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote13anc\"><\/a><sup>13<\/sup>. <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote14anc\"><\/a><sup>14<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">T<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">he roll-over of approximate<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ly<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> $1<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">2<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> trillion debt from prior years (publicly held maturing) is annually auctioned and disbursed by the FRBNY. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">approximate $1 trillion auctioned for deficit spending <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">is evidenced by TreasuryDirect as \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">new cash.\u201d <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote15anc\"><\/a><sup>15<\/sup> <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">[Currently new cash can be 100% to a negative (input) of the issue.] <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Since all values are determined by the Fed, they must be given to TD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The difference in handling of the two accounts is the supreme camouflage. Funds for roll-over securities are credited by the FRBNY to a government account. The FRBNY then pays the Primary Dealers among others (from the government account) for their task in collecting the maturing securities from the public. There is no increase in the National Debt nor is there any inflation as a result from these transactions.<\/p>\n<p>If the funds from deficit spending securities (new cash) were to be used in redeeming Treasury securities in the market (i.e., paid by the FRBNY for government expenses), it would eliminate any increase in the National Debt. It would, in effect, buy back the securities that created the debt. It would also eliminate any increase in money in circulation (inflation). That clearly does not occur. Request for documentation from TreasuryDirect as to the destination of the funds are ignored.<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"left\"><b>WHERE DO FUNDS FROM THE AUCTIONS OF <\/b><b>DEFICIT SPENDING SECURITIES GO?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The Primary Dealers receive the bulk of auction funds for their task in redeeming maturing securities. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">If the Primary Dealers include shareholders of a privately held incorporated Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, they would not have to reveal corporate records.<\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote16anc\"><\/a>16<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> The <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">commingling of new cash funds<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> could be completely hidden from view. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote17anc\"><\/a>17<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> The deficit spending amount <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote18anc\"><\/a>18<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> would be clear profit for the owners of the BOG.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote19anc\"><\/a><sup>19<\/sup> <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">No other destination of the funds appears viable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The statutory charter of the Federal Reserve stipulates profit of the operation belongs to the government. <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote20anc\"><\/a><sup>20<\/sup> No consideration appears to be received by the government for the funds. Consideration for commercial bank loans involve a risk; such a condition does not appear applicable to the instant action.<\/p>\n<p>Each annual trillion dollars of deficit spending transfers $3 billion DAILY for an entire year to the unidentified owners of the Board of Governors. The recent trillion dollars of deficit spending in one month transfers $34 billion daily for four weeks. The source of wealth inequality becomes obvious. If the securities can not be auctioned at an acceptable price, they accumulate on the Fed\u2019s balance sheet. They would then appear to become a claim by the Fed against the taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">An abundance of such covert funds <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">w<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ould go a long way to advance David Rockefeller\u2019s utopian world government identified in his autobiography MEMOI<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">R<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">S. The project was mentioned <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">decades earlier <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">by Carroll Quigley in TRAGEDY AND HOPE. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Funds <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">from Wall Street<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> could be used to dominate foreign nations as documented by John Perkins in CONFESSIONS OF ECONOMIC HIT MAN and William Blum in KILLING HOPE; <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">CIA AND U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">Unused funds could be laundered in the stock or bond market. <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote21anc\"><\/a><sup>21<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The proposed Goldman Sach\u2019s government budget (whoops, Trump\u2019s budget) includes huge deficit spending increases (increased military spending with cuts in social programs) with unrealistic increases in national productive\/tax base.<\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote22anc\"><\/a>22<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> This is the same scheme Wall Street and the CIA have used to bankrupt other nations for four decades. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote23anc\"><\/a>23<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> The psychopathic Wall Street warmongers demand a humongous deficit busting military expenditure, but this statement may reverse cause and effect. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote24anc\"><\/a>24<\/span><\/sup> <span lang=\"en-US\">Douglas Valentine identifies <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">chaos by U.S. elements in foreign nations is being <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">duplicated<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> in the 50 states.