If you want the answer to this question, you should read "Secrets of the Federal Reserve" by Eustace Mullins (RIP). The Federal Reserve is the crown achievement of a century of grinding down opposition and subverting the will of the American people. From manipulating (crashing) markets intentionally to secretly meeting on Jekyll Island to lay the foundations for their private credit system, what we're seeing economically today is the intended outcome of their efforts. The same private banking fa