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote25anc\"><\/a><sup>25<\/sup> <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Whether this involves the development of the United Nations, NATO, drugs, or a virus<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote26anc\"><\/a><sup>26<\/sup> depends on the observer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bankruptcy of the Nation is inherent. The FR Ponzi scheme creates an expanding National Debt with no possible way to pay it off. The principle of a \u2018loan\u2019 is created by deficit spending. [Notice that the \u2018loan\u2019 (sic, credit that is never negated) is from the Federal Reserve system but the taxpayers have become responsible for it.] The required interest to pay it off is never created. Only more debt, with the new principal being used to pay the prior interest, delays the Ponzi\u2019s collapse. The growth required to perpetuate such a scheme, of interest upon interest upon interest, is exponential as evidenced in any graph of the National Debt. A contract that cannot be culminated is an act of fraud and is void from its inception.<\/p>\n<p>Academic centers, MSM, and publishers fear retribution for exposure.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Unrelated use of the Fed\u2019s new Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) program to sell Wall Street\u2019s trash to the Treasury Department (read Stephen Mnuchin of Goldman Sachs) at inflated prices to procrastinate bankruptcy of Wall Street banks will additionally balloon the national debt but will be used to avoid bankruptcy of Wall Street banks. <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote27anc\"><\/a><sup>27<\/sup> <span lang=\"en-US\">BlackRock, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">allegedly owned by insiders,<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> is central to the scam. <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote28anc\"><\/a><sup>28<\/sup> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Unrel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">e<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">nting access to government funds, while the tax base is destroyed by compelled national unemployment <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">and corporate bankruptc<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">ies<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> by a created virus<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote29anc\"><\/a><sup>29<\/sup>, is <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">a textbook recipe for insolvency.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">If the scheme is not <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">altered<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, Wall Street internal memos identify the \u201cultimate goal\u201d is to collect on the $24 trillion National Debt. <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote30anc\"><\/a><sup>30<\/sup> <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">During national bankruptcy, the FRBNY will handle redemption of the PD\u2019s tendered securities they have purchased in the market for pennies. They will demand face value from the U.S. Treasury; i.e., a financial rape of the nation. They are all one clan. Hello Greece and a U.S. troika controlled by financial entities.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote31anc\"><\/a><sup>31<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">National bankruptcy<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> would duplicate the Greek <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">chaos<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> within the United States.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote32anc\"><\/a><sup>32<\/sup> <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The financiers\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> objective in Greece <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote33anc\"><\/a>33<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> is not to exploit, but is to destroy the nation. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote34anc\"><\/a>34<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\"> Indeed, national sovereignty has been acquiesced by Greece to the Troika (financiers) as the terminal end of Goldman Sach\u2019s \u201cshitty\u201d three billion Euro debt. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote35anc\"><\/a>35<\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Get ready to kiss your 401(k), your government benefits, your pension, and your bank accounts goodbye, with strikes prohibited, health care costs escalated, perpetual war, mass layoffs (including government personnel), and economic chaos&#8212;among other dire occurrences.<\/b><\/span><b> <\/b><span lang=\"en-US\">The economic chaos initiated by the virus, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">which <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">has<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> served to destroy the tax base and make the budget unsustainable,<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> may be only the prelude. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has four options:<\/p>\n<p>The entire situation can be ignored with the public meekly submitting to Wall Street\u2019s collection of the fraudulent $24 trillion National Debt and accept the fate of Greece [Greece has surrendered national sovereignty control to Goldman Sachs\/Troika. Approval by Troika (financiers) is required for all government actions.] The New World Order will become established.<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>They can assert public pressure on congress-critters to audit relevant accounts and investigate Wall Street. The GAO has authority to audit the handling of government funds by any entity. <a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote36anc\"><\/a><sup>36<\/sup> It has made at least two reviews of the FRBNY\u2019s handling of funds [but not audits] from auctions of Treasury securities. The FRBNY has exclusive handing of such funds. Ref. 31 CFR 375.3. All that is required for the GAO to review the handling of government funds is a request by a Congressional committee. Unfortunately, it is rumored that votes can be purchased as cheaply as $50,000.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>or<\/p>\n<p>Citizens can use the FOIA<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote37anc\"><\/a><sup>37<\/sup> to demand relevant official Fed documents for analysis as affirmed by the Second Circuit Federal appellate court.<a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote38anc\"><\/a><sup>38<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>Torches and Pitchforks.<\/p>\n<p>It all depends on how submissive the American people have become.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><em>*This essay is not copyrighted. Feel free to distribute.<\/em><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Footnotes:<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote1\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote1sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">1<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">European origin of the Federal Reserve is well known. Ref. <\/span><a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">http:\/\/www.apfn.org\/apfn\/<wbr \/>reserve.htm<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\">. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Benjamin Ginsberg identifies historic banking events\/<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">chaos<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> in FATAL EMBRACE; (financiers) AND THE STATE <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">even from the Magna Carta<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote2\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote2sym\"><\/a>2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apfn.org\/APFN\/reserve2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.apfn.org\/APFN\/reserve2.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594921584567000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVBztgaKa4JORE-1ZYVirPYKGXhg\">http:\/\/www.apfn.org\/APFN\/<wbr \/>reserve2.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote3\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote3sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">3<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">In fact, the \u201cking\u201d has been known to confiscate the public gold in \u201cthe public interest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote4\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote4sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">4<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> After the hook was set, the bankers would clandestinely d<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">emand token payments of gold from the king until his coffers were emptied and he was bankrupt. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">After the king was bankrupt and the people resisted increased taxes, bankers (who controlled the roll-over of prior debt and the paying of interest) would demand the king sell his assets to the bankers (for the banker\u2019s make-believe book entry credit) at fire-sale prices (as in Greece) so interest on the king\u2019s promises could be paid. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Consider the irony of it. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">For the king to have a bit of purchasing power to advance the kingdom, the kingdom was lost. The people finally wised up and revolted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote5\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote5sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">5<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> The Magna Carta as a rebellion against the war-mongering <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">by<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> London financiers is an interesting observation <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">of<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> Ben<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">jamin Ginsberg<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. It has been omitted from history books. 1000 years hasn\u2019t changed <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">financiers\u2019 war-mongering obsession. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Ref. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Michel Chossudovsky, GLOBALIZATION OF WAR; <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Douglas Valentine, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">CIA AS ORGANIZED CRIME ;<\/span> <a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/<wbr \/>views\/2017\/07\/08\/us-state-war-<wbr \/>july-2017<\/u><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\">; <\/span><a><span lang=\"en-US\"><u>http:\/\/farmwars.info\/?p=15338<\/u><\/span><\/a> <span lang=\"en-US\">A FACE FOR THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote6\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote6sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">6<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">A debt-based national economy without specie backing is a Ponzi scheme inherently destined for bankruptcy but that is another story. Ref. <\/span><a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/<wbr \/>99860711\/rip-off-by-the-fed-5-<wbr \/>rtf<\/u><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\">. p4. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote7\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote7sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">7<\/span> <a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">http:\/\/www.bilderberg.org\/<wbr \/>roundtable\/emfed.html<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\">; <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The \u201cFederal Reserve\u201d name is a first camouflage to disguise the bank with a facade of government agency for sovereign immunity and to mitigate public animosity from bankers exposure. The claim of agency status does not appear to comply with Supreme Court adjudication of parameters for agencies. Nor is status of agency available for the economic benefit of private entities. The status of the BOG is not known to have been adjudicated. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote8\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote8sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">8<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> A favorite line is the government borrows money. It is impossible to see that what was not there before the event could be borrowed. It would appear that the Fed <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">did not <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">put up <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">any<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> legal consideration for the agreement. A contract without legal consideration by both parties is void from its inception. Nor can it be rational that the Federal Reserve had $20 trillion a century ago while they purchase $100 Ben Franklins for 15 cents each from the US government. [The Fed does not \u2018print money\u2019 (sic); it buys it from the government.] Another inane concept is that the government borrows from the public. If there is any logic to this concept, how is the public then in debt ? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote9\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote9sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">9<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">A Treasury Bill, Bond, or Note <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">is<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> backed by the taxing power of the U.S. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">FDR removed domestic demand for gold. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">President Nixon removed the pledge of gold <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for other nations<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. Cynics might conclude the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">FRBOG<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> had confiscated the government\u2019s gold by that time. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">China received bogus gold bars from the Fed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote10\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote10sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">10<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\"> A loan involves money exchanging hands. There is no increase in money in circulation (inflation) with a loan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote11\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote11sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">11<\/span> <a><span lang=\"en-US\"><u>http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/80\/<wbr \/>75792.pdf<\/u><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\">: \u201c&#8230; To sell marketable public debt, the Treasury, through the 12 Federal Reserve district banks and their branches, acting as fiscal agents for the Treasury, sells securities to the public through a competitive auction process.\u201d page 22 of 161.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote12\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote12sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">12<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">T<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">his was a<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> surprise <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> President Clinton. Appointees to the BOG are <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">selected<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> from a short list submitted to the government <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">(<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">by the Wall Street owners of the corporate Board of Governors ?<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote13\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote13sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">13<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\"> The BOG has regulatory and administrative authority over the 12 FR banks. Any of the 108 directors can be fired without cause and without recourse. Ref. 12 USC #248(f).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote14\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote14sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">14<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">The 1992 GAO report reveals the FRBNY electronically receives auction bids [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/90\/82783.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/90\/82783.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594921584568000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHn1Of8ei9sXSSN-T7Qz2Yz_EN-Kw\">http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/90\/<wbr \/>82783.pdf<\/a> ]. 31 CFR 375.3 grants exclusive authority to disburse auction funds <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and any related action to the FRBNY<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.C<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ongressional Research Service Report 42079, Federal Reserve; Oversight and Disclosure Issues, March 27, 2017.<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">The CRS report on the Federal Reserve states the GAO has conducted many audits of the Fed. At footnote 15, \u201caudit\u201d is identified to have a broad application in the report. It is used to confuse the reader. In fact, the GAO has conducted two REVIEWS of the FRBNY\u2019s handling of security measures of Treasury auction procedures. No audit of FRBNY\u2019s handling of United States\u2019 funds, as fiscal agent for the government, from auctions of Treasury securities in accordance with standard accounting practices is known. The footnote clearly identifies <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">\u201cstatutory restrictio<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ns\u201d do not apply to audits by the GAO. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Further, the Report appears to imply identification of recipients of FR funds is not subject to disclosure That misconception was laid to rest in the Bloomberg adjudication.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote15\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote15sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">15<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> Ref. <\/span><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a>https:\/\/www.<\/a><a>.gov\/instit\/<wbr \/>annceresult\/press\/press_<wbr \/>cashpydwn.htm<\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> The tabulated entries do not include government account holdings. The public holds 72.41% of total government debt. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Your Social Security payment goes toward the purchase of a Treasury security.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote16\">\n<p align=\"left\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote16sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">16<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> The Federal Reserve banks have <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">twice <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">been adjudicated as privately owned corporations <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for the issues at bar.<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> This should not be confused with the privately owned closely held corporate ownership of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve alleged herein. A query of \u201cWho owns the Fed ?\u201d allows an evasion of <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">owner<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> allegation. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote17\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote17sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">17<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">Audit reports (by professional accounting firms) of the Federal Reserve are conducted in accordance with guidelines established by the BOG. The accounts <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">relevant to this writing <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">are private client accounts, not operational accounts, and have never been audited.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote18\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote18sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">18<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">The funds exceed $<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">3<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> billion daily. [ $1 trillion deficit divided by 365 days is $<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">3<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> billion.]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote19\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote19sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">19<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\"> Status as a government agency is not applicable for an entity created for private profit, or for theft.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote20\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote20sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">20<\/span> The FR system is required to give all revenue in excess of expenses to the U.S. Treasury. 12 U.S.C. \u00a7 289.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote21\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote21sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">21<\/span> <a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>http:\/\/farmwars.info\/?p=15338<\/u><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\"> A FACE FOR THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT ; <\/span><u><\/u><a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>GLOBALIZATION OF POVERTY and GLOBALIZATION OF WAR, both by Michel Chossudovsky;<\/u><\/span><\/a> <a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/<wbr \/>article\/mg21228354-500-<wbr \/>revealed-the-capitalist-<wbr \/>network-that-runs-the-world\/<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote22\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote22sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">22<\/span><u> <\/u><a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/<wbr \/>entry\/mark-sanford-trump-<wbr \/>budget_us_<wbr \/>5925b607e4b00c8df2a10b40<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\"> ; <\/span><a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/<wbr \/>trumps-budget-is-unrealistic-<wbr \/>economists-say\/<\/u><\/span><\/a><a><span lang=\"en-US\"><u> Robert K. Wilcox alleges in TARGET PATTON that Patton was assassinated by the U.S. government because of his planned crusade against U.S. war mongering.<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote23\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote23sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">23<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">Congressional funding of some covert foreign political action by the CIA in the 1980\u2019s is detailed in <a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2017\/09\/13\/reagan-documents-shed-light-on-u-s-meddling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2017\/09\/13\/reagan-documents-shed-light-on-u-s-meddling\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594921584568000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFaha6uGY23TBdrLg9Hf0MqXOZBlw\">https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/<wbr \/>2017\/09\/13\/reagan-documents-<wbr \/>shed-light-on-u-s-meddling\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote24\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote24sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">24<\/span> <a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/<wbr \/>2016\/08\/15\/us-war-crimes-or-<wbr \/>normalized-deviance\/<\/u><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\"> Robert Stinnett in DAY OF DECEIT <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">uses<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> government documents <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">to show<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> FDR and his cronies on Wall Street developed a 17 month agenda to pressure Japan to hostile action. Codes were broken; Pearl was not a surprise. Douglas Valentine in CIA AS ORGANIZED CRIME concludes the CIA has repeatedly initiated US military action for the economic benefit of Wall Street. Nomi Prins relates in ALL THE PRESIDENTS BANKERS that World War I was foisted on the US to safeguard many billions in loans by Wall Street with a set-up false flag HMS Lusitania. David Swanson gives a lengthy list of US invasions. Ref. <\/span><a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">http:\/\/davidswanson.org\/<wbr \/>warlist\/<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\">. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">THE GLOBALIZATION OF WAR by Michel Chossudovsky. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote25\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote25sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">25<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\"> Douglas Valentine, CIA AS ORGANIZED CRIME.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote26\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote26sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">26<\/span> <a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">https:\/\/truepundit.com\/<wbr \/>cashing-in-how-many-millions-<wbr \/>did-dr-fauci-pocket-for-<wbr \/>covering-up-<wbr \/>hydroxychloroquine-which-he-<wbr \/>approved-15-years-ago-to-cure-<wbr \/>coronaviruses\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">; <\/span><a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?<wbr \/>v=5Xt0MvrNv10<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\"> ; <\/span><a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=<wbr \/>18283<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote27\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote27sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">27<\/span> <a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/<\/span><\/a><a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\"> opinion\/articles\/2020-03-27\/<wbr \/>federal-reserve-s-financial-<wbr \/>cure-risks-being-worse-than-<wbr \/>disease<\/span><\/a> Quote: \u201c<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">To put it bluntly, the Fed isn\u2019t allowed to do any of this.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote28\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote28sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">28<\/span> <a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">https:\/\/wallstreetonparade.<wbr \/>com\/<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\"> 2020\/06\/blackrock-is-bailing-<wbr \/>out-its-etfs-with-fed-money-<wbr \/>and-taxpayers-eating-losses-<wbr \/>its-also-the-sole-manager-for-<wbr \/>335-billion-of-federal-<wbr \/>employees-retirement-funds\/.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote29\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote29sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">29<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trunews.com\/stream\/edward-s-interview-of-dr-judy-mikovits-mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.trunews.com\/stream\/edward-s-interview-of-dr-judy-mikovits-mp4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594921584568000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHA-Bflyb-dCvy4AgG5PMBgOxUmog\">https:\/\/www.trunews.com\/<wbr \/>stream\/edward-s-interview-of-<wbr \/>dr-judy-mikovits-mp4<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote30\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote30sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">30<\/span><span lang=\"zxx\"><u> <a>http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/<wbr \/>larry-summers-and-the-secret-<wbr \/>end-game-m<\/a><a>emo<\/a><a> ;.<\/a><\/u><\/span> <a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>http:\/\/farmwars.info\/?p=12078<\/u><\/span><\/a> <span lang=\"en-US\">NEW WORLD ORDER DEAD AHEAD<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote31\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote31sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">31<\/span><b> <\/b><span lang=\"en-US\">Bankers have successfully lobbied for bankers to receive super priority <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for derivatives, in the event of government default.<\/span> <a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>http:\/\/www.<wbr \/>informationclearinghouse.info\/<wbr \/>article42782.htm<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote32\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote32sym\"><\/a>32 Smedley Butler declined an offer from Wall Street to be the leader of a U.S. coup in the 1930\u2019s. Ref. WAR IS A RACKET by Smedley Butler.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote33\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote33sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">33<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">It was started with a mere $2.8 billion loan foisted by Goldman Sachs and known to be unpayable. <\/span><a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/<wbr \/>blogs\/scrutineer\/2015\/7\/14\/<wbr \/>did-wall-street-enable-greek-<wbr \/>debt-crisis.html<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote34\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote34sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">34<\/span> <a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>http:\/\/www.<wbr \/>informationclearinghouse.info\/<wbr \/>47023.htm<\/u><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"en-US\"> . <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote35\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote35sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">35<\/span> <a><span lang=\"zxx\"><u>http:\/\/99getsmart.com\/life-in-<wbr \/>a-modern-day-debt-colony-the-<wbr \/>truth-about-greece\/<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote36\">\n<p><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote36sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">36<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">31 U.S.C. \u00a7714(b).<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> Such federal statute restrictions are not applicable when the GAO is considering their mission to \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ensur<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">e<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> the accountability of the federal government <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">[money] <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">for the benefit of the American people<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.\u201d <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">CRS report id, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">p3. Ref. Footnote 1 <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and 7<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote37\">\n<p align=\"left\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote37sym\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\">37<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif;\"> FOIA requests directed to the Federal Reserve system are codified at 12 CFR 261. 12 CFR \u00a7 261.3 (a) identifies the Secretary of the Board of Governors as custodian of all Federal Reserve records. 12 CFR \u00a7 261.3 (c) directs service to the Secretary of the Board. Procedures for requesting records are detailed at <\/span>12 CFR \u00a7 261.12.(b) and (c).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4249264993934882787sdfootnote38\">\n<p align=\"left\"><a name=\"m_-4249264993934882787_sdfootnote38sym\"><\/a>38 <span lang=\"en-US\">&#8220;So long as records at the [Federal Reserve Banks] satisfy the plain language meaning of 12 C.F.R. \u00a7 261.2(i)(1), they qualify as agency records of the Board and are subject to FOIA requests. \u2026 Records of the Board include . . . all information coming into the possession and under the control of the Board, any Board member, any Federal Reserve Bank, or any officer, employee, or agent of the Board or of any Federal Reserve Bank, in the performance of functions for or on behalf of the Board that constitute part of the Board&#8217;s official files; or [records] [t]hat are maintained for administrative reasons in the regular course of business in official files in any division or office of the Board or any Federal Reserve Bank in connection with the transaction of any official business&#8230;<\/span>The FRBs give all revenue in excess of expenses to the U.S. Treasury. 12 U.S.C. \u00a7 289.<span lang=\"en-US\">&#8221; Bloomberg L.P. v. Bd. of Governors of Fed. Reserve Sys., 649 F. Supp. 2d 262, 274 (S.D.N.Y. 2009), aff&#8217;d, 601 F.3d 143 (2d Cir. 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE FEDERAL RESERVE FOR DUMMIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":43,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36780,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36777\/revisions\/36780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